On Jan 13, 9:30 pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:51:06 -0800 (PST), Jim K wrote:
No smoke, lazyish bluey yellow tinted flames that are frequently not
attached to the logs. ie they are burning the gases emmited by the
logs. Once a log has been in there for 30 to 45 minutes if you bash it
with tongs it will fall apart and be glowing anything from dull red to
red all the way through depending on how long it's been in.

Of course a fresh log burns with bright yellow attached flames
initially.

mmm can you describe the baffle? presume your descriptions of flame
are with this in place?

Yes, Ascii art is easier than words:

+--+-------+ Whe
= | a +---- d = door
d v a flue v = air wash vent fed from =
d b +---- g = grate
d b | b = boiler
d b| a = baffle
d b|
dggggggggg-+
d |
+----------+

The baffle is really just an extension to the top of the boiler to force
the gases up and round the boiler it's a stubby T in shape. The central
"leg" allows access to the rear of the boiler and flue exit.

presumably the boiler part is in use? does it produce a "hot" output
or just help another heat source?

between 3 and 9 for how long would the boiler be producing "hot"?

generally sounds to me as though the boiler may be cooling the gases
etc so much that the tarry nasties are condensing on the first/next
coolest surface - your flue exit .....is there a flue liner of some
sort above all this? or just an open masonry flue ;( ???

Jim K