Econoburn 150 Nozzle replacement

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Feeling the Heat
Hearth Supporter
Jan 29, 2008
286
NE Pa
Replaced the nozzle after 5-6 years of service on my EB. Was a little intimidated with the job at first but now that I have one under my belt and I now know where the secondary air pipes are located and such it is not too bad a job. It probably took me 1-1.5 hours of chiseling but I am fairly confident I could do it in 30 minutes or so next time.
First fire after the nozzle was replaced I got nervous. It was struggling to raise the temp. I read the warnings that the refractory will be wet and may even drip during first fire but I didn't expect it to keep temp from rising like it did on mine. Put a call into Dale and he assured me after a couple fires refractory would be dried right out and he was right on with that info. Burning nice again after about 4-6 hours of burn time.
So i wouldn't classify it as my favorite job but won't bother me to do it again next time.
 
Replaced the nozzle after 5-6 years of service on my EB. Was a little intimidated with the job at first but now that I have one under my belt and I now know where the secondary air pipes are located and such it is not too bad a job. It probably took me 1-1.5 hours of chiseling but I am fairly confident I could do it in 30 minutes or so next time.
First fire after the nozzle was replaced I got nervous. It was struggling to raise the temp. I read the warnings that the refractory will be wet and may even drip during first fire but I didn't expect it to keep temp from rising like it did on mine. Put a call into Dale and he assured me after a couple fires refractory would be dried right out and he was right on with that info. Burning nice again after about 4-6 hours of burn time.
So i wouldn't classify it as my favorite job but won't bother me to do it again next time.

How did you know nozzle was bad? Did it stop gassifing???