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Date: Sun Jul 27 2003 - 16:52:35 EDT
Hello TWL,
I fired up this new Alaskan diesel heater for the first time on Friday. It
seemed to burn just fine, good yellow flame above the burner ring.
I turned it off, to the 0 setting, nothing happened. I shut off the fuel
pump, and closed a valve between the pump and stove, yet this stove remained
burning for nearly 20 minutes afterwards, burning lower and lower, sooting up
the inside of the stove. Turning the glass black. This seemed very odd. No
mention of this in the manual. No mention of shutting down the stove at all.
One assumes, off is off!
Last night with my family on board this boat, I ran the heater on #1 setting
all night long. It burned just fine as far as I could tell. I used the fan on
low at first and when fully heated turned the fan off completely. Lemon yellow
flame above the burner ring all night.
The next morning, I decided to leave the stove burning, while returning to the
homeport. Winds were 15 to 20 knots, seas outside about 4' Once we had
cleared the harbor and were out to sea, all of a sudden this stove started
down drafting severely, puffing out of the bottom of the stove. Within minutes
it filled the entire boat with smoke. I ran and turned on the fan first to
assist draft, this had no effect. Then I turned the burner off to 0 setting.
This had no effect. I turned off the fuel pump. Still the fire continued, with
great puffs of smoke, and flame either flared up inside or puffed out of the
bottom scaring the hell out of me. With my wife at the helm, my kids on deck,
I opened the hatch and windows in the aft cabin where the heater is located
and was nearly overcome from inhaling this smoke before dashing outside.
Finally, I grabbed a small Halon extinguisher and ran back into the cabin,
opened the stove door and gave it two shots which finally put out the flame
and stopped the smoke. This is not what I expected to experience at the worst.
>From the first experience, I did not expect this stove to go out and that it
would continue smoking severely for 20 minutes before it was finally
extinguished.
I would be interested to hear of any other experiences like this, and what
does one do to prevent this. There is a barometric damper available. What is
the actual effectivness of this damper? Will it prevent downdrafts? Is this
stove unusable in strong winds?
I look forward to the advice.
Best regards,
Hal Oakes
Traveler, Albin 43
Tenants Harbor, Maine
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