My Baffle Just Fell Off

I really wonder how much of this comes from it being a floor model.

 

I kind of doubt any of it. Really not trying to harsh (I want everyone to be safe and warm) but 850 stove top temps is an over fire situation in my book. You gotta figure that thin piece of steel is probably at 1300+ degrees during that period and it takes a stove top quite a while to catch up with what is going on in your flue and firebox. I just honestly think it has been burnt way to hot. You should take a good look at the welds and make sure everything is ok and maybe lay a flat edge on different panels to make sure nothing is warped.

 

Is this the baffle? Seems kinda pricey for what it is, but it must be a pretty common failure item.

http://www.usstovefactorydirect.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=306_36_199&product_id=70

The problem is it's an EPA-exempt, 35:1 stove. Dump it and get something better.

 

That's the piece. This stove was only planned to last us a year or toe, now I'm thinking one, before it eventually becomes a garage stove.

 

I know you got it cheap, so I bet you got your money's worth already.

 

Wow that is ridiculous for a bent piece of sheet metal! I would build my own before paying that price. Plus if you built your own it would probably last longer.

 

The manual on my new this year insert says that a stovetop temp of 840 or higher should be considered an over fire. I have not gotten mine over 675 and it is cranking at that temp. That thing must be rocking and rolling at 850.

 

Yep sure did.

Guys, please keep in mind I wasn't running it at 850, that was a run away temp. That's as hot as it got. If there was a damper on the input it would have never gotten that hot.

 

I doubt the floor model has anything to do with out. Folks arent test foreign it were they...banging in the baffled either?

 

Someone's enjoying happy hour!

 

I'm betting he was on his phone.....

I'm baffled by this post......

 

Driving and on phone

In store now. I was too. I think i meant "folks arnet test fireing it and banging on the baffle"?

 

I read yalls posts about mine, and was snickering and laughing like a crazy person...no offence to crazy people.

 

None taken.

The reason I am thinking it may have something to do with it being a floor model is that I haven't seen this place load off season stuff into a tent and store it for long periods of time. I could see water getting in the flue and giving all this a head start. Not that it did happen, just a possibility. I think it's got more to do with the thin metal and a few hot fires before we learned how to control it.

 

"If there was a damper on the input it would have never gotten that hot"
What did I miss, no control on the primary air?

 

Yep, just a built in damper on the flue, too low and causes you to burn your knuckles. I took it out and moved it a little higher.

 

Yep, just a built in damper on the flue, too low and causes you to burn your knuckles. I took it out and moved it a little higher. It wouldn't close far enough because it hit on the flue, much better control after it moved.

 

I used an "all nighter" for 15 years. It looked like new the day I took it out. My son has it now. You need to get a really hardy stove, one with thick plate steel and will stand up to a Varity of situations. Find one with easy to get replacement parts.

 

Why would any one make a stove with out primary air control, no way would that work, never have heard of such a thing.