Conversion Kit for Wonderfire/Vermont Cast Stove

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Rhonda2019

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Jan 3, 2019
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Michigan
Need a conversion kit for my Wonderfire/Vermont Castings Stove Model 2470, Serial # 1517.

This is to convert from propane to natural gas.

Bought stove and appears in excellent condition.

Conversion Kit is obselete. I have contacted 3 parts websites.

I have manual. Suggestions???
 
Thanks, Keith O. I discussed with Stove Parts Unlimited. As the model of stove is so old the conversion kit is obsolete and not available. Therefore, I need to pursue used parts or trading parts or some other option.

Here is more detail on conversion part needed.

NG 30. Part #: 000-5062. (See manual pages attached)
 

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Do you have a local dealer who may be willing to install a new gas control for you ? Are you able to identify make and model of your gas valve ? I was able to identify my gas valve and the NG regulator kit was still available for it as a seperate part. That just leaves changing the pilot and main jet which is not complicated stuff for a stove technician.
 
The spec of your stove is almost identical to mine, but I cant tell if yours has B vent or direct vent
 
My gas valve looks like this. So far haven’t found a contractor who wants to take this on.
 

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Rhonda, the ebay listing is for a Robertshaw 710-503 gas valve, set up for natural gas, with the same thermopile and thermocouple inputs as your current valve.
https://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=264125241479&_sacat=0
In addition, a tech would have to remove the main and pilot jets and determine replacement with larger diameters to suit the change from propane to NG.

I have been "winging it" with my stove, but I do have the benefit of being an engineer and having access to equipment some people may not have. I can refer you to my thread in this same forum "Generic LP to NG stove conversion"
 
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Robert Shaw makes a low profile gas control i did away with the thermopile entirely just use a thermocouple... The unit comes with its own thermostat . Very simple to put on...