BK Princess need help
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Rdust I am trying your method. I got her hot and shut her down. Here's a pic at 2:30(broken image removed)
You can temporarily plug it and order a probe.
I don't even know where to buy one locally. The few stove shops around look at me funny and show me a magnetic thermo.
How would you plug double wall? Can't think of anything that would hold up without leaking into the house
Tenn Dave
Minister of Fire
So what was the dealer's conclusion besides saying the house felt warm? Is he going to provide any further assistance in solving your problem? Is he in contact with BKVP ?
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A Condor double wall pipe probe needs a 3/16 hole in the inner pipe and 1/4 inch hole on the outside pipe.
He thinks there is a problem. He thinks these are still short burn times. He thought it was warm but didn't know I was burning so high to achieve inside temps.
Tenn Dave
Minister of Fire
Tenn Dave
Minister of Fire
Everyone on Hearth.com is so very helpful and they have a wealth of personal experience to share. But the real knowledge base of information about this stove lies with BK. Hopefully they will bring their resources to bear and solve this perplexing problem for you. This has got to be very stressful, but I am sure a solution will be found. Hang in there, and best of luck.
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
I'm very interested in the draft test results, I'm also curious about the test going on right now with the stove loaded, nice and hot turned all the way down with the damper closed, due you mind posting your results with pics of the thermometers on (1) hour interval, I know you have a lot going on right now but it may help us understand how the heat is working through the firebox. Good point on the dollar bill test on the damper, my gut feeling is that there is something wrong there, looking at your pic of your chimney I got to ask is that a brand new never used? if it is there is their might be an issue going on, looking at the cap and first foot down on the class a pipe it seems stained pretty bad, I would dismiss it if it was over a year old but if its only a couple days old there's something going on, also is the cat in the correct place? When I looked at the princess in person a couple weeks ago the dealer took the metal grate off and the cat was right there, yours looks like its to far back maybe that's how the pic looks but if anyone else can carefully look at it in the pics please do. I hope you get a solution asap and you become a proud BK owner, please don't give up on it!
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
I was looking at the pics you posted on page three of the stove and on the pics showing your stove the bypass lever was open on both pics, "when the lever points to you its opened, when its pointed away from you its in the closed position" I know those were pics of the stove before and after a reload but can you confirm that the lever is pointed away from you right now?
The stove stalled out after 2 hours. Just had to turn it up a bit. The manometer tested at .03 positive. Now I have to figure out what that means. It's the high side of what I need I guess
What setting did you have it on? When you say stalled out do you mean the cat went "inactive"?
I had it at 1 3/4. The first hour temp stayed at 400. Cat dropped to 1/4 pass active. Second hour cat was inactive and temp was just under 200
Those pictures are when he was loading and early in the burn. When the wood is fully engulfed it appears the bypass is closed.
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
Yeah Illinois burner did a load with the stove hot and shut the stove down to see if he could maintain a prolonged cat light off and decent stove top temps.. Something is wrong here, That dented chimney section is only an outside dent right?
Your manual says '.05 in. w.c. operated on high', so I guess that's pretty close.
That is an external dent. No biggie. I checked it out. Came out of the box that way. I just dealt with it since I was so close to starting the fire. This is all new pipe. Been burning for 3 weeks or so
I'm officially out of ideas. My buddy that works on furnaces say that you need 30 btus for every square foot of your house. This figure is supposed to be based on a 8° outside temperature. If that's true than this stove isn't big enough. However everyone on here says different. I'm giving up until I talk to Chris. He's supposed to be back tomorrow
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