Well here it is a year later and I have more baffling Mansfield baffle questions.
Last year the baffle cracked and I cemented it back together and got through the season. A month or so ago I had my chimney sweep remove the broken baffle and install a new baffle board. I wasn't able to watch the operation and didn't think much about it until yesterday when I found a cotter pin in the dust under the stove. That prompted me to stick my head in the stove and check things out.
The new baffle board seems to be correctly placed on top of the secondary air tubes but I'm not sure the baffle support is correctly positioned. At the moment it's on top of the baffle board (holding it down) which seems odd since it's a "support." The baffle support can be slid forwards and back so I don't know whether there's an optimal position for it - if I slide it all the way forward, and center the baffle board from front to back, there's air space between both the most rearward and forward air tubes - in other words the baffle board is smaller than the rectangle defined by the secondary manifold. Is that correct? (Oh, and I have no idea where the cotter pin I found on the hearth came from as there's still one in the third air tube.)
I have a fire going now and while the more rearward air tubes seem to be functioning, the most forward doesn't - the flames seem to be bypassing it, heading toward the door and then up through the airspace between the baffle support and the most forward air tube. So should I leave the baffle support pulled all the way forward (toward the door), and then pull the baffle as far forward as possible too, leaving the space in the back? And does the baffle sit on top of the baffle support or does the baffle support sit on top of the baffle?
Hearthstone's directions for baffle replacement aren't the best - no graphics - and the exploded parts view doesn't help either.
As always, thanks for any help you can muster.
Last year the baffle cracked and I cemented it back together and got through the season. A month or so ago I had my chimney sweep remove the broken baffle and install a new baffle board. I wasn't able to watch the operation and didn't think much about it until yesterday when I found a cotter pin in the dust under the stove. That prompted me to stick my head in the stove and check things out.
The new baffle board seems to be correctly placed on top of the secondary air tubes but I'm not sure the baffle support is correctly positioned. At the moment it's on top of the baffle board (holding it down) which seems odd since it's a "support." The baffle support can be slid forwards and back so I don't know whether there's an optimal position for it - if I slide it all the way forward, and center the baffle board from front to back, there's air space between both the most rearward and forward air tubes - in other words the baffle board is smaller than the rectangle defined by the secondary manifold. Is that correct? (Oh, and I have no idea where the cotter pin I found on the hearth came from as there's still one in the third air tube.)
I have a fire going now and while the more rearward air tubes seem to be functioning, the most forward doesn't - the flames seem to be bypassing it, heading toward the door and then up through the airspace between the baffle support and the most forward air tube. So should I leave the baffle support pulled all the way forward (toward the door), and then pull the baffle as far forward as possible too, leaving the space in the back? And does the baffle sit on top of the baffle support or does the baffle support sit on top of the baffle?
Hearthstone's directions for baffle replacement aren't the best - no graphics - and the exploded parts view doesn't help either.
As always, thanks for any help you can muster.