New Pacific Energy NEO 2.5

Hi,

This is my first post on the forum. I have been reading the forum for a while. I was shopping for a wood stove insert. End up getting a Pacific Energy Neo 2.5 with a rigid liner from the stove to the top. The chimney is on the exterior wall but inside the house. The insert was installed yesterday and it is great so far except the fire seems to be more active on the right side then it is on the left side of the stove for some reason. The glass is dirty on the left side about 25% of the total glass. But the rest of the glass is still super clean.

My wood is mainly season ash and some maple. The stove pumps lots of heat and I get nice blueish secondary flame for quite a while.

I will try to upload a video of the insert burning if I can find out how.

Regards,

Here the video of the insert. It is not the best since it is during the day, but you get the idea. I try to show the dirty windows on the left side.

This is with the air fully closed.

Did not even know there a knock out plate to remove in the back. I had it installed, not sure if they did it but will ask for sure. Is this plate mention anywhere in the installation manual?

If the latch needs adjustment after the dollar test, how do you adjust it? There does not seems to have anything to adjust. Do I pry the latch out?

Thanks,

I did the dollar bill test and it is super tight all around except near the latch. It is not super loose but not hard to pull out. The impression on the door gasket is deep all around the door but barely visible near the latch. So the latch probably needs adjustment.

Hogwildz, I used single wall rigid as my massonery chimney is inside the house.

Here is a picture of the latch. There does not seems to be anything to adjust.

And here is a better picture of the insert with the dirty glass on the left side. As requested by Jeff_T.

It is around -1C at the moment, so I am not burning too hot but I always make sure the fire is not smoldering and no smoke is coming out of the chimney. I have no way of telling what is the insert temp or flue temp. But the insert generate lots of heat if I give it more air. When the fire is establish, even fully closed the insert is putting out lots of heat. I adjust using less wood for now. But it will get very cold soon here in Montreal.

As for the knock out, the manual only talk about air intake but no knock out. As for inside air, the intake is under the insert:

Combustion Air
Consult local building codes regarding combustion air supply.
Intake or combustion air can be supplied to the Insert in one
of two ways:
1) Outside air supply: Remove the cover from ash clean out
in the existing fi replace. Place a rodent screen in place of
the cover. Install the Insert as described in the "Installation"
section, making sure not to cover the opening of the
air inlet. When the installation is complete, seal the back
surround to fi replace. This will ensure combustion air is
drawn from outside the house and under the unit.
2) Room air supply: The insert can get combustion air from
the front under the fi rebox but it must have adequate air
for combustion provided in the room the unit is installed
in. This may involve providing make up air from outside
the house.

I will post a picture of the whole install when I am done. I have ripped off the old ceramic but did not installed the new one yet. Just got the insert yesterday.

Are there washers under the latch to take out?

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No, there are no washer to take out. But thanks for pointing it out. Did not thought about that.

Here's a better HD burn video. We can see the new generation baffle in action:

We must have a different version manual / insert. Mine only talk about combustion air at page 14 (I have attached it). There is no mention of cover plate or knockout. You do have a NEO 2.5?

2) Room air supply: The insert can get combustion air from
the front under the firebox but it must have adequate air
for combustion provided in the room the unit is installed
in. This may involve providing make up air from outside
the house.

My glass also seems to become cleaner. At lease 50% of the black is gone and the rest is slowly fading away. I use to have at least 4 inches of black on the left side, but now I have 1 1/2 inch maybe. Maybe there is a break in period. Been using mine for only 2 days

How is your burn time? Last night, I put one 8'' split in the back and one 6'' in the front. I rake all the coal in front before adding the split. Once the the fire was establish, I set the air setting to fully closed. This was at 11pm. This morning at 6h30am, the log in the back was still in one piece glowing red. The fan was still on blowing hot air. I am very please with this result. The insert was far from being packed last night.