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BK Princess install

Discussion in 'Modern EPA Stoves and Fireplaces' started by swags, Oct 3, 2013.

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  1. concretegrazer

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    Did my smiley not post?:confused:
     
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    gota say Im impressed with the BK, put in six splits on some coals last night at 10. At 7 this morning there was a lot of coals still piled up in there. My old stove would barely had any coals left at all and have been mostly cold. I like this thing already!
     
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    Looks good Sean! Curious where you bit your stove pipe at? A house I'm looking at buying has a stove in it with that same type of pipe. Looks like double wall with some venting?
     
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    actually came with the stove, I bought it used from another forum member.
     
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    Gotcha. It looks like it would give off a little more heat than standard double wall but still offer double wall clearances above it.
     
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    Swags,
    I just lit my brand new princess insert last week. After a few small fires I decided to load it up half way for some of that alien technology. When i engaged the cat and gradually dialed the tstat down to almost closed my CAT started glowing like the sun! Cat temps were almost pegged after a little while. From what I can gather, the wood (dry oak) started to out gas and that brand new CAT went to town on it. I have been told this is normal and the CAT needs to be "broken in".
    Anyway, in case you experience the same thing with a new CAT, its normal.
    Good luck, nice install.
     
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    Looking good there Swags. Can't wait for the stove to sit in its rightful place.
     
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