Ivy

Thanks again Koukouvagia, The flue I am using is absolutely clear and about 4ft straight up. I did remove the cleaning pin as an experiment, this improved things slightly. I really need to try again with burner rings. I take it the bottom one sits on the 3 pegs half way down the burner pot, but I am not sure about the top one, does it sit above or below the bigger holes around the top of the burner pot, and roughly how big is the hole in the burner rings. When it goes out the burner pot is just damp, not really wet. I really appreciate your help. Thank you.

Hi folks, Sorry to drag up an old thread but I have registered here today after googleing Refleks stoves and this very helpful thread came up. Thank you, Koukouvagia. I have been given an old Refleks like the one here to heat my small workshop and I think parts are missing, like the burner rings. Basically there is nothing in the burner pot at all. I followed the instructions here and have all the little holes clear, the bigger holes around the top of the burner pot are clear and fuel seeps out of the fuel outlet (or is it inlet to the burner pot). The fuel flow increases as I turn the control and stops in the off position. All good so far, but when I light it the flame is yellow, weak and rather pathetic and if I put a flue that I rigged up on it goes out. (the flue is 70mm pipe as recomended). So are the burner rings essential, although I did make a couple but had to guess the hole size. This made it worse. It appears to me that the fire is not drawing air but I can not see how that it can't draw air if the holes are clear and the base has unrestricted air flow. I understand this is a Narrowboat forum and I am being a bit cheeky here but can any one help here please? It's driving me nuts. Thanks for reading, Ivy.