About to christen my new Quadra Fire Santa Fe

[DKNJ]

But I dont know if it will run without a thermostat wire. I installed a thermostat and ran the wire, but came up about a foot short of connecting it to the stove, gotta fix that this weekend. I figured in the meantime, no bother, I'll get it running without it, then shut it down after a few minutes on this chilly night in SE New York. Looking at the manual, is this even possible? Seems like you need a thermostat for the stove to call for heat. Anyone have any experience with this?

fyi stove history: I had a 2003 Whitfield Profile 20 that ran ok for 4 years until I started having problems with it - kept shutting down or dropping into fault. I replaced most of the suspect parts, had a local tech look at it, but still didnt work properly. Decided to take the plunge this year and buy a new one, sold the Whitfield for $200 as a Handyman special.

 

[jtp10181]

Find the two posts on the stove where the stat wires would normally connect. connect them together with a short piece of wire. This will call for heat. All the thermostat does is open and close that circuit.

 

[imacman]

DKNJ, don't forget....once it's installed and running, we need to see pics, or it really didn't happen!. :cheese:

 

[mark d fellows]

Congratulations and welcome to the family!

Mark

 

[tjnamtiw]

Look in your manual and you will see a terminal strip that has four connections. short the two center ones together to call for heat

 

[kt1i]

I'm running my SF with the thermostat and it runs fine. The thermostat is a good 20 feet from the stove. During power outage last winter, jumped the thermostat terminals, ran on low with an inverter and big gel cell batt. Disconnected the ignitor. Ran a good 10 hrs on one batt.