1980's Luap Associates Inc woodstove

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I got 3 out of 4 of them. My pilot drill bit broke off in the hole for the upper bracket. Oh well, it's still going to be better than it was.

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[Hearth.com] 1980's Luap Associates Inc woodstove
I upgraded the hardware as well. The old stuff was 1/4 long Phillips head, and the new stuff is 1/2 long Allen socket head. I figured I'd also add flat and split washers for extra hold down strength.
 
I just bought a double wide in Roseburg, Oregon and it has a Luap wood stove. Mine is a Convector 1. Yours is a Nighthawk according to the fine print on your emissions sticker. It is in the second to the last line.
Having grown up in Wisconsin and then spending 20 years in Idaho, I was familiar with Fisher, I was familiar with Blaze King and Earth Stove and some of the other bigger manufacturers, but the Luap was new to me. For a stove that predates the air tube technology, I'm very pleased with what a great stove this is. Though mine is called the Convector, it appears I may be able to add a blower to it based on the opening for the air passage that goes through the jacket and comes out above the lower step on the top. That's what motivated me to start looking online.
I haven't cleaned mine up yet, the move into the house has required my attention on more critical issues.
I have enjoyed reading this thread and seeing your progress.
 

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Flamewrench62 said:
I just bought a double wide in Roseburg, Oregon and it has a Luap wood stove. Mine is a Convector 1. Yours is a Nighthawk according to the fine print on your emissions sticker. It is in the second to the last line.
Having grown up in Wisconsin and then spending 20 years in Idaho, I was familiar with Fisher, I was familiar with Blaze King and Earth Stove and some of the other bigger manufacturers, but the Luap was new to me. For a stove that predates the air tube technology, I'm very pleased with what a great stove this is. Though mine is called the Convector, it appears I may be able to add a blower to it based on the opening for the air passage that goes through the jacket and comes out above the lower step on the top. That's what motivated me to start looking online.
I haven't cleaned mine up yet, the move into the house has required my attention on more critical issues.
I have enjoyed reading this thread and seeing your progress.
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Thank you so much for pointing out the model Nighthawk! I thought I had looked those stickers throughly, but I guess not good enough, lol.
Your stove looks to be in good condition, and hopefully will work good for you. For not having any modern technology, mine keeps my house almost too warm.
I've seen a few pictures of the Luap Convectors online but not too much info related to them. The blower idea sounds great, if you can figure it out.
Do you plan on making a thread about yours? If you do, I'll have to read it.
 
Flamewrench62 said:
I just bought a double wide in Roseburg, Oregon and it has a Luap wood stove. Mine is a Convector 1. Yours is a Nighthawk according to the fine print on your emissions sticker. It is in the second to the last line.
Having grown up in Wisconsin and then spending 20 years in Idaho, I was familiar with Fisher, I was familiar with Blaze King and Earth Stove and some of the other bigger manufacturers, but the Luap was new to me. For a stove that predates the air tube technology, I'm very pleased with what a great stove this is. Though mine is called the Convector, it appears I may be able to add a blower to it based on the opening for the air passage that goes through the jacket and comes out above the lower step on the top. That's what motivated me to start looking online.
I haven't cleaned mine up yet, the move into the house has required my attention on more critical issues.
I have enjoyed reading this thread and seeing your progress.
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We have a Convector stove that we bought new in '85 or '86, we still use it each winter and it works quiet well. It's burn a many cord of wood. It looks almost identical except the damper control on ours is on the right side below the door handle, looks like yours is in the middle under the ash catch tray. As for a fan to assist...if needed we have set a small fan behind the stove on the floor and forced air in the back, it will exit through the screen that is between the two flat tops. I still have all the paperwork that came with ours somewhere.
 

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terrydk said:
We have a Convector stove that we bought new in '85 or '86, we still use it each winter and it works quiet well. It's burn a many cord of wood. It looks almost identical except the damper control on ours is on the right side below the door handle, looks like yours is in the middle under the ash catch tray. As for a fan to assist...if needed we have set a small fan behind the stove on the floor and forced air in the back, it will exit through the screen that is between the two flat tops. I still have all the paperwork that came with ours somewhere.
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Hi Terrydk,

We also have a Luap Convector. Based on the picture you posted it looks identical to ours.

We don't have the paperwork for the stove and have a question on the operation.

The damper handle on ours is also on the lower right side below the door handle.

Is the damper open or closed when you pull the handle all the way out, and vice versa when pushed in?

Do you by chance have the manual for the stove still?

Any help would be greatly appreciated
 
The damper is closed when the handle is pushed all the way in. Damper is wide open when its pulled all the way out. I have all the paperwork including a brochure somewhere just need to look for it. The air from the damper enters on the sides just behind the glass in the door. The idea being that the air flow keeps smoke off the glass. If you open the door and shine a flashlight into that slot on the right side above the damper handle you can see the damper handle moving. The damper works well and will snuff the fire completely out if pushed all the way in.
 
It's confusing (though not uncommon) to call the air control the damper. Usually one thinks of the damper as controlling the exhaust.
 
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