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mjsoliver

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This message is a reply to an archived post by sideconsole4020guy on January 11, 2014 at 16:19:19.
The original subject was "Wood fired tank heater".

I'm going to try to revive this thread. I have a
Siebring kerosene heater like some commenters
described. I've been trying to get it to work. It
won't pull a draft thru the chimney side. I
poured water thru it to make sure it isn't
blocked. Both pipes are the same height, about
28-30 inches. Do I need to add a piece of stove
pipe to the top of the chimney side to make it draw?
 
Siebring makes a lot of different models.

If you can find a model number, or if no number compare pictures, the mfg website has owners manuals that cover venting, adjustments, and trouble shooting.
Siebring
 
Not sure if i read the question right. When I was young dad had a wood fired stock heater. He put a section of metal silo pipe over the chimney. That thing realy worked good. Can remember going out early before school and dad would be stoking it. Sod Buster
 
I remember slamming the lid shut on the wood fired tank heater to try to get the smoke to go up the chimney instead of out of the fill opening. Then trying to get the smoke smell off me before the school bus came.
 
I have to laugh when I see a house with a wood stove in the front room and the pipe is maybe 5 feet long. The peak of the main house roof is 12 feet or more. Wonder how well that baby draws??
 
An old trick for poor drafting chimneys is to light a big wad of newspaper and hold it close over the top of the chimney. I don't know if this would work on a tank heater, but it worked consistently on my friend's shop stove.
 
On most everything, the chimney needs to be several inches to a foot or more higher than the intake side. Was on our woodfired heaters. Getting the chimney hot before lighting off the fire will help the draw get started.
 
Add some pipe to the chimney side, foot or more, really helps to have a wind vane cap to keep it turned down wind. Holding a burning newspaper or torch next to chimney to warm it will help get draw started.
 
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