Need help determining correct replacement part

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Eric Marchand

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Nov 10, 2013
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New York
Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this post.

Last year I bought a house equipped with a Consolidated Dutchwest wood stove, Model: FA224ACL.
It was originally installed in 1979. Last week I had my chimney swept & stove cleaned, somehow the company lost the catalytic probe thermometer and I need to find a replacement. I've called the company that cleaned the stove, but they have been completely unhelpful.

I have the installation & maintenance manual that came with the stove, but there isn't much information regarding the probe thermometer. I've seen several for sale by Condar, but I don't know the probe length I need & there is nothing in the manual which states probe length.

Does anyone know if there is a way I can measure the correct probe length, or a place to look up exact replacement parts for an old stove? I have a stove pipe thermometer installed, but I'm hesitant to run the stove without the catalytic probe thermometer as well.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Eric
 
It's seems like the probe is about 1" long and shorter than the current Dutch west thermometer. we had an old short one in our store a few years ago and I noticed that feature. I am not sure V C stocks the shorter probe. I will try looking in my parts book tomorrow.
Ernie
 
It's seems like the probe is about 1" long and shorter than the current Dutch west thermometer. we had an old short one in our store a few years ago and I noticed that feature. I am not sure V C stocks the shorter probe. I will try looking in my parts book tomorrow.
Ernie

I would really appreciate it if you could check. I've seen 1 1/2" & 1 3/4" thermometers for sale (as well as larger). I thought it was one of the smaller ones but have no way to verify it.

Thanks again!
 
Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this post.

Last year I bought a house equipped with a Consolidated Dutchwest wood stove, Model: FA224ACL.
It was originally installed in 1979. Last week I had my chimney swept & stove cleaned, somehow the company lost the catalytic probe thermometer and I need to find a replacement. I've called the company that cleaned the stove, but they have been completely unhelpful.

I have the installation & maintenance manual that came with the stove, but there isn't much information regarding the probe thermometer. I've seen several for sale by Condar, but I don't know the probe length I need & there is nothing in the manual which states probe length.

Does anyone know if there is a way I can measure the correct probe length, or a place to look up exact replacement parts for an old stove? I have a stove pipe thermometer installed, but I'm hesitant to run the stove without the catalytic probe thermometer as well.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Eric
If you're still looking for a replacement you can get one here. http://www.blackswanhome.com/fa224-ccl.html This is the best place I've seen for Consolidated Dutchwest parts. I have a 264CCL, and after replacing the catalytic converter once I decided to go without one after the second one went bad. I ran just as well without one.
 
Couldn't you just cut a longer one if you can't find one?
 
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