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  1. Buck1200
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    Woodstock Soapstone Progress Hybrid Stove

    Glad you got the flue probe in R. 400F is the magic number for this stove: close the bypass and air control and the cat always engages. It also...
    Post by: Buck1200, Jan 11, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Using cooktop temp to engage cat on PH?

    That depends on what's happening in the firebox. With lot's of flame the vast majority of volitile gasses are burned there, so the cat doesn't do...
    Post by: Buck1200, Nov 9, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Using cooktop temp to engage cat on PH?

    [ATTACH] The vertical tc measures the cat outlet temp and the angled one actually dives through the cat to measure the upstream temp. I also have...
    Post by: Buck1200, Nov 9, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Using cooktop temp to engage cat on PH?

    I just stuffed pieces of fiberglass rope in the hole after running the thermocouples out (inconel sheathed 1/16" diameter type K). I thought about...
    Post by: Buck1200, Nov 7, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Got it in my head to experiment...

    Last season with a cold night and a full load of beech and maple I got the top to up to 690 before the secondaries finally started. It's interesting...
    Post by: Buck1200, Nov 7, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Using cooktop temp to engage cat on PH?

    With firebox flames it's usually in the high 700's. Without, it will be high 900's minimum during the early stage of the burn, an as far north...
    Post by: Buck1200, Nov 5, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Using cooktop temp to engage cat on PH?

    I've been engaging with the top stone reading around 150-ish and the flue temp (double wall pipe with Condor flue probe) at around 300-350 and...
    Post by: Buck1200, Nov 4, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Ideas needed to increase draft for Progress Hybrid installation

    Your house is a lot like a hot air balloon- warm air wants to push out the top while cool air is being sucked (or pushed from the outside) through...
    Post by: Buck1200, Oct 8, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Ideas needed to increase draft for Progress Hybrid installation

    Air traveling down the chimney rather than up is a symptom of a house which is at negative air pressure, either due to high exfiltration rates (air...
    Post by: Buck1200, Oct 7, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Another PH shoulder season fire...

    I used the word 'acceptable' to describe how the stove is behaving for me. At the risk of diminishing the value of my input with gushing, the stove...
    Post by: Buck1200, Sep 28, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Another PH shoulder season fire...

    I had pretty consistent 24hr load cycles during the month of March last year. This had a lot to do with more moderate outside temperatures during...
    Post by: Buck1200, Sep 28, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Another PH shoulder season fire...

    I ran an inconel sheathed type k thermocouple through the upper rear bolt hole in the rear to an Omega setpoint controller so I could see the cat...
    Post by: Buck1200, Sep 25, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Calling In The Warranty On Woodstock Steel Cat

    I had the PH at 680 stove top the other night. That was with a 'dark box' cat burn with a full load of 2 year old maple and beech, and falling temps...
    Post by: Buck1200, Feb 22, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    WS Progress Hybrid sporadic chugging

    That's standard on my stove, and I find, rather entertaining. Enjoy.
    Post by: Buck1200, Feb 16, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Calling In The Warranty On Woodstock Steel Cat

    I jammed about 3" of 3/8" fiberglass rope under the center of the cat. My cat has a bit of a bow in it and flipped concave down, the rope pretty...
    Post by: Buck1200, Feb 16, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Calling In The Warranty On Woodstock Steel Cat

    I think it pretty much has, yes. There is still a difference now that it is broken in, but that cat seems to engage ok as long as the stove top...
    Post by: Buck1200, Feb 16, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Calling In The Warranty On Woodstock Steel Cat

    The cat is completely out of sight on the Progress. I've ordered a couple of k type thermocouples with the intent of measuring pre and post cat...
    Post by: Buck1200, Feb 15, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Calling In The Warranty On Woodstock Steel Cat

    I checked the cat tonight and found clear evidence that it was not seated squarely on the gasket- it rocked within the pocket, and the top half of...
    Post by: Buck1200, Feb 15, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Calling In The Warranty On Woodstock Steel Cat

    The Progress has a face gasket, but no wrap-around gasket, which I believe is likely due to the thermal expansion difference between the stainless...
    Post by: Buck1200, Feb 14, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Calling In The Warranty On Woodstock Steel Cat

    Though this cat situation is leaving me feeling a bit cranky, the stove is still pretty amazing in comparison to the Hearthstone it replaced. That...
    Post by: Buck1200, Feb 14, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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