Aidan Kelly

Hello, I just finished putting up my first electric fence and when ending the line, I wrapped it back up from the bottom line to the top so it is touching all rows of the line again. Then I ended it on the top line just by wrapping it around a few times. In my mind I thought having it touch each row would make them all have even voltage rather then it getting weaker the further down the line it goes. But now I am second guessing and not sure if this will cause damage to the solar fencer or cause other issues. Will all the hot lines touching each other cause an issue? Thanks for any help in advance! P.S the top line is the first one coming from the fencer.

Thank you everyone for the reply’s. I added a grate that sits about 3” high and added another air vent made from 2x4 steel that runs under the grate until around the middle of the stove. Also made a makeshift baffle to try and force air downwards towards the fire. Last change was another air vent on the door. The stove burns good now especially when I hook a blower onto the 2x4 vent to really heat it up haha

Hello, so I decided to make a very large wood stove to heat my shop. The idea behind the project was to use only scrap I had laying around (don’t mind how rough it looks it will get prettied up when it’s done haha)  which led to using an old water tank which is 5’ long and 3’ In diameter. For air vents there are 2 2” pieces of pipe on either side of the door. The only chimney it has so far is a 3’ piece of 6” pipe with a dampener in it. I also welded a small piece on channel steel in the stove just below the pipe to try and retain more heat. I wanted to do a burn in it before plumbing the rest of the stove pipe and putting the stove in but I’m having a problem with keeping the stove lit with the door closed. It runs fine with the door open but dies down to only embers with the door closed and both air vents wide open than when opening the door it bellows out smoke until the fire starts up burning again 10 seconds later. Is it just not getting enough air to the back of the stove? If that’s the problem would putting another air vent into the back of the stove help?  or putting a pipe from the front of the stove to the back with air holes drilled fix the issue? Thank you in advance everyone. This is the first stove anywhere near this size I’ve made (and out of scrap)