Ok, this question is being asked for my father in law. The stove is having its first fire in his house. I wish I was there to help him through it. He is an old school burner with zero experience with EPA stoves. So, please, I'm all ears.
No problem, any operating tips are appreciated. It will all help my FIL operate his stove better. As far as the difference between the 2190 and the newer cat models, I think they are very similar, same cat, somilar air controls and refractory housing as far as I know.firewoodjunky said:Ahh, my bad - you asked for a slower burn. Slight adjustment, let it get to 450ish, engage the cat, let it run until 475ish, shut the air all the way down.
Sorry, I run mine a bit hotter because she's a bit small for my house.
Did you mean close the damper?firewoodjunky said:Hot coals, even easier. Disengage the cat, open the top, toss a couple of smaller splits in there and increase in size until the box is packed. It bounces back up to 500 or so pretty quick, wood should be charred by then, close the cat,shut the air down, you're done.
That's it.
No I wish I had the Encore in here! That is an Enviro Windsor pellet burner, though it is similar looking to the Encore, right? I did not have any other way to do it but this. Had to go through twp walls and a closet under the stairs. It was easier with the close clearance to combustibles of this stove and the double wall 3" pipe. I only had to worry about 8" on the sides & 3" to the rear. Ended up being 42" horizontal from back of stove to the outside of the house. I miss burning wood. The Encore is at my father in law's cobblestone arched fireplace amd it looks stunning! I'll take a pic next time we're there and post it. Here's the bigger one of mine:maxed_out said:hey vcburner is your pic your stove setup, right off the stairs like your pic? if so thats cool. how'd you do that?
Thanks Maxed,maxed_out said:vc, thats still pretty cool. awesome looking pellet stove. I got to do some research on that one.
miss my 1991 vc defiant encore but not the maint.
jharkin said:The other thing I wonder about is throwing a fresh split on a load that's half burned down... First off, how do you not get smoke spillage opening the griddle with the bypass closed? Must have amazing draft... Other thought is the couple times Ive tried to cheat and add a split midway through the cycle its put my cat into overfire (1800+) territory ...
Hi Jim, I really appreciate the replies.Excavator said:If it's not good for the cat, time will show. Stove is performing great. I will inspect the cat next warm spell we have. Ever since installing the insulated liner and new cat the stove performs like a different stove and my gas bill has shrunk. By the way, stove is 1988 and i have replaced many parts over the years keeping it tip top shape.
2 years ago I replaced the refractory assembly and lower fire back and cable on air valve. I will inspect the cat and report back if any side affects from quick loading with bypass shut.
Hi J, I've read some of your posts. What is your starting technique. Cold start, reloads? Are you running a cat probe on your 2550?jharkin said:Wow... some interesting techniques here. I never would have though of trying to start from a cold stove with a full load. In cases where I did need to go from cold to an overnight load