Been running this stove for 5 years, all by trial and error, had never seen a stove before that. It has been a love/hate relationship thus far. Some sleepless nights on the couch waking up every 5 minutes fearing runaway temps.
First things first, my wood is all seasoned oak I cut and split myself, seasoned 2-3 years, so I know wood is good.
Some background, 2 seasons ago I replaced the cat, don’t think everything went back together perfectly though. It was a huge pain in the a$$, probably due to some warped parts, mainly the fireback. We didn’t get too cold here last winter, so I only used it for a day at a time here and there to take the chill off, no extended use and never attempted any overnight burns.
This year we had some cold, and I couldn’t get any slow steady burns out of her. The main problem I have is the temps running away too quickly, can’t load it up for fear of overfiring. I replaced all the gaskets, dollar bill tests successful, same issues, gets really hot with just a couple of 4-5” splits. Upon further investigation I noticed the primary air in the back does not close completely, there is a very noticeable gap when it’s shut off, but I can manually pull on the visible piece of cable and pull it flush/closed. I thought I had read that it is not supposed to close completely, but I can’t find that anywhere now. So my main question is, should it close completely, like flush? I do notice a tightness when using the primary air lever, the right air plate is pinching it a little I think. So, assuming it is supposed to close completely flush, is there an easy way to adjust the air cable and achieve a flush shut down of the primary air? I do not want to start breaking this thing down again if not necessary, and I can’t find the exact videos/thread I’m looking for to help.
I’m not a very “handy” guy, so any assistance/advice would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: not that I would ever do it, and not that any of you ever would, but do any of you know a guy that plugged an epa hole, or two, and how that went for them? Help with longer burns?
Thank you in advance.
JA
First things first, my wood is all seasoned oak I cut and split myself, seasoned 2-3 years, so I know wood is good.
Some background, 2 seasons ago I replaced the cat, don’t think everything went back together perfectly though. It was a huge pain in the a$$, probably due to some warped parts, mainly the fireback. We didn’t get too cold here last winter, so I only used it for a day at a time here and there to take the chill off, no extended use and never attempted any overnight burns.
This year we had some cold, and I couldn’t get any slow steady burns out of her. The main problem I have is the temps running away too quickly, can’t load it up for fear of overfiring. I replaced all the gaskets, dollar bill tests successful, same issues, gets really hot with just a couple of 4-5” splits. Upon further investigation I noticed the primary air in the back does not close completely, there is a very noticeable gap when it’s shut off, but I can manually pull on the visible piece of cable and pull it flush/closed. I thought I had read that it is not supposed to close completely, but I can’t find that anywhere now. So my main question is, should it close completely, like flush? I do notice a tightness when using the primary air lever, the right air plate is pinching it a little I think. So, assuming it is supposed to close completely flush, is there an easy way to adjust the air cable and achieve a flush shut down of the primary air? I do not want to start breaking this thing down again if not necessary, and I can’t find the exact videos/thread I’m looking for to help.
I’m not a very “handy” guy, so any assistance/advice would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: not that I would ever do it, and not that any of you ever would, but do any of you know a guy that plugged an epa hole, or two, and how that went for them? Help with longer burns?
Thank you in advance.
JA
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