US Stove 5660

[stevehil]

I've been using a heavily modified US Stove 5660 for 11 years now. The first thing to die was the igniter and burn pot. I made the new burn pot using .250 inch thick metal sourced from a scrap yard metal dealer nearby. See the enclosed photo. The igniter was done away with. I just start the fire manually. It's now going on 4 years with no warpage. The rest of the stove has been upgraded as the garbage motors soon got noisy. Enjoy.

 

[Tanner82]

I've been using a heavily modified US Stove 5660 for 11 years now. The first thing to die was the igniter and burn pot. I made the new burn pot using .250 inch thick metal sourced from a scrap yard metal dealer nearby. See the enclosed photo. The igniter was done away with. I just start the fire manually. It's now going on 4 years with no warpage. The rest of the stove has been upgraded as the garbage motors soon got noisy. Enjoy.

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Nice! I fabbed up a custom burn pot as well, lasts much longer than the OE. So, I gotta know... what motors are you running now? You are right about them being noisy garbage. I'd love to get your setup ordered before it starts getting chilly. Thank you in advance!

 

[stevehil]

Nice! I fabbed up a custom burn pot as well, lasts much longer than the OE. So, I gotta know... what motors are you running now? You are right about them being noisy garbage. I'd love to get your setup ordered before it starts getting chilly. Thank you in advance!

Tanner, I ended up locating the exhaust motor/housing 3' away (outside) which quieted that down a lot. The room blower motor I located in the basement directly under the floor where the stove sits. I brought in pre-heated hot air from a fabricated metal box that sits on top of the rectangular exhaust port. The output, from that fan, comes back up into the rear of the stove and is coupled to the right side where the original motor used to sit. It's a Dayton 1TDR7 Motor at 485 cfm output. I have it running separately from the 120 v AC main, NOT from the controller panel inside the stove. The air output is quite a bit more, but you're limited by the heat exchanger tube size up inside the top of the heat box. All in all, this unit is much quieter than on day one, and more efficient too. The measured temp outputs from the heat exchanger tubes , on the front, are: # 2 auger setting 193 degrees and # 3 auger setting 257 degrees. I didn't bother measuring the # 1 setting, but I would guess around 170 degrees. Hoppe this helps.