Harman TL300

[James04]

Hi Folks,

I have been away from the forum for quite some time. I am still in the process of building my house and cant afford to get caught up browsing post's. I have received some PM's from two TL300 owners and was just wondering if there are other members who have the TL300 and what they think of it. I love my stove now. I had mixed feeling when I was first learning to deal with it's requirements but that has past.

I would like to add that I feel a probe type thermometer is essential for this type of stove. I had the surface mount on the flue and it is just not reliable. Just having the ceiling fan on would drop the temp 100 degrees. I saw another post saying the user was getting below 400 flue temp. 400 seems to be the magic number for my flue temp. Anything below 400 means it has stalled. With the exception being after all the volatiles have burned off and there is just mostly charcoal burning.

James

 

[MishMouse]

I had my TL-300 up in running for almost 2 weeks so far.

I did have an issue with it. :sick:
The gasket on the door came off and stuck to the stove face. :gulp:
It did this on the first burn, since I was unfamiliar with the stove I was under the impression that it was supposed to be there. The other day I noticed that it was coming off and called the dealer reporting it. He was thinking that when it got hot it caused it to come off and stick to the stove face. So he went and checked the non-burning never lit floor model and the gasket came right off.
So tomorrow I am bringing the door and gasket to the dealer for a quick repair.
So if you have one of these stoves you may need to check and re-cement your gaskets.

 

[stanleyjohn]

I recently bought a Harman Exception wood insert and my door gasket started to come out of its door track after two uses.Stoped to see my dealer and he gave me a tube of high temp silicon caulk free.QC at Harman's getting alittle sloppy.

 

[James04]

Sorry to hear you guys had that problem. The only issue I had was the door needed to be adjusted as the dollar bill test allowed the dollar to slip out near the door latch. It took about ten min to get it rite.

Just a word of cation. Now that it is getting warmer it will be more difficult to get the secondary burn going due to less draft. If the temps are above freezing it may stall on the first try to engage. You will need to reopen in order to get the stack temp back up.

James

 

[stanleyjohn]

Sorry to hear you guys had that problem. The only issue I had was the door needed to be adjusted as the dollar bill test allowed the dollar to slip out near the door latch. It took about ten min to get it rite.

Just a word of cation. Now that it is getting warmer it will be more difficult to get the secondary burn going due to less draft. If the temps are above freezing it may stall on the first try to engage. You will need to reopen in order to get the stack temp back up.

James

80 degrees today Im doing a good stove clean up and closing her down till next fall!but thanks for the info.