FYI: Using magnets to secure stove parts

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ControlFreak

Feeling the Heat
Hearth Supporter
Jan 15, 2008
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Holden, MA
This is particularly helpful to people with Napoleon 1402's.

About my only complaint about the 1402 is the screws that attach the side covers to the rest of the stove. The screws are tucked in under the cover and hard to get to. One very handy improvement is to use the super-strong magnets gleaned from a couple old hard drives to replace the screws. Now to clean dust out of the blowers, you just need to slip a flat screwdriver in, pop the magnets loose and the panel is free to be taken out of the way.

Magnets don't like super hot temperatures, but this part of the stove stays cool.
 
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