3/8". But as noted I used 1/2" on my ash pan door of my P61 and it fit really nice, not too tight or too loose, I did stretch it slightly but it would have been fine if not as well.
Good to know - I'll have to replace the ash pan door gasket for the P61 next summer.
yes that is what it looked like but I will try 1/2 inch being one guy said he went 1/8 bigger and had tight fit
well I will leave it alone for now it is working well being the first real cold days are coming. later in the week it will warm up then I will fool with it
I think it was within this thread what I ask about the following. Has something changed since the reply where you said with the vacuum switch disconnected the flame still leaned forward ( I think it was you who said that in this thread, I'm not going back to dig it up)? And prior to that I know you said the door glass was getting black. FWIW, non of that constitutes " working well", it just doesn't shut down because a safety feature has been disabled.
on the right side of the ash box door where the hinge is I put a lighter there and it seemed to suck in the flame so being the door is even with the box I put a piece of aluminum tape over the seam between the door and the box. flame is much better and the glass has not got black in 2 days where it would in an hour. so I guess if the stove is sucking air thru the door it is less then what can come thru the air intake I think. I am here all the time and if I go somewhere for a few hours I make sure there is not the much pellets in the stove
My P61 leaked there too and about 1/3 of the length of the door bottom as well. And the stove was basically brand new at the time. I couldn't wait to get the gasket changed out, deal with service calls and all that stuff. I just went to the hardware store and bought some gasket material that afternoon and changed the foolish thing. I already mentioned that I bumped the size up to 1/2 inch. It hasn't leaked since in three burning seasons now..
Only two brands are even on my pellet stove radar, Harman and St Croix. I see no reason between these two brands to go searching for more makes and models. I might entertain the thought of a Quad, but we have seen a lot of problems with some of those here in the forum, I mean like big, blown out glass and such, flame ups... Ultimately I guess I wouldn't buy one in the end.
did you use a screwdriver to get the old glue off? I have some gaskets left from a wood stove they look to big and I have some gasket cement but I will not use it. maybe I will go with 1/2 rope. right now it is real cold and windy my exhaust gets blasted by the wind being I am on top of a mountain. flame goes out then lites again.
So you have back draft issues as well. How I cured back draft and blow back is to run vertical vent higher than the roof line of the house, then a screened 360 deg cap with mushroom lid. Now when the wind blows direction doesn't matter. Not from what direction, it never introduces negative draft or down draft. This chimney often had down draft issues in the past ( in particular with South winds), so I went up with the vent another couple of feet as well ( out of the chimney). This is Cape Cod, we get tough and persistent coastal New England winter winds here, sometimes sustained, other times gusty. Sometimes both. Prevailing winds are west or WNW, exactly on the side of the house my stove is located, I couldn't do a horizontal vent , not with persistent 40-50 MPH winds blowing at it. Every single winter storm ends with this wind direction as well. And most winter storms start out SE, turn east, north east, north then north west. Most houses around here have vertical venting FWIW.
I cant go over the roof line being my pipe comes out back wall. I have a one foot pipe out the wall with a 45 then a 3ft straight pipe with a 30 then a hooded piece. stove guy said I would not have wind problem with goose neck but I do. that is what is making the flame blow foward
Ok but I bet you could follow another of the Harman recommended vertical install diagrams. The install you have now appears to be a faulty plan, does it not?
the stove worked perfectly for 3 seasons when new with same piping system with 40 mph winds . so I do not know what is different wind is about 25 mph now. it will be warm later in the week and I will do the gaskets. right now without a high wind on stove temp feed rate on 1 fan on medium keeps house almost 70 using a little over a bag a day so it is ok until I can do the gaskets
hard to figure it was great first 3 years you could see the high wind making flame dance put it never went into shutdown mode. I made an extension for the hood and just put it on. I just got new gaskets 1/2 inch and it does look like 3/8 on the stove. I will replace them and hook up the low pressure switch cross my fingers and let you know
