Greetings All Garn Users:
I just got my 1500 up and running. I have 7' of DuraTech 6" insulated chimney pipe on the horizontal. I initially twisted on the pipe sections and fired the unit for about a week. I notice some clear signs of "exhaust" exiting from the Garn in the "slot" between the welded on "ring" that accepts the chimney pipe and the back surface of the Garn unit. Of course I never did take a picture of this, but it is a clear "smoke mark" as gases were exiting here. This is NOT exiting from the chimney to ring connection. Rather, it is exiting between the ring and the Garn back surface itself.
Today I cleaned it up and placed the high temp silicone sealer around the chimney to Garn "interface", as well as around the Garn ring to Garn back surface. Presumably this will solve the problem. I know the blower creates a pressurized exhaust, and I know the manual clearly states to seal the chimney to adapter ring connection (and pipe to pipe connection as well).
Has anyone seen this smoke exiting from around the Garn back surface to Garn ring before?
I'll of course have my clearance from this ring and chimney to combustibles. However, it still concerns me that I say this exhaust "escaping" at this point. Presumably the high temp silicone will solve the problem. I also wrapped the joint in aluminum tape (and screwed the chimney to the Garn).
Any shared experience, either yeah or nay, would be most appreciated! Thanks! Bruce
I just got my 1500 up and running. I have 7' of DuraTech 6" insulated chimney pipe on the horizontal. I initially twisted on the pipe sections and fired the unit for about a week. I notice some clear signs of "exhaust" exiting from the Garn in the "slot" between the welded on "ring" that accepts the chimney pipe and the back surface of the Garn unit. Of course I never did take a picture of this, but it is a clear "smoke mark" as gases were exiting here. This is NOT exiting from the chimney to ring connection. Rather, it is exiting between the ring and the Garn back surface itself.
Today I cleaned it up and placed the high temp silicone sealer around the chimney to Garn "interface", as well as around the Garn ring to Garn back surface. Presumably this will solve the problem. I know the blower creates a pressurized exhaust, and I know the manual clearly states to seal the chimney to adapter ring connection (and pipe to pipe connection as well).
Has anyone seen this smoke exiting from around the Garn back surface to Garn ring before?
I'll of course have my clearance from this ring and chimney to combustibles. However, it still concerns me that I say this exhaust "escaping" at this point. Presumably the high temp silicone will solve the problem. I also wrapped the joint in aluminum tape (and screwed the chimney to the Garn).
Any shared experience, either yeah or nay, would be most appreciated! Thanks! Bruce