Steve Slatter | Primary air from an alternate source for the Wildfire Elm stove @slatterbench70 | Uploaded July 2011 | Updated October 2024, 4 minutes ago.
The network of black iron pipe is now providing a back-up source of oxygen for primary combustion. Closing down the draft at the base of the door acts to encourage this new air to be preheated to support primary combustion, which is necessary to support the secondary combustion. Even though the draft on a warm day like this is significantly less than during the winter, everything worked as I expected. The camera was not focusing as I had hoped, but there was no sign of smoke from the chimney.
The network of black iron pipe is now providing a back-up source of oxygen for primary combustion. Closing down the draft at the base of the door acts to encourage this new air to be preheated to support primary combustion, which is necessary to support the secondary combustion. Even though the draft on a warm day like this is significantly less than during the winter, everything worked as I expected. The camera was not focusing as I had hoped, but there was no sign of smoke from the chimney.
