Can Anybody Tell Me About My Fisher Stove?

[Doug Dawes]

I bought my Fisher stove off marketplace for $200 several years ago, knowing Fisher is a great Stove, I jumped on it as the price in my area for a Fisher is usually between $500-$800. I don't have any complaints with my Stove, it heats my whole house easily and quickly, but sitting by the Stove tonight, my curiosity got the best of me. I can't seem to find any information online about it, I can find plenty of information about the baby bear, papa bear, grand pa bear, ext, but have yet to see one like mine. I'm fairly sure it is meant to be used as a fireplace insert, but I use it as a free starting Stove as I have a solid stone hearth. Just wondering if anyone could tell me anything about it? Model? Year?

 

[coaly]

FrankenBear

It WAS the Fisher Fireplace Insert. Someone made it a radiant freestanding stove. It is no longer UL Listed.

Notice where the top becomes narrower mid way. This was where the back had an outer shell with airspace for blower to remove hot air by convection. It was radiant in the front, convection rear. Now it radiates all the way around. This allows the masonry to absorb radiant energy, which is fine on an inside wall, but radiates outside as well on an outer wall. This is what the Insert was built to prevent.

Insufficient floor protection in front needs a hearth extension and it is against code to reduce vent size. How does it work reduced? Does it smoke when open doors? Did someone add a baffle, or can you see directly up the outlet from the front doors?

 

[Doug Dawes]

FrankenBear

It WAS the Fisher Fireplace Insert. Someone made it a radiant freestanding stove. It is no longer UL Listed.

Notice where the top becomes narrower mid way. This was where the back had an outer shell with airspace for blower to remove hot air by convection. It was radiant in the front, convection rear. Now it radiates all the way around. This allows the masonry to absorb radiant energy, which is fine on an inside wall, but radiates outside as well on an outer wall. This is what the Insert was built to prevent.

Insufficient floor protection in front needs a hearth extension and it is against code to reduce vent size. How does it work reduced? Does it smoke when open doors? Did someone add a baffle, or can you see directly up the outlet from the front doors?

Thanks for the information, I plan on getting a fireproof mat or something to put in the front. The floor is concrete under the flooring since it is downstairs. It has a flue damper which is controlled with the lever on the side, before opening the doors, I open that and it doesn't really smoke out of the doors.

 

[coaly]

Your draft is good enough for the pipe reduction if you don’t get smoke roll in opening doors. The integral flue damper is original. The lever went through a slot in the face plate that closed off the fireplace opening. Early Inserts had a pull chain control.