I had a local welder make me up a deep clinker pot for my 6500 - works great -one of my reasons for switching over was that I was getting way too much fly-ash out of my pipe which covered the back of my house and deck.

I am still getting fly-ash with my clinker pot

So what can I do to cut down the annoying fly-ash/soot ? I did notice a dramatic reduction in ash all together but its really annoying having to spend nearly a day cleaning my deck and siding in the spring. I was worried that maybe it is my exhaust -

currently it comes out the back of my stove - travels 24" to a T - then vertical 6 feet, then a 90 degree elbow then out then 6 feet out to the thimble and about 3 feet beyond to a adjustable exhaust elbow.


Any ideas ??

VTunimog wrote:


You will still get some ash out even without stirring the pot. You could try reducing your DF settings. I know I run mine lower with the clinker pot and running corn or corn/pellet mix, but I too still get some ash out of the pipe.

I know on the old forum there was some talk and pictures of different set ups that guys had made to catch the ash, maybe search there.

I also know that corn ash is a bugger, a lot worse than the pellet ash outside.

IMO...ash is just the nature of the beast. I don't use a stirrer and still get considerable ash outside. There's no such thing as a free lunch so I have a price to pay for the satisfaction I get from the stove. Your milage may vary

Here are just 2 from the old forum, Rona researched this before so he probably has more knowledge about it.

forum.iburncorn.com/viewtopic.php?t=10266

forum.iburncorn.com/viewtopic.php?t=366&highlight=ash+trap