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New SS combustor installed last night.

Discussion in 'Modern EPA Stoves and Fireplaces' started by bogydave, Nov 14, 2014.

  1. Highbeam

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    The modern princess cat is the rectangle one. About 9x3x2" thick. It sits almost vertical. Mine is ceramic with good sized holes. In the 13000 hours it has never needed dusting, brushing, cleaning, or any attention. No accumulation of anything.
     
  2. bogydave

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    My ceramic had larger holes. but the middle section slide forward.
    I went in to push it back into place, in the spring
    things got ugly, parts stated crumbling.

    I put the original SS back in & got thru the rest of burn season,
    Used it for shoulder season this year, then cleaned stove & combustor & decided it was time to replace it.
    Save as a spare if needed. still worked but not as well as the new one is.

    Local guy only had the ceramic one,
    I didn't like the way it fell apart & ordered the SS one.
     
  3. SolarandWood

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    I'm five years in, burn 5000 hours a year, replaced the original after 2.5 years and am due for another. It would seem I'm on the 12k hour plan. My first ceramic fared much better than the second which is crumbling pretty badly. I think its because I'm no longer the sole operator of the stove as I travel a lot. Any real world commentary on steel vs ceramic as far as abuse goes?
     
  4. bogydave

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    +1
    I'm digging what you're knowing :)
     
  5. Woody Stover

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    All Woodstock parts are cheaper than those I've seen for other stove brands (granted, I haven't look at a lot.)
    I wondered about that too, or weather cheaper replacement parts would be a selling point, but I can't see them getting a ton of business from that, except for us stove nerds that would know parts prices...
     
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