Bypass handle "pushed down" (?)

[Nateums]

I'm at the hospital with my newborn and my parents are watching the other two kids. My dad just told me he pushed the bypass handle down "more" once it was closed, and sent a picture of the knob facing the wall at maybe at 4 o'clock instead of 3. I am not sure how the bypass handle assembly works, and am wondering if this could cause any issues over the next 30 or so hours until I'm home to check on it.

Mainly wondering if once opened if the bypass may not fully close now?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[DuaeGuttae]

Congratulations to you and your wife and your new little one. I hope all is well.

The bypass handle rotates into place, but then it cams over with an additional push to secure it. It sounds as though your dad actually did it correctly, and maybe you haven't been securing it previously. I would describe mine as being in the four o'clock rather than three o'clock position. It's hard for me to get a great photo because we have a door way to that side, but I thought this might help put your mind at ease since you need to be concentrating on your family rather than worrying about the stove. I think the stove will operate better, and there should be no issues with opening it. It's working as designed.





Again, congratulations on the new little one. Enjoy.

 

[Nateums]

Congratulations to you and your wife and your new little one. I hope all is well.

The bypass handle rotates into place, but then it cams over with an additional push to secure it. It sounds as though your dad actually did it correctly, and maybe you haven't been securing it previously. I would describe mine as being in the four o'clock rather than three o'clock position. It's hard for me to get a great photo because we have a door way to that side, but I thought this might help put your mind at ease since you need to be concentrating on your family rather than worrying about the stove. I think the stove will operate better, and there should be no issues with opening it. It's working as designed.


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Again, congratulations on the new little one. Enjoy.

Thank you, we are all doing great! That's hilarious, so he did it right and I've been doing it wrong. I have been getting 24 hour burns for the last 2 years so it must have been doing ok without it being locked down. I never would have known!

 

[stoveliker]

Pics. Cammed over as it should at 4-ish, and not cammed over at 3-ish for my Chinook.

It'll leak a tiny bit if not cammed over but the far majority of stuff will go through the cat. Your flue will now be a tiny bit cleaner is all.

And congratulations, or:, enjoy the ride! It'll go quick so take time to consciously experience and enjoy each phase.

 

[Tron]

Cammed over as it should at 4-ish, and not cammed over at 3-ish for my Chinook.

Same for me. You'll notice that additional "klick" immediately.
That said, I usually leave the handle at "3" over the summer as not to compress the bypass gasket when it's not needed anyway.
GTG or not so good?

 

[Nateums]

My parents and two older kids came to visit the baby today. I told my dad that he taught me something about the stove that I didn't know. I honestly think I may have never realized that the bypass has an additional lock on it. It makes sense, I must have somehow skipped that section when reading the manual, but the flap is so heavy when closing I just assumed it's a gravity seal!

Thanks all!

 

[Highbeam]

Same for me. You'll notice that additional "klick" immediately.
That said, I usually leave the handle at "3" over the summer as not to compress the bypass gasket when it's not needed anyway.
GTG or not so good?

I leave the bypass wide open over the summer so that if a bird comes down the flue it doesn't peck the cat out trying to escape the cat chamber!

 

[Sandy Alan]

Me too! Not worried about them pecking the cat, but don't want them to get trapped in there. In fact, I leave the door unlatched and a small block of wood wedged in it so they can escape the firebox. I hasn't happened often, but two or three times over the years we have had a bluebird (it's always a bluebird) fly out into the livingroom! We open the front door and prop open the screen, and they fly out in a bit.

 

[Tron]

Right, with the bypass open they get trapped in the firebox. We've had that happen only one year, but with three birds one after the other (or maybe the same extremely stupid bird).

 

[stoveliker]

I take the stove pipe off and cap the flue and the stove. No birds in my stove, or room.

 

[Sandy Alan]

Yeah, just don't want one dying in there. I would never hear the end of it from my wife!

 

[Dieselhead]

Man I had a thread on here probably 2022. I was away for a week and came home to about 8 dead on the stove floor. Was pretty sad but not much else I could have done. Even after that I got about 3 more out of the same species that were likely looking for their buddies. 😕