On steel stoves, is it normal for about 10 percent of the top of my insert's paint to to have either burned off, discolored or whatever you want to call it? It basically looks like theres just ash colored steel on top, with of course some ash from the blower on the bottom... The stove in my sig is the one I'm talking about....
I've had it for three burning seasons and I do run it pretty hard with some close calls but diligent. I turn and keep the blower on as soon as it hits 400 front temp... Damper 90 to 95 percent close for the entire burn with burn tubes lit.
Anyone else get this on their stove? I've posted before that I think my stove unnecessarily displaces the flames against the top before the v shaped flame guard in front of the exhaust resulting in the top plate flexing a bit. Could that be it too? Other 4100 owners have questioned the same. But it flexes back to normal when cold and when the blower is full bore.
Plus they provided a big ol can of stove paint so maybe that's why too...
I've had it for three burning seasons and I do run it pretty hard with some close calls but diligent. I turn and keep the blower on as soon as it hits 400 front temp... Damper 90 to 95 percent close for the entire burn with burn tubes lit.
Anyone else get this on their stove? I've posted before that I think my stove unnecessarily displaces the flames against the top before the v shaped flame guard in front of the exhaust resulting in the top plate flexing a bit. Could that be it too? Other 4100 owners have questioned the same. But it flexes back to normal when cold and when the blower is full bore.
Plus they provided a big ol can of stove paint so maybe that's why too...
