That $6 damper is gonna ruin a expensive heater. Heating it up that fast goes against everything they were designed for. Unless it was poorly designed/built, you are going to overheat it (inside). When that happens, the firebrick will break down and burn away. Once you do that, you have to tear it apart and rebuild the guts of it. Ever build a ship in a bottle? Its kinda like that. In the beginning, you convince yourself that the best way to go is just go in and replace what is needed, you just have to take out a few bad brick and replace them afterall. By the time you are done, you will be certain that it would have been best to just take apart the whole heater and rebuild it from scratch (and you will have been right 80% of the time).
You could also be creating some creosote problems down the line but its pretty difficult to explain via the web, and I cant say for sure you will have an issue with it without seeing the heater. The potential is high though.
My best advice would be for you to take some time and learn how to use the heater before you ruin it. Its clear from all the responces in both threads that nobody else knows the kind of heater you have. As I understand it, they are not that uncommon over there but in America, they are rare as hens teeth. Just the hippies and energy cheapskates have them here. Expensive too, a used pickup truck for just a simple version and it goes up from there.
Bottom line: A damper is NOT the answer on a masonry heater.
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