The New To Me Lopi Republic 1750, Is Home

[HDRock]

Yes, the weight is impressive! Don't put the bricks back in until you get it where you want it!

I'm really new to wood stoves, and all I learned, I learned from the helpful folks on this site.

This stove seems to work best if you build a small, hot fire and really get it going with the air control wide-open. After it's going well, add more wood with it still open and then damp it down slowly to control your wood consumption. I've had no trouble getting it to last the night if I fill it up before we go to bed; I can shut the air control all the way down and keep it burning through the night.

I have had lots of trouble with the thermostat in the blower. The original problem was that it was in the wrong location (BG helped me sort that out). And then, once I got it into the right position, it worked well for awhile and then got really inconsistent (i.e., it would come on at 400F, stay on for a few minutes and shut down again, off and on even at 500 and 600F). I finally just took the thermostat out and jumped across the circuit to hard-wire it to the blower. I had the dealer order me a new thermostat over the summer, and will install it again soon to give it another try. If it doesn't work well, I will probably just permanently wire the fan to the blower (with no thermostat), as I like being able to turn it on whenever I want to -- the only downside is if the fire dies and we aren't paying attention, the blower just keeps on blowing.

Oh, and I also had trouble knowing what to do with the blower control. We have a corner install, and the cord was too short to attach it to the wall in back of the stove. I ended up getting some powerful little magnets and attached it to the heat shielding in the back. It doesn't get very hot, and it's nice and convenient.

Good luck with your new stove! Understanding that I don't know very much, if you have any questions specific to the 1750, I'm always happy to try and answer them. I'm guessing, however, you will probably know more about it than I do before the week is out.

Thanks for the input ,1750, I appreciate it
. I thought that the intake air came in through the holes in the front , but apparently not , it appears that air comes out there from the blower.
Have you ever looked at the air control on the bottom ? here is A couple of shots , kind of strange the way it is shaped .

Way to go HD looks like a nice stove ! You should be real warm this year.

Pete

Thanks Pete , I got her up on her pedestal now , I used some blocking and the farm Jack ,to raise it up on the 12" high hearth.
Once I got All the brick out and the heavy steel baffle supports, it was much easier to deal with ,I put some furniture sliders under the legs , slid it out of the trailer across the back deck , and into the house .I haven't put on the new door gasket yet you see old one hanging out in the picture

Well said, 1750. I'll add that there's a bit of a learning curve with any EPA stove, but the 1750 makes the transition a bit easier. The single-lever control on my Spokane is almost idiot-proof. I find that there's a "sweet spot" you'll just have to discover by messing with different loads. I got it a bit hot a few times this winter, but nothing a box fan and time couldn't control. I rake the hot coals forward and like to do cigar burns on overnight loads. I also pack it pretty darn full but am mindful of it all going off at once. My parents have an old 1980s-era Blaze King (smokedragon) that I was used to operating before the 1750... there's a big difference haha.
A hot and small fire at startup is usually the key to a great burn. Obviously don't throw a ton of super-dry wood on a hot coal bed, that's a quick way to get things going a little too hot. I'm OCD about my glass, so I keep a paper towel or two handy to wipe down any residue or haze as soon as it appears. I think we had dirty glass no more than 3 times all winter (not the best wood, at times). Like I said before, dry wood will set off an amazing secondary show. I specifically remember a couple loads of cherry that were pretty darn sweet.
In terms of clean-up, I remove my double wall connector and clean it on my deck (right near the stove). Then I run my brushes up from the clean-out T. I have quite a bit of chimney and the cap extends pretty far up from my roofline. So far, so good on the cap staying clean. At most I've gotten about 2 cups of dusty material out of the pipes. It'll be even better this year since I'll be burning better wood. I vacuum out the stove, check the tubes and baffle bricks, then fire her back up. The total job is about an hour or so and I did it every month during a warm-up.
If I think of anything else I'll PM ya... good luck and have fun with it!

Thanks for the input ,BuckthornBonnie, It sounds like U R very happy with yours

Welcome to the good side of The Force. Be patient with the learning curve. Things gonna be different but you have been around here long enough to see lots of the threads with folks getting settled in with new burners

hell of a deal ya got there.

