Why does sometimes the cat glow bright red and other times barely glows and sometimes only a portion of it glows?? am i not getting the stove hot enough before i engage?
The cat is only a few months old this is the first season with this stove.Franks said:How old is the cat?
I do go outside and check and no smoke comes out so i am assuming things are working like they are suppose to, I engage the cat around 300 because i don't have dry wood but its not green either its supposed to be "seasoned" but i have quickly learned the differences. so get it a little hotter than what Woodstock says to, to prevent any moisture getting to the cat.Franks said:It could just be different spots in the cat having different volumes of smoke passing thru at any given time. Back when cat stoves first came out, if I ever had a doubt if one was fired off properly, I would go look at the chimney If I saw NO smoke, I was satisfied. What temp are you at before you engage that catalyst?
Since the wood is "seasoned" i engage at 1.5 and then wait about 20 minutes to a 1/2 hour then go to 1 and let it sit there for about a hour and see where i am at sometimes i go to 1.5 or i will go to a little lower than one, it really depends on the weather outside and how well the wood is burning.Todd said:I get the same thing, at times the whole cat glows and other times just partial. Where is your set when you engage? I think it all depends on how big the load, how hot the fire is and where your air is set. The cat will start to glow once it reaches 1000 degrees and that is usually at the beginning of the burn, after that the majority of the burn there is no glow or just a part of it. I use to worry about it too, but now I hardly ever look at the cat, I just watch the temps.
no smoke just the reflection of heat coming outFranks said:Probably. Do you see smoke coming out of the chimney?
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