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Love my Woodstock. Having some questions about while in Cat Burn though

Discussion in 'Modern EPA Stoves and Fireplaces' started by paintblljnkie, Dec 10, 2018.

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  1. BDF

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    Great point- I have an Ideal Steel and the bypass is somewhat different on them, basically a large sled holding the cat. moves forward to block the top of the firebox and force all exhaust from the firebox through the cat. So running the stove in 'bypass' with the sled is retracted is perfectly fine in this specific stove because the exhaust path is the same either way. But you are right, most cat. based stoves (both pure cat. and hybrids) have a plate that blocks off a large window to allow exhaust products around the cat.. In one of those stoves, a lot of heat concentrated on the stove top above the bypass might not be a great idea, at least for extended amounts of time.

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    BDF, Dec 11, 2018
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    That was one of the first things I read when I signed up for the site. Wouldn't hurt to read it again. Lot of great info in there. Thank you!

    I have been looking into the sawdust bricks online. Need to look local first as shipping is a killer :/

    No kiln dried wood dealers that I can find. At least not on CL. Not sure where to look though.
     
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    One only has to look at the stove to determine that point. Like with our Fireview, there could be no harm to the stove if running with the bypass open...so long as the stove itself did not get too hot. 700 is the maximum recommended by Woodstock. Of course we know several stoves have gone over that mark and there is some room for error but I still would not recommend anyone consistently running hot. I do know of a fellow who did run his soapstone stove over 800! A bit too hot for that stove.
     
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