Applied Ceramics and Condar cat's in a Jotul Firelight 12

[NHcpa]

Botton line please, what cat is one to buy for a Jotul Firelight 12?

 

[BKVP]

Botton line please, what cat is one to buy for a Jotul Firelight 12?

Ask Jotul. Depending upon their observed peak temps during combustion testing, they should be able to direct you to the best option. If they tell you 2000+F, I would steer towards a Durafoil substrate. As far as combustors go, they have the highest temp ratings. As I recall the substrate can take 2100C (yes not F).

The thinner wall tolerances of the Durafoil allow for much faster light off than ceramics. Nearly 50% faster. On the downside, less mass also translates to less heat retention at the end of the burn cycle.

ACI has some Durafoil stock, just don't know if they have the size you need.

OK...got to go split wood, starting to get below 90!

 

[Woody Stover]

There are new combustor equipped stoves coming to market and a few have already not observed the basic hazards identified over the past 20 years.

Feel free to list 'em.

I have made over a dozen presentations to retailers in the past twelve months on how to look over (review) a combustor equipped stove and decide if known hazards have been taken into consideration.

I would be interested to hear or read some of that info...

On the downside, less mass also translates to less heat retention at the end of the burn cycle.

Doesn't seem that a cat would have that much mass to be a big issue, not like a chunk of soapstone, iron or something?

ACI has some Durafoil stock, just don't know if they have the size you need. OK...got to go split wood, starting to get below 90!

I guess a phone call would be in order; I would go for all Durafoil cats for my stoves if I could get 'em.
Don't remind me...I should be stacking some wood as well.

 

[Ashful]

The knowledge base of users in this forum goes far beyond that remaining at Jotul today, with regard to their catalytic models. Most at Jotul seem to forget they ever made catalytic stoves at all.

 

[BKVP]

The knowledge base of users in this forum goes far beyond that remaining at Jotul today, with regard to their catalytic models. Most at Jotul seem to forget they ever made catalytic stoves at all.

I wouldn't be able to make any observations on this but I can assure you every manufacturer is testing Combustor equipped stoves in their R&D.

 

[webby3650]

To clarify, each of those presentations had between 25-300 retailers in attendance.

I was glad to be part of it! It was very educational.

 

[Ashful]

Ask Jotul.

If only Jotul allowed their tech's to speak with customers. They have a policy that you MUST go thru a dealer, and very few dealers (actually none that I have ever encountered) know anything about catalyst issues with Firelight 12's.

This is why I admire BK, Englander, and Woodstock... you all appear to have excellent customer service. I like the Jotul stoves, but their customer service system is among the worst I have encountered.

 

[NHcpa]

Getting ready to order a replacement catalyst, re-read this thread...still not sure what to get...? F12.

 

[Ashful]

Getting ready to order a replacement catalyst, re-read this thread...still not sure what to get...? F12.

The only cat I ever ran in my Firelights without nearly instant destruction was the original Corning Long Life cats. I tracked down two old ones in good shape, and that's what I was running in my stoves toward the end. I eventually decided there was only one solution to my headache: Blaze King.