I have a newish Jotul Firelight F600 CB (installed March 2010). Anytime the temperature is climbing, such as at startup or reloads, a gap opens up between the top plate and the front plate that shows up as an orange stripe. I can feel the gap with my finger when it is warming from a cold start and it feels like maybe 2 mm. After I back the air down and the temperature of the stove settles in at whatever it is going to be at for a while, the visible gap goes away. The stove is too hot to touch at that point so I can't say for sure if any gap remains, but I can't see light coming out.
I mentioned this in another thread (titled "Whistling f600") recently and received advice from one person to caulk it up with some high temp caulk and from another to contact the dealer since this is unacceptable quality control. (Thank you to both who wrote.) I didn't want to hijack that thread and so am posting the pics of it here and asking what others think.
The stove has definitely never been overfired or abused and the gap has been there since I started using it.
I may not be up a lot later tonight, so if this generates some responses I will check in the morning. Thanks.
I mentioned this in another thread (titled "Whistling f600") recently and received advice from one person to caulk it up with some high temp caulk and from another to contact the dealer since this is unacceptable quality control. (Thank you to both who wrote.) I didn't want to hijack that thread and so am posting the pics of it here and asking what others think.
The stove has definitely never been overfired or abused and the gap has been there since I started using it.
I may not be up a lot later tonight, so if this generates some responses I will check in the morning. Thanks.