Hello all, I am in the middle of restoring an original defiant encore. I see in the bottom unit (ash drop) of the stove right above where the ash door bolts to the stove there is a hole about 7/16 in diameter and another directly across the lower unit. Are these supposed to be here?? Or did someone at some point do this?? It is an air tight stove and these holes would let air in. Am I missing something that should be mounted in these holes? Looking at the parts list for the stove I don't think so. Anyone know what I'm talking about or have one of these stoves they could look at? This one is a model 0028 1986. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Vermont Casting Defiant Encore
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One of the features of catalytic stoves are these things called "bleeder holes". I belive it to be an attempt to mitigate the "puffing" effect which is periodically described in many forums. The stove can have sort of an explosion in the firebox which can puff smoke out into the room, even lift the griddle! Theoretically, with a steady supply of O2, this shouldn"t happen. But it can anyway, go figure.
Anyway,that's what the holes do. In older Encores, when they ghet leaky and normal regasketing doesn't tighten things up, you can "cheat" by plugging these up as a temp. fix until rebuild time.
Best of luck!!
Anyway,that's what the holes do. In older Encores, when they ghet leaky and normal regasketing doesn't tighten things up, you can "cheat" by plugging these up as a temp. fix until rebuild time.
Best of luck!!
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