"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote
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"Phil Kangas" fired this volley in
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You guys are absolutely nuts! Under _NO_ circumstance
should
there
ever be liquid creosote in your smoke pipes! Jeezz......
phil kangas

Well, not liquid creosote, Phil, but water mixed with
creosote and other
soluble combustion products, yes.

Until the pipe heats up enough, it acts just like any
other condensor,
and in my experience they ALL drip a little (preferably
into themselves,
not out) during initial fire-up.

LLoyd

From what I've seen on this subject of creosote dripping the
problem is
the 'automatic dampers' used. They allow the air intake
plate to completely
close off the air intake hole! This is not acceptable and is
the root cause of
the situation which in my opinion is very serious indeed and
must be taken
care of immediately. The simplest fix is with a welding rod
with one end
bent into a hook and you hang in on the intake hole so the
plate can never
close completely. None of my stoves have ever dripped
'liquid', ever.
The guy with 13 joints has a real problem!
phil kangas