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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 15:20:07 GMT
Sweeping the flue out would still have piled all the shit on top of the baffle plate. Unless you do it when the fire is roaring it tends to drop downwards. ETA this was on a boat with a 4.5 inch flue pipe not a domestic setup. And it had a top exiting flue whereas I think the Clinton Cool one has a back exit flue. Flues exiting out of the back of a stove are another obvious danger point but usually I believe they have access panels for cleaning. Which is why you can lower the baffle plate... Idiot!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 15:23:03 GMT
This one was a real bastard to handle when the fire is going. Considering the fact the fire was the only heating letting it go out to remove the plate was not really a good idea.
I'm talking about a fixed angled plate inside the fire box not the butterfly valve type mounted in the flue itself.
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Post by Telemachus on Nov 27, 2020 15:25:20 GMT
Part of stove maintenance is to clean the flue/chimney internals and that includes removing the baffle plate to get rid of the gunge you mention. It’s not difficult!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 15:25:29 GMT
Remind me how often you had your first narrowboat bote out of the water...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 15:28:27 GMT
Remind me how often you had your first narrowboat bote out of the water... Yes but !! (That was actually my second narrow boat. This is why I am better off with a stove which indicates that the flue is blocked by smoking out of the filling lid. Then hit the flue with a shoe. Job done. And it's a 316 stainless flue too! I never pretended to be someone who did maintenance on anything..
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 15:33:53 GMT
Part of stove maintenance is to clean the flue/chimney internals and that includes removing the baffle plate to get rid of the gunge you mention. It’s not difficult! They clearly aren't designed for continuous operation then. The Rayburn I had could be raked out while operating no problems the same applies to the Pelgrim Dutch cooking stove on my barge. No need to mess about with baffle plates you just open the cleaning lids on the top and rake any shit into the fire. The joy of a proper stove.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 17:09:05 GMT
Part of stove maintenance is to clean the flue/chimney internals and that includes removing the baffle plate to get rid of the gunge you mention. It’s not difficult! At the top of the backboiler on my Morso, I can just slip my fingers into the grove at the top and push the soot out into the bottom of the stove. So I just need to push my brush down the chimney until it hits the top of the backboiler when I do a clean.
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Post by Telemachus on Nov 27, 2020 17:14:25 GMT
Part of stove maintenance is to clean the flue/chimney internals and that includes removing the baffle plate to get rid of the gunge you mention. It’s not difficult! They clearly aren't designed for continuous operation then. The Rayburn I had could be raked out while operating no problems the same applies to the Pelgrim Dutch cooking stove on my barge. No need to mess about with baffle plates you just open the cleaning lids on the top and rake any shit into the fire. The joy of a proper stove. Well continuous operation over one winter, yes.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 17:18:56 GMT
They clearly aren't designed for continuous operation then. The Rayburn I had could be raked out while operating no problems the same applies to the Pelgrim Dutch cooking stove on my barge. No need to mess about with baffle plates you just open the cleaning lids on the top and rake any shit into the fire. The joy of a proper stove. Well continuous operation over one winter, yes. Not in my experience. Maybe with a house type chimney but not with the type of flue you generally see on boats ie a single thick wall steel tube.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Nov 28, 2020 10:29:25 GMT
Further investigation revealed that the throat plate was fitted in the wrong position. Sorted now, and the glass isn't black after every use now. Great fun yesterday taking 20kg bags up the hill one at a time on my bike. Local supplier doing Burnwell at 6.40 a bag, buy 10 get one free. A very competitive price.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2020 10:46:58 GMT
Glad you got it sorted. It's a good strategy to have a working fire at this point.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 29, 2020 13:36:21 GMT
I had terrible trouble with a fixed baffle plate on a villager stove where the shit from the flue dropped down, built up and eventually blocked the flue. CO alarm was like "beeepity beeepity beep". I've just taken the battery out of my CO detector. The racket it keeps making is giving me a right headache.
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