I've been thinking about removing the outside air adapter on my 17-VL. I'd keep it in case I ever do want to use the OAK, but for now it would be nice to not have it dangling down taking up space where I want to keep the next load of firewood to warm up/dry out. Think it'd be ok to remove it? It just bolts on.
Remove outside air adapter on 17-VL?
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I'd route it horizontally to directly behind the stove then straight down for a neater look that will stay out of the way. You can use small molys and nylon wire ties with screw hole to do this. That will give you a permanent fix.
Sorry joe, confused your installation with another. I would ask Englander about this. They may be relying on the OAK adapter as bottom heat shielding.
BeGreen said:
That's fine. I was wondering if it was integral. It isn't installed on the "beauty shots" on their site, but that doesn't mean anything. If I decide I really want to remove it I will ask them. Thanks.
Brandon at Englander has officially "ok"ed removing the adapter. It doesn't do anything other than allow the use of an OAK and since it is a large 5" opening he said removing it won't affect the stove performance.
fossil said:
Not directly, but I asked about removing that OAK adapter so I would have more room for wood and he said that was fine. Plus it's designed to have firewood under there, to me asking what he thought of that would be like asking if it's ok to burn wood in the stove.
48rob said:
Do you keep wood under stove as well or did you remove yours for a different reason?
48rob said:I keep kindling, fire starters, and a box of matches under mine, yes, to have more room.
Rob
Well, I'd say if a box of matches isn't a problem, regular cord would certainly shouldn't be! Thanks Rob.
48rob said:
Yeah, I think I measured the firebox at 17.25" and the door at something like 13". Right now most of my wood is cut to 13" due to the tiny stove I was going to install (Amesti N380), but I think I'll try to up the log size to 15-16" to make it easier to load the box full. I was concerned that loading even a 16" piece would be a real hard time due to the 13" door opening but apparently it's not too bad.
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