Hearthlist Digest #86 - Thursday, January 1, 1998
 
Re: hearthlist Digest #48 - 11/06/97
  by Carl Carlson <[email protected]>
 

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Subject: Re: hearthlist Digest #48 - 11/06/97
From: Carl Carlson <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 20:12:47 -0400
 
Hearth Email List wrote:
 
> hearthlist Digest #48 - Thursday, November 6, 1997
>   Home Depo & Quality control
>           by Craig Issod <[email protected]>
> Some fireplaces and stoves do not light the first time out, and need an
> entire new gas valve or other major componet. It would seem that this type
> of a failure rate would be impossible if any company did a reasonable
> amount of testing on the assembly line.
>
 
Just wanted to let you know that we leak and burn test 100% (every unit) of our
gas products here at Vermont Castings.
 
Thanks,
 
Carl Carlson
Manufacturing Engineer
Vermont Castings, Incorporated
 
(moderators note: Our experience shows that this is true..we have a lower
failure rate with VC gas stuff than with many of our other stoves and
fireplaces...Thanks for the note, Carl)