Baffle board that too small

[Swahmann]

I've owned the Northstar fireplace by Heat n Glo for 3 years, and only really burn on the weekends in the winter. Last year I noticed a crack in the baffle board. After reading a post on this site I decided to continue on and burn. I never had any problems. I eventually got around to ordering a new baffle SRV480-0510 and when I removed the old one I realized the new one isn't the correct size, the width is about 3 inches less!! It's also grey in color rather than the white one I took out.

My question is, would it be unwise to use the fireplace with the new smaller baffle? Should I just revert to the old cracked baffle? Why would the new baffle not be as wide?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Big Al]

I'd use the cracked one until you get the correct replacement. A baffle board that's too small like that won't keep heat or smoke in the fire box for secondary combustion. The baffle may have been mis packaged, there could be one number off in the part number....any number of human errors result in wrong parts getting shipped. The color wouldn't concern me as they may be sourcing the baffle material from a different vendor. You definately want the right size part though. Good luck

 

[Wood Heat Stoves]

looks like you ordered the correct part number, what does the dealer you bought from have to say?