- Nov 20, 2012
- 9
Recently moved & was happy to find a place with a nice Vermont Castings Encore 2550 Catalytic stove. I'm not a newbie to wood heat but my only past experience is with an ancient little L.Lange that was used to heat my garage.
Anyway, we've burned about a half cord so far this year & it seemed ok, but a friend recently suggested I inspect the catalytic because as he put it "they fail all the freaking time".
Herein lies my issue- I pulled the back plate to have a looksie & the catalytic was near totally eaten away.
I'd really like to buy a new, non-catalytic stove; but having just moved the funds just aren't there for it until probably Spring. I don't really want to dump $300 for the catalytic plus another $275 for the refractory assembly which is also starting to crack.
CAN I JUST RUN IT THIS WINTER? SAVE MY CASH FOR A NEW STOVE IN THE SPRING? IF IT'S LESS EFFICIENT I'M TOTALLY OK WITH THAT.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Anyway, we've burned about a half cord so far this year & it seemed ok, but a friend recently suggested I inspect the catalytic because as he put it "they fail all the freaking time".
Herein lies my issue- I pulled the back plate to have a looksie & the catalytic was near totally eaten away.
I'd really like to buy a new, non-catalytic stove; but having just moved the funds just aren't there for it until probably Spring. I don't really want to dump $300 for the catalytic plus another $275 for the refractory assembly which is also starting to crack.
CAN I JUST RUN IT THIS WINTER? SAVE MY CASH FOR A NEW STOVE IN THE SPRING? IF IT'S LESS EFFICIENT I'M TOTALLY OK WITH THAT.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks