When relighting this morning i happened to look up and saw this. Their is also another one to the left that is not showing in this picture. I heard a pop the day the stove was hitting 650* last week which drew my attention to it running hot in the 1st place. At the time i thought it was the stove itself expanding but now i wonder if it was the baffle board? Other than too hot, what would cause this? Going to order a new one today and do a chimney cleaning on Saturday so i guess i'll see how bad it is.......
2 month old Flame Monaco cracked top baffle......
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electrathon
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All those lighter colored spots are where you are hitting it with firewood. They are very fragile. It looks to me like you have hit it one time too hard/often. Be very careful to never touch it with wood when loading it.
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