Has anyone actually seen an EPA wood stove test?

[slindo]

Has anyone here actually seen a EPA wood stove test report? Are they available to the public somewhere, or do they remain proprietary?

I've seen a lot of numbers from EPA tests cited, but never the full report. My understanding is that the EPA doesn't actually test them, but there are independent test labs that are licensed to, but one assumes they results must be available somewhere.

I'm curious if they only test the stoves in perfect shape, or if they do any runs with the stove not functioning correctly - like, for example, with a bad or missing cat.

 

[firefighterjake]

Since the purpose of the EPA test is to pass the standard with a new stove I cannot imagine why they would be testing a stove that doesn't work correctly . . . that would be akin to requiring vehicles to meet certain emission standards, having them pass as designed and new and then purposefully removing a critical component or damaging that component . . . only to find out that it fails the test . . . which would not be so surprising.

 

[mellow]

OMNI does a whole bunch of testing for the larger manufacturers, you can get the report # on their website, you might be able to call and get the full report from them.

England's Stove works example:
http://www.omni-test.com/listing_directories/pld_search_results_final.php?product=1052

How they test:
http://www.omni-test.com/documents/emissions.pdf

List of testing labs:
http://www.epa.gov/oecaerth/monitoring/programs/caa/whlabs.html