Name This Stove?

[AppalachianStan]

Just saw this on CL. Do you know the make?
(broken link removed to http://charlotte.craigslist.org/app/4170901993.html)
If you are looking for a soapstone stove.
(broken link removed to http://charlotte.craigslist.org/for/4212041159.html)

 

[webbie]

Efel Harmony or similar....

http://www.efel-usa.com/Harmony-III.aspx
(that's a new one)

 

[AppalachianStan]

I just got the email from the guy it is Efel. The guy said he did not know how old it was.
What can you tell how to tell what to look for if it is bad?

 

[webbie]

Well, it should be a cat stove so inspecting all the castings for wear and overfiring as well as the cat holder, bypass (fit), and the cat itself would be the first order of business.

They started making some models like this in about 1988, but as you see they still make others which are close in style. I'd have to guess it's early 1990's.

 

[AppalachianStan]

Are there any gaskets inside the stove Like VC?

 

[AppalachianStan]

It say it is a non-Catalytic stove on the web sit.

 

[webbie]

Never took one apart, but there are door gaskets, of course! There may be some gaskets between the castings (top, perhaps), but I think most of the stove is just put together normally (furnace cement).

 

[webbie]

It say it is a non-Catalytic stove on the web sit.

Not back then!

You should go inspect it and see exactly which model it is. Early models were either non-epa (some were coal-wood) or catalytic. Only the more recent ones (Harmony III) are non-cat.

 

[BrowningBAR]

If you are looking for a soapstone stove.
(broken link removed to http://charlotte.craigslist.org/for/4212041159.html)

That's about $1,000 too much for that Woodstock.

 

[AppalachianStan]

Real like the Efel.

 

[Nick Mystic]

The Woodstock stove is a Woodstock Classic, not a Fireview. I have that exact stove in the lower level of our home. It's a great stove and originally sold for $2600.

 

[AppalachianStan]

They said it is Efel model # Arden Harmony Wh-509 852. Can any one tell what year this stove is?