how do I know my stove is epa. if it is does it come with cat? what does cat look like. I got the stove from a customer and I know nothing about it other than it's an Avalon. what are the benefits of a cat stove?
I don't know about the Avalon but you can also have tubes on top that look like gas grill burners.how do I know my stove is epa. if it is does it come with cat? what does cat look like. I got the stove from a customer and I know nothing about it other than it's an Avalon. what are the benefits of a cat stove?
I do have those and I think I can remove themI don't know about the Avalon but you can also have tubes on top that look like gas grill burners.
I do have those and I think I can remove them
I have never watched it. how and when do they light off?Yeah they probably are removable (mine are) to allow you to clean the flue and firebox. When they light off its a pretty show and you are burning smoke and gases that would otherwise go up the stack. So less creosote and pollution and more heat, win win.
I have never watched it. how and when do they light off?
damn, I am letting the coals burn down now. I probably won't sleep until I see this happen. plus the glass is dirty.Well, there is air passing through them and when the stove temp gets up around 500 the gases burn using the extra O2. In a hot stove it will be very evident if you cut the air back all the way. Secondary burning occurs early/midway through the burn cycle as the wood out gases its volatiles. Late in the burn its less pronounced.
I have looked for a plate and can't find one.Look at the back of the stove, find the information plate, take a pic of it and post it here.
yup, it looks like that. I just read (quickly) the manual on the Spokane 1196. and my question was if cat and secondary are the same. you answered it before I asked it. thank you very much. my stove doesn't look exactly like the 1196, it looks bigger. I know it kicks some serious heat and burns quite long. very happy with it. I would have rather had the money over the stove, but it is what it is.Your stove is not a catalytic stove. It is a secondary combustion stove with reburn tubes installed beneath a baffle in the top of the firebox. The insides & workings of it are undoubtedly just like a Lopi Liberty:
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