Regency f2400

I've got a Regency I2400. Less than 18 months old now. Every now it will get pretty hot even though the air control has been choked all the way down for over an hour. I don't think it has gone over 600, but it get up there. I usually turn the fan on high to draw off some of the heat. It's installed in a ranch style home/chimney isn't real tall... but it will pull a draft strong enough to cause the stove to whistle.

Maybe this is the way the stove was designed to burn? I get NO smoke when it's acting like this.

loubasle said:

anyone out here have a regency f2400 wood stove? I would like to contact someone with one. I am having problem controlling the stove. After four or five pieces of wood, the stove wants to take off and will not burn low. I even put in a draft control on the stove pipe. With the draft control almost fully closed and the air control on the stove all the way closed the wood burns high and the four or five pieces will only last about 3 hours. The stove burns at 600 degrees.
I would like to know where the stove gets the air supply to burn like this. There is a slot on the bottom of the stove towards the back, I even put steel wool in it to slow the air but does not seem to make a difference. The door gasket has been replaced. The stove is only one year old. Any suggestions..

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Interesting! I have a Regency F2400, and I have had it want to take off, even after closing the primary air all the way, if I load it up with real dry wood on a hot bed of coals. However, I fabricated a small piece of sheet metal to slide over the secondary air slot at the bottom rear of the stove, and if I close that air supply off it chokes the air supply off completely and quells the inferno,,,, every time, without fail. Assuming I have also door shut tight and the primary closed all the way as well. If you are also doing these things, and also have flue draft control (I don't have one) you are closing and still getting an out of control fire situation, then I would say you got some weird problem there my friend.
Mind you, "600 degrees F" is not what I would call out of control. I commonly like to peak at 600 F before closing the primary, and frequently hit 700 F without much concern. I don't start to worry much unless I have the primary shut completely and still rising much above 700. We have admittedly hit 800+ F a few times, and I wouldn't recommend it, but I at least know the stove can handle it, so I wouldn't be worried about 600 F. In fact if that is the max temp you are achieving, then I would would say you are doing just fine. burn on!

Edit:
just to clarify, I'm talk temp readings taken on a stove TOP thermometer placed in the middle of the stove top.
Do you have a blower fan? They will really help carry the excess heat away from the top of the stove.

We have a Regency i2400. During the first year we had it, I noticed that the door latch would loosen up after some time of opening and closing the door for reloads. It loosened up sufficiently that we burned through a couple of loads of wood pretty quickly before we figured out what was going on.
Check to see if the nuts that hold the door latch in place are tight. If they are not, when you close the door it can leave quite a gap between the door the the wall of the stove.