I guess you could just install the new gasket with the full tadpole on top, and the cut "tail" on bottom. Just make sure the gasket wraps around the bottom edge of the glass so it doesn't contact the metal. Why do you want to change it?I have read about people doing this. I was unable to find any details on how it was done. Can someone shed some light on how it was done. I have search the forums but couldn't find the details. Thanks
I saved two small sections of old tadpole gasket for the same purpose. The thin part slides into the airwash. I don't block the entire length of the airwash... embers would get blown out of the burnpot, leaving small charred pieces (incomplete combustion) in the firebox.To block the air wash I just take a couple of foot long length of the fattest diameter fiberglass wood stove gasket rope and lay it over the air wash opening up tight against the stove frame
Here's a couple:Search under "Quad modifications" and you will find several of tj and B-mods most excellent posts on how to do these and a few other Quad mods
I saved two small sections of old tadpole gasket for the same purpose. The thin part slides into the airwash. I don't block the entire length of the airwash... embers would get blown out of the burnpot, leaving small charred pieces (incomplete combustion) in the firebox.
Yup, sometimes I use only one of them. This time of year, I don't bother at all. Come to think of it, maybe I should... it might reduce the soot from running GS pellets on Low with the feed gate closed.I assume you cover the edges of the air wash and leave the middle open?
I played around with blocking of the airwash but I did not see a large drop in exhaust temp.
It's probably the same amount of air, or close to it. The air is going through the burn pot instead of around it. The fire should be burning hotter and the effluent isn't being diluted with cooler air, so one might expect a rise in flue temperature instead of a drop.I wouldn't be at all surprised if you saw the exhaust temperature increase. By blocking the airwash, less air is going through the stove... at the same temperature less air will take less heat out the exhaust. You'll have to measure convection temps to see the benefit.
In the very short term, yes. But available BTUs are limited by the simple fixed feed rate of the "Control Box" Quads (all models except the AE and E2).That will result in more BTU's being consumed per time.
I just tried inserting and removing foil (several times) to block the middle ~50% of the airwash. Using an IR gun, the convection tube temperatures are a consistent 50-100 hotter with the foil
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