Thoughts on baffle? Looks like it got pretty hot inside.

[ShaneMac]

I'm looking to replace my regency F3500 with a PE Super 27. My new cold weather heat pump is working better then expected so don't run the F3500 as much as I would like but when I do it tends not to have a pretty fire which I'm looking for. As a primary heater it worked great and would spread the heat out of the burn time as expected. I'm at point now I want to go down to basement put a fire on for the evening and see the flame. Looking at used burners mostly and saw this one come up. What are your thoughts on this baffle? The middle looks pretty saggy.

 

[GG Woody]

I have an older P.E. insert, it looks very similar inside. Mine is more beaten than that one and it still works good my angles that hold the baffle up are also "well used". For a used stove I would just want to know that it will for sure pass any inspections that it needs to. I would think an inspector might get a little more picky with a used stove. I quite like our P.E. and would definitely buy another.

 

[begreen]

It doesn't look too bad, but it appears that the baffle side insulation pieces are missing or degraded. It's hard to tell but they don't appear to be showing in this shot.

 

[mcdougy]

It appears that baffle is within the manufacturer specs of sag. I had a PE baffle that had much more than that and the stove was still working well.

 

[begreen]

Yes, with proper stove operation it looks like it has years to go before replacement.