The last couple weeks the Quad 1000 we have in our downstairs apartment (Basement living quarters thats currently a rental) started puffing out nasty black smoke.
I checked the pot and there was a clinker, but not a bad one, and the air holes were not badly plugged.
Hmmmmm
Sooooo, we yanked the baffles out and vacuumed things good only to find the pot gasket hanging half out from under the pot rim.
Good bet that the air flow from the booster blower under the pot was leaking past the gasket.
Ripped the pot out and the gasket was a real mess.
Headed to the Ace Hardware and bought a strip of new flat rope and silicone'd it around the pot aperture in the fire box base and re-installed the pot.
Put the igniter back in and buttoned it up.
Zooooooop, all seems fine.
20 plus years on this unit now and still at it.
This Quad is the only heat in the apartment, and has had the snot ran out of it every year since it was installed in 93.
The apt is 1000 sq ft and that big stove will run you out if you set the stat too high.
Once the Conv blower comes on you can turn the stat down and let it finish
I did notice that the ceramic tube over the thermo couple has eroded badly where its in the fire.
Guess we will need to get a fresh one.
I need to replace the pot as well, as it has really eroded over these past years.
Some time ago I welded the top of it up near the location where the rim meats the inner wall.
These pots tend to burn out in this location and then the blast of air that leaks in will blow the flame away from the thermo couple and the final high temp data point is not reached, and the stove shuts off.
The metal carbonizes badly and is a real beotch to weld.
Looks like a new pot is gonna be in order come this summer.
The stainless heat baffles over the finned alloy exchangers are getting worn and cracked as well.
Time to start watching ebay for some good parts.
I passed up a pair of nice baffles cheap a while back
Shoulda coulda woulda ya know.
Still a great stove, and we have a mate to it upstairs.
Just sad that they wont burn nut shells.
Ahhhh well
Snowy
I checked the pot and there was a clinker, but not a bad one, and the air holes were not badly plugged.
Hmmmmm
Sooooo, we yanked the baffles out and vacuumed things good only to find the pot gasket hanging half out from under the pot rim.
Good bet that the air flow from the booster blower under the pot was leaking past the gasket.
Ripped the pot out and the gasket was a real mess.
Headed to the Ace Hardware and bought a strip of new flat rope and silicone'd it around the pot aperture in the fire box base and re-installed the pot.
Put the igniter back in and buttoned it up.
Zooooooop, all seems fine.
20 plus years on this unit now and still at it.
This Quad is the only heat in the apartment, and has had the snot ran out of it every year since it was installed in 93.
The apt is 1000 sq ft and that big stove will run you out if you set the stat too high.
Once the Conv blower comes on you can turn the stat down and let it finish
I did notice that the ceramic tube over the thermo couple has eroded badly where its in the fire.
Guess we will need to get a fresh one.
I need to replace the pot as well, as it has really eroded over these past years.
Some time ago I welded the top of it up near the location where the rim meats the inner wall.
These pots tend to burn out in this location and then the blast of air that leaks in will blow the flame away from the thermo couple and the final high temp data point is not reached, and the stove shuts off.
The metal carbonizes badly and is a real beotch to weld.
Looks like a new pot is gonna be in order come this summer.
The stainless heat baffles over the finned alloy exchangers are getting worn and cracked as well.
Time to start watching ebay for some good parts.
I passed up a pair of nice baffles cheap a while back
Shoulda coulda woulda ya know.
Still a great stove, and we have a mate to it upstairs.
Just sad that they wont burn nut shells.
Ahhhh well
Snowy
