I'm running a cat temp of 700° but none of the cat is glowing at all. Is something wrong with the cat. Only time it glows is when it's flaming good then where the flame gets sucked in is the only glowing spot. I have a fpx apex 42
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How old is the catalyst? It may be in decline, though a cat does not need to be glowing to be active.
It should still be in good shape after a season and a half. Do you see smoke coming out of the chimney top when the cat temp is in the active zone?
OK thanks, didn't know it was working even if it's not glowing. Thanks for the info
700 is very low. Can you get your cat to 1100-1300? If not, it has an issue. My FPX has gone through 3 cats. I can only use steelcats at this point. Flame licking destroys the ceramic ones. When you engage the Cat, do the temp numbers climb by 3 -5 degrees? If it drops 50 plus degrees, like mine, it is clogged. Mine clogs every 2 months.
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