Started my stove for the first time this morning and all seemed well. After about 1/2 hour (now on level 3) I noticed that the room was getting kind of foggy. Using a special high power handheld moonbeam, I tracked it down to the left side of the door. Is it normal for a brand new stove to have a leaky door gasket?
Holy smoke !!
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jtakeman
Minister of Fire
No not normal. Is this the first burn? I have seen them smoke pretty bad during the cure period. If the gasket is leaking you should be able to close the door on a dollar and still pull it out. If the gasket is good the dollar will be tough to pull and might even rip/tear.
I'd call the dealer and see what he can do!
I'd call the dealer and see what he can do!
flynfrfun
Minister of Fire
I doubt it's the door gasket. If it was, it would be sucking air, not blowing air into the room. On the M55, you would have to look for leaks starting at the combustion blower and going out thru the exhaust pipe. Everything up to that point is under a vacuum and therefore shouldn't be able to push smoke into the room. After the combustion blower, the air is under pressure and can then push smoke out of a leak into the room.
If you have a new stove, it's normal for it to smoke while it burns in. Mine really smoked up the house for the first burn. It took a few days of running the stove to get it to go away fully.
If you have a new stove, it's normal for it to smoke while it burns in. Mine really smoked up the house for the first burn. It took a few days of running the stove to get it to go away fully.
Yes, this was the first burn. I started looking for the smoke at the exhaust and moved around from there. It was most definitely coming from the left side of the door. I did try the dollar bill and it was super tight all around. I'm hoping it was just the paint cure like you both said. I remember the first good burn with the wood insert and I only had smell from that, no smoke. Thanks.
flynfrfun
Minister of Fire
I wouldn't worry. Plus, the paint burning in has more of a strange "hot" smelling odor than smoke smell. Kinda hard to describe. Open the windows and try to blow it out. It will do it again when you turn up the heat to heat level 5. I started at heat level 3 to get it set, then went to heat level 5 and got it good and hot.
But, I did the same as you...thought I had a leak. Took the exhaust all apart for nothing! :shut:
But, I did the same as you...thought I had a leak. Took the exhaust all apart for nothing! :shut:
SmokeyTheBear
Minister of Fire
Ah, the joys of the first fire.
I'll bet the next stove if new gets a burn in run outdoors.
Open the windows and cure that stove ;-) .
Enjoy the heat.
I'll bet the next stove if new gets a burn in run outdoors.
Open the windows and cure that stove ;-) .
Enjoy the heat.
SmokeyTheBear said:
You are 100% correct sir, next stove gets burn #1 on the driveway. Had plans of doing that but never followed through. I'm thinking open windows and another start up in the morning.
SmokeyTheBear
Minister of Fire
SubMech said:
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jtakeman
Minister of Fire
SmokeyTheBear said:
Thats a catchy way of entering them in! I would of held out for atleast one picture of the stove!
Welcome fellow piggie! A rooting you must go! I love the rooting part
hehe :cheese:
krooser
Minister of Fire
PJPellet
Minister of Fire
daryl
Feeling the Heat
PJPellet said:
As a dealer we always pre-burn the stoves before the install. Just doing that has reduced call backs by at least 50%. The other part of reducing call backs is using ICC pellet pipe, it never leaks smoke.
Snowy Rivers
Minister of Fire
My take on this would be "Cure smoke" thats finding its way via the air flow stream to whre you are seeing it.
Does this stove blow the heat out the front near the top of the stove??
I have "Drivway cured" every stove that we have had. Just get them suckers to really a romping and let that paint cure and burn in well.
I remember the first Pellet stove we ever owned, it was an Earthstove Traditions cast iron stove.
We got it in the house and I spent a few hours hooking it up, then lit it off and OMG the house was smokey as all get out for a while as that beast cured.
That stove was a Positive pressure fire box type and we had a few smoke leaks where the casting pieces fit together.
Some black RTV carefully smeared along the seams took care of that issue.
Good luck with the new stove.
Snowy
Does this stove blow the heat out the front near the top of the stove??
I have "Drivway cured" every stove that we have had. Just get them suckers to really a romping and let that paint cure and burn in well.
I remember the first Pellet stove we ever owned, it was an Earthstove Traditions cast iron stove.
We got it in the house and I spent a few hours hooking it up, then lit it off and OMG the house was smokey as all get out for a while as that beast cured.
That stove was a Positive pressure fire box type and we had a few smoke leaks where the casting pieces fit together.
Some black RTV carefully smeared along the seams took care of that issue.
Good luck with the new stove.
Snowy
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