Lopi Stove Identification
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Welcome. You may not want to hear this but the sale of pre-EPA stoves in OR is illegal. Yes, I know that there are lots on craigslist, but that is state law. I'm guessing that this may be a Lopi M530, not sure. If so it is a large beast requiring an 8" flue.
You may be able to get a modern, legal stove for not a lot more money. For sure a new unit will use less fuel. Tell us about the area you are trying to heat, the chimney this would connect to, your current wood supply, etc.
You may be able to get a modern, legal stove for not a lot more money. For sure a new unit will use less fuel. Tell us about the area you are trying to heat, the chimney this would connect to, your current wood supply, etc.
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Actually that is incorrect. We have temperature inversions out here. Some of the worst pollution I have seen locally is in the sleepy logging town of Darrignton where everyone thinks it's fine to smolder wood split yesterday. It's so bad that there is a local buy back program where the county will buy back your stove or provide you money toward a clean burner or pellet stove. They even provide funds to build a wood shed to encourage burning drier wood and will train folks on how to burn cleanly.
That said when I drove up through that town last winter it was still terrible. It doesn't take more than 50 idiots burning like this to choke up an entire valley with wood smoke.
That said when I drove up through that town last winter it was still terrible. It doesn't take more than 50 idiots burning like this to choke up an entire valley with wood smoke.
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Hmmm, then it sounds like unseasoned/wet wood should have been the subject of the ban, not the older stoves. I guess we are fortunate here, sparse population & no temp inversions that I have noticed. Then again we have no code enforcement and very low taxes which I why I love it here
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