Hello and Happy Holidays to all,
I have had an Alderlea T6 for 3 years now with no complaints. Tonight I was looking at the heat ex changer baffle system ( the top Stainless Steel plate with holes in it) and noticed it was not directing secondary burn flames out of most of the holes. I read about the flaky gasket that Alderlea uses on the rear air box as posted by member HogWildz. That was good to know as I am sure my gasket is in bad shape or even gone, as I have cleaned the stove twice since I bought it.
Shouldn't flames be rolling out all the plate holes once the stove is hot and I close the air lever down restricting airflow?
I also noticed the "airwash system" does not work like it once did. My glass gets sooted up fairly quickly and there is no longer the smoke that used to be seen washing across the stove door glass.
Sounds like she needs a "tune up", but I wanted some advice from the folks on this forum, as Hogwildz posted a lot of very useful info with pics etc.
Hope to hear from anybody that can help me with these issues.
Thanks in advance and may the New Year be good to all of us.
Pete; Sutter Creek, Ca ( 90 miles west of South Lake Tahoe)
I have had an Alderlea T6 for 3 years now with no complaints. Tonight I was looking at the heat ex changer baffle system ( the top Stainless Steel plate with holes in it) and noticed it was not directing secondary burn flames out of most of the holes. I read about the flaky gasket that Alderlea uses on the rear air box as posted by member HogWildz. That was good to know as I am sure my gasket is in bad shape or even gone, as I have cleaned the stove twice since I bought it.
Shouldn't flames be rolling out all the plate holes once the stove is hot and I close the air lever down restricting airflow?
I also noticed the "airwash system" does not work like it once did. My glass gets sooted up fairly quickly and there is no longer the smoke that used to be seen washing across the stove door glass.
Sounds like she needs a "tune up", but I wanted some advice from the folks on this forum, as Hogwildz posted a lot of very useful info with pics etc.
Hope to hear from anybody that can help me with these issues.
Thanks in advance and may the New Year be good to all of us.
Pete; Sutter Creek, Ca ( 90 miles west of South Lake Tahoe)