Ya I think I did good

Finding a good used stove to fit what you need is not easy , it would have been so simple to walk into a store and buy one .
I did learn a lot about different stoves while looking .
I started looking for stove last fall and winter , but with not so great of wood I decided to run the smoke Dragon until this year when I will have good wood.
I should be burning less wood now .
What I have read Here is some people with new EPA stoves have problems with not so great wood , and choking it down too soon after they fire it up but , you can have problems with a smoke Dragon also if you choke it down too soon .
My old stove had about five different ways of controlling the air , this one should be a piece of cake

BTW: Have I ever mentioned that steel stoves rule!

I don't think I would ever even conceder buying a cast iron stove.
My old steel stove is over 30 years old ,nothing ever broke , the only maintenance I did was to clean .
The guy I bought the house from heated with it for five years before he put a furnace in, then used it part-time, I used it part time, then started using it full time when my furnace broke, spring of 2012 , from now on it will be wood heat 100%

Edit I forgot, I did buy a piece of crap boxwood stove one time ,put it in pole barn, I didn't know any better then

 

[1750]

Thanks for the input ,1750, I appreciate it
. I thought that the intake air came in through the holes in the front , but apparently not , it appears that air comes out there from the blower.
Have you ever looked at the air control on the bottom ? here is A couple of shots , kind of strange the way it is shaped .

Those holes front to back don't seem to serve much of a function, as far as I can tell. In some of the older models of the 1750 the whole on the left is where the blower thermostat was located, but in my manual they have changed it, and now it goes between the inner firebox and outer plating in the back. I guess those holes probably allow the pass through for some convection air?

I like how there is really only the one adjustment, though I can see why a bypass might be particularly helpful to cut down on smoke rolling out when you are trying to reload. That's something I did have a little trouble with when the ambient temp differential wasn't as great. (My chimney's kind of short, so maybe my draft is more affected by this than others might be when it starts to warm up a bit.)

 

[HDRock]

Those holes front to back don't seem to serve much of a function, as far as I can tell. In some of the older models of the 1750 the whole on the left is where the blower thermostat was located, but in my manual they have changed it, and now it goes between the inner firebox and outer plating in the back. I guess those holes probably allow the pass through for some convection air?

I like how there is really only the one adjustment, though I can see why a bypass might be particularly helpful to cut down on smoke rolling out when you are trying to reload. That's something I did have a little trouble with when the ambient temp differential wasn't as great. (My chimney's kind of short, so maybe my draft is more affected by this than others might be when it starts to warm up a bit.)

Hmm that's strange cuz ,the instructions for the blower , I down loaded from lopi site and the ones I got with the stove both, show to install the thermostat in the left hole for the Republic, It shows installing it in the back on the
Liberty and Endeavor only

 

[1750]

Hmm that's strange cuz ,the instructions for the blower , I down loaded from lopi site and the ones I got with the stove both, show to install the thermostat in the left hole for the Republic, It shows installing it in the back on the
Liberty and Endeavor only

I just looked at the Travis site, and see what you are saying. The manual with my stove changes the location of the snap disk. It doesn't go in this convection chamber in my manual, it goes vertically up the convection chamber in the back. I don't have access to a scanner right now, or I'd scan it so you could see what I'm talking about.

I thought about just rotating it to be flat-facing the bottom of the stove (like yours and the manual now indicate), but the shape of the chamber seems to have changed on mine (gotten taller, I think), and the snap disk would be at least an inch below the stove body. It seemed like the intention was to have it actually contact the stove body, so I moved it back to where the instructions indicated it should go. I guess I could have set it on some tile to get it in contact with the floor. I

 

[HDRock]

I just looked at the Travis site, and see what you are saying. The manual with my stove changes the location of the snap disk. It doesn't go in this convection chamber in my manual, it goes vertically up the convection chamber in the back. I don't have access to a scanner right now, or I'd scan it so you could see what I'm talking about.

I thought about just rotating it to be flat-facing the bottom of the stove (like yours and the manual now indicate), but the shape of the chamber seems to have changed on mine (gotten taller, I think), and the snap disk would be at least an inch below the stove body. It seemed like the intention was to have it actually contact the stove body, so I moved it back to where the instructions indicated it should go. I guess I could have set it on some tile to get it in contact with the floor. I

The snap disk has to be attached to the other metal part the snap disk extender , once installed in the hole ,the snap disk will contact the bottom of the stove, with out that other metal part the "snap disk extender" U would not be able to install the snap disk correctly .
That's why I had to order that part from a dealer the other day, I have every thing else for the blower except that part "snap disk extender"
Maybe that was missing when U got the blower new

 

[BuckthornBonnie]

I just installed my blower in the left convection chamber as seen above. The snap-disk isn't the best design, in my opinion.

 

[1750]

The snap disk has to be attached to the other metal part the snap disk extender , once installed in the hole ,the snap disk will contact the bottom of the stove, with out that other metal part the "snap disk extender" U would not be able to install the snap disk correctly .
That's why I had to order that part from a dealer the other day, I have every thing else for the blower except that part "snap disk extender"
Maybe that was missing when U got the blower new

The manual I have locates the snap disk vertically in the convection space behind the back wall of the firebox. It's supposed to slide up in through the left knock-out in diagram "A" of your manual. But, if I can't get it to work again, I will try and come up with a snap disk extender, or something, and stick it into the bottom chamber.

I just installed my blower in the left convection chamber as seen above. The snap-disk isn't the best design, in my opinion.

Buckthorn, did your manual locate the thermostat in the back, as well, or does it look like the one in HDRock's manual above?

 

[Augie]

I have the Avalon version of this stove, great pickup. You will enjoy it, I dont have a blower on mine and I think if you try it without you may not either. You actually have to remove the blower/not just take it off/ as it covers the holes used during the non blower convection.

There are a couple of things you can do to 'hotrod" the stove to eek out a bit more performance, btu the stove is a great one right out of the box.

Guessing you went to Brighton Stone, they are really knowledgeable and helpful.

Enjoy the new stove let me know if you want some info on mods I have done, or anything else.

 

[eclecticcottage]

Hmm that's strange cuz ,the instructions for the blower , I down loaded from lopi site and the ones I got with the stove both, show to install the thermostat in the left hole for the Republic, It shows installing it in the back on the
Liberty and Endeavor only

That "hole" is where our thermostat is, ours is only 2 years old-that's where the dealer installed it also.

 

[HDRock]

But, if I can't get it to work again, I will try and come up with a snap disk extender, or something, and stick it into the bottom chamber.

The "snap disk extender" should have came with your blower.

I have the Avalon version of this stove, great pickup. You will enjoy it, I dont have a blower on mine and I think if you try it without you may not either. You actually have to remove the blower/not just take it off/ as it covers the holes used during the non blower convection.

There are a couple of things you can do to 'hotrod" the stove to eek out a bit more performance, btu the stove is a great one right out of the box.

Guessing you went to Brighton Stone, they are really knowledgeable and helpful.

Enjoy the new stove let me know if you want some info on mods I have done, or anything else.

The dealer I went to is Konieczka in Davison ,great people there , they have a lot of stoves on display also.
I did read a little something in another thread , U talked about insulating brick

I just installed my blower in the left convection chamber as seen above. The snap-disk isn't the best design, in my opinion.

Then U must have attached the other metal part the "snap disk extender" , Is that correct ?

 

[BuckthornBonnie]

The snap disk extender came with the stove. I purchased the blower a year later and it came with the snap disk that fits on top of the extender. I used the same picture as HDRock to do my install. Right now my control switch is on the floor (corner install). There's not enough cord to place it at a convenient spot... I'll figure something out after I use it a few times, I'm sure.
Augie, interesting point about removing the blower. Do you think the heating would be greatly affected by not removing the blower when I'm not running it?? The stove worked really well last year without the blower, I got it this year to get more heat moving around when needed.

 

[1750]

The "snap disk extender" should have came with your blower.

Now I'm wondering if I have the wrong manual. The stove is at our cottage, and the manual is with it, so I can't check right now.

When I look at a picture I took and posted in an earlier thread of the original location of the snap disk (on it's side, in the lower left chamber), I'm now thinking maybe the installer didn't use the extender, and that's why the snap disk was too short in the chamber. When I look at this now, it looks like the extender is not attached. I'm guessing the installer put it in the right general location (but didn't use the extender) and that the sales guy was just wrong when he said it needed to go in the back. Again, I'm wondering if the manual he gave me is for one of the other stoves.

I think I'm just messed up here, but if I can score an extender, it should be a pretty easy fix. Plus, getting the thermostat up into the vertical convection space was a real pain, so this will be much easier. (See I told you you'd quickly know more about this stove than I did!)

 

[begreen]

The snap disk face should be flat against the metal not cocked like that and it needs to be contacting the bottom of the firebox bed.

 

[BuckthornBonnie]

Yupp, no extender on that bad-boy. I think you're right, you used the wrong manual. I'd call a local Travis dealer to pick up an extender before the burning season. Mine came with my stove and I almost got rid of it a few times before we decided to get the blower this summer. Someone must have one hanging around a shop... good luck!

 

[HDRock]

The snap disk extender came with the stove.

Thank you, I didn't know that, that's probably why it wasn't with the parts for the blower I got .
The guy I got stove from didn't use the snap disk, he had blower hooked to a wall switch

Now I'm wondering if I have the wrong manual. The stove is at our cottage, and the manual is with it, so I can't check right now.

When I look at a picture I took and posted in an earlier thread of the original location of the snap disk (on it's side, in the lower left chamber), I'm now thinking maybe the installer didn't use the extender, and that's why the snap disk was too short in the chamber. When I look at this now, it looks like the extender is not attached. I'm guessing the installer put it in the right general location (but didn't use the extender) and that the sales guy was just wrong when he said it needed to go in the back. Again, I'm wondering if the manual he gave me is for one of the other stoves.

I think I'm just messed up here, but if I can score an extender, it should be a pretty easy fix. Plus, getting the thermostat up into the vertical convection space was a real pain, so this will be much easier. (See I told you you'd quickly know more about this stove than I did!)

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Manuals can be confusing some times, especially when they have different models in one manual
The dealer had a hard time finding that part, had to call dealer Tec support, It's like a dollar, and 10 bucks shipping.
When the part comes in, I can get a part number, so U can get it from a dealer easier .
Do U have a dealer near by ? If U don't mind, where are U in Mi. ?

 

[HDRock]

All most ready for FIRE a few more screws and let the door gasket adhesive set up, wait for temp to drop to 50

 

[HDRock]

And we got fire , got er up to 280
Edit : to heck with 50 temp, I guess my draft is good at 67

 

[1750]

Thank you, I didn't know that, that's probably why it wasn't with the parts for the blower I got .
The guy I got stove from didn't use the snap disk, he had blower hooked to a wall switch


Manuals can be confusing some times, especially when they have different models in one manual
The dealer had a hard time finding that part, had to call dealer Tec support, It's like a dollar, and 10 bucks shipping.
When the part comes in, I can get a part number, so U can get it from a dealer easier .
Do U have a dealer near by ? If U don't mind, where are U in Mi. ?

I'm in Grand Rapids. The dealer I work with here is Belden Brick. I have a box with the legs in it (after we installed the pedestal), I guess maybe there's a chance the extender is in that. I also wonder if you could just set the snapdisk on some ceramic tile to wedge it against the bottom.

Thanks again for your help.

 

[1750]

The snap disk face should be flat against the metal not cocked like that and it needs to be contacting the bottom of the firebox bed.

Yes, you already helped me with this in an earlier thread. It's what prompted me to get the dealer involved -- and then got the (apparently) misinformation from the dealer that the disk goes in the convection chamber in the back.

I appreciate your help.

 

[1750]

And we got fire , got er up to 280

Woooo-hooo.... congrats, HDR. That is a good looking fire.

There are a few quintessential moments in a young man's life... his first fire in his new woodstove must certainly be one of them.

 

[begreen]

Get this fixed before winter and you should be a happy camper.

 

[1750]

Get this fixed before winter and you should be a happy camper.

I'm on it!

Anything should be better than last winter when I thought the thermostat was in the control box and was inventing different ways of trying to get the rheostat warm!

 

[HDRock]

I'm in Grand Rapids. The dealer I work with here is Belden Brick. I have a box with the legs in it (after we installed the pedestal), I guess maybe there's a chance the extender is in that. I also wonder if you could just set the snapdisk on some ceramic tile to wedge it against the bottom.

Thanks again for your help.

If U can get the snap disk , facing up, tight to the bottom of the fire box , it should work right.
We posted at the same time, I got fire,Hee Hee

 

[1750]

If U can get the snap disk , facing up, tight to the bottom of the fire box , it should work right.
We posted at the same time, I got fire,Hee Hee

My thermostat doesn't kick the blower on until the stove top temp is about 400F. I'll be interested in when your kicks in.

Enjoy your fire!

 

[HDRock]

My thermostat doesn't kick the blower on until the stove top temp is about 400F. I'll be interested in when your kicks in.

Enjoy your fire!

I'll let ya know , blower not hooked yet , just curing the new paint, and setting the gasket