I just acquired one of these. It has been used without any baffle board for years. I have also heard of people simply removing the tubes and going with it like that, as well.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Quadra Fire Millennium 2100
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OK, was trying to figure out why. I think it was to be able to put more wood in....to waste wood.
Reason being the vapor from the wood that you would get BTU's from is going to shoot up the chimney with no secondary burn.
We get people here occasionally that think stoves were much better in the good old days. They have bad burning habits and don't like that a modern stove is less tolerant of these bad habits so they make their new stove into an old stove. Old dogs sometimes have a hard time learning new tricks so they waste wood and criticize the stove. Like dad said, a poor worker always blames his tools.
Does your stove still have the tubes in it, just missing the baffle?
Yes, it has the tubes still. I see this model just has the baffle and not the blanket as well. Can I replace the baffle and add blanket or is that overkill? I have all sorts of blanket but no baffle....go figure.
The manual I have shows the 2100 Millennium ACC with a pair of baffle boards and blanket on top of them. Looks like the earlier ACT model just had a single board baffle. If yours is an ACT version I'd try it with just the baffle board and see how it works.
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Yes, the baffle board is not cheap either. Treat it with care when loading wood and cleaning the stove flue.
http://nevelsstoves.com/quadrafire-831-2040-baffle-board.html
http://nevelsstoves.com/quadrafire-831-2040-baffle-board.html
have done a considerable amount of quick reading about this particular stove this evening. Doest seem like it gets a lot of love.
Had I known beforehand, I would have told my friend to give me his Fisher instead of this one. Lol
Not too fond of government compliment devices but I'll give it a go. I read how the biggest issue seems to be an overabundance of air and how to correct it.
Let's see how this goes....
Had I known beforehand, I would have told my friend to give me his Fisher instead of this one. Lol
Not too fond of government compliment devices but I'll give it a go. I read how the biggest issue seems to be an overabundance of air and how to correct it.
Let's see how this goes....
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well if you don't have dry wood (<20% moisture content) you're going to hate it, secondary combustion stoves are designed to run on dry wood, if you try to burn the "dry" wood you would burn in an old smoke dragon be prepared for a frustrating, miserable experience. if you do have seasoned wood you'll get more heat from less wood.
Maybe thats why the baffle wasnt replaced, they were trying to "convert" it back to an old stove.
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