Declaration whistle . . . GONE!

[AbeAinPa]

I have read where other here have a whistle with their Lopi Declaration and I had the same thing. Turns out it was sucking air in through the appliance connector, making it whistle anytime the doors were shut. Thank you to the very helpful folks at Travis Industries. So I sealed both ends of the connector with furnace cement and whistle gone! Now I just have to figure out why I get a vibration from my blowers at certain speeds and stove temps . . .

 

[Hogwildz]

I have read where other here have a whistle with their Lopi Declaration and I had the same thing. Turns out it was sucking air in through the appliance connector, making it whistle anytime the doors were shut. Thank you to the very helpful folks at Travis Industries. So I sealed both ends of the connector with furnace cement and whistle gone! Now I just have to figure out why I get a vibration from my blowers at certain speeds and stove temps . . .

I get vibration of the surround trim & sometimes the outer casing at certain temps. I think many do this due to the expansion & contraction of the metal. Seems like its at a certain temp, higher or lower it goes away.
Sounds like you have the similar circumstances. I actually put some kawool between the trim and surround to help stop this. Working so far.

 

[rfalk]

I have read where other here have a whistle with their Lopi Declaration and I had the same thing. Turns out it was sucking air in through the appliance connector, making it whistle anytime the doors were shut. Thank you to the very helpful folks at Travis Industries. So I sealed both ends of the connector with furnace cement and whistle gone! Now I just have to figure out why I get a vibration from my blowers at certain speeds and stove temps . . .

Could you elaborate on "appliance connector"? Is that where the fan power cord comes through the box? I have the same whistle.
Thanks, bob

 

[AbeAinPa]

Hogwildz,

Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try.

rfalk,

The appliance connector is the piece that connects the chimney liner to the insert, male on one end, female on the other (I guess this is not necessarily required for all insert/liner combinations). The Declaration instructions don't mention either the connector or the furnace cement, but apparently both are needed.

 

[rfalk]

Hogwildz,

Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try.

rfalk,

The appliance connector is the piece that connects the chimney liner to the insert, male on one end, female on the other (I guess this is not necessarily required for all insert/liner combinations). The Declaration instructions don't mention either the connector or the furnace cement, but apparently both are needed.

I caulked both and my still whistles.

 

[AbeAinPa]

Just now? What did you caulk it with? Is it possible air is still getting through? Can you locate the whistle's general location? With mine is was pretty clear it was coming from the top rather than the bottom, I did this check with the surround off.

 

[jbroich]

I have the whistle, but not all the time. Since it doesn't happen all the time and it's not obtrusive I am not too inclined to caulk it. Did caulking it change performance at all, do you think?

 

[AbeAinPa]

I didn't really use mine long enough with the whistle to comment definitively on any change in performance, but if there was any improvement, it was minimal. I didn't have the whistle to start, but it showed up after a week or tow and occurred most of the time thereafter. Since putting the furnace cement on the connector, no whistle at all.

 

[billjustbill]

I have the whistle, but not all the time. Since it doesn't happen all the time and it's not obtrusive I am not too inclined to caulk it. Did caulking it change performance at all, do you think?

I have the Lopi Freedom Bay. It started with a whistle when the winds would pick up from 10mph to 35mph....

One night, after is was about 2 months old, as the fire died down to just red coals, a sweet smokey smell started and filled the room.. The next day I called my vendor. It ended up that the Lopi has a cast iron frame that the glass is mounted to and then the brass trim frame is hooked and set screwed over it. The inner cast iron frame had warped. The vendor changed out the my glass and brass and put a new cast iron frame. Both the smell and the whistle stopped.

The stainless steel 6" elbow that is attached to the rest of the flue is just pressed in place. Conversations with both the installer AND the vendor always lead to the same comments. "It doesn't have to be sealed with anything; just the pressure of the force-fit keeps it sealed.... " Plus, even though there is a sealed plate where the 6" flue exits the wide old chimney, there is no sealing the bottom where the old damper was. The 6" flue isn't packed around or sealed with anything... Any comments about that?

Bill

I guess we will see if the whistle comes back and where it is...

 

[AbeAinPa]

I guess if you have a reasonably tight fit no sealing is necessary. Mine was rather loose and the cement was definitely requires to stop the leaking and the resulting whistle.

 

[LeonMSPT]

Take a piece of 1/2 inch copper tubing, hold one end of it to your ear, and stick the other end various places until the whistling gets louder in your ear... BINGO!

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