Rough year for small stove companies

[Todd]

But it would take the same money to develop a new stove to pre 2020 requirements

Well if their sales fall off they’re going to have to spend more money on ways to reduce the prices.

 

[begreen]

Well if their sales fall off they’re going to have to spend more money on ways to reduce the prices.

I would think they still have the blueprints from previous designs that passed the prior certification. Why couldn't they just go back to them? This is assuming a rollback at the EPA to the prior testing standard as well, which seems unlikely.

 

[Todd]

That would be the non-pro Regency versions. The 445 & 500 Jotuls are quite different with no bypass and the large rectangular cat is under the top lid so that a good portion of the cat's heat is radiated off the top of the stove. This is different from placing it right under the flue collar where most of the heat heads up the flue.

Yeah you’re right but I don’t think they had to radically change the stove design on the 500 like they did on the F400. Look at all the models they make over in Europe, probably 50 or so? All clean burning yet they can sell only 5 here?

I think the EPA went a little bonkers with their regs over the years. I doubt you can tell the difference between 7gph and 2gph coming out a stack side by side. If some manufacturers want to design a stove to run under 1gph more power to them but don’t force every other manufacturer to go that same route when it’s really not making a difference in my opinion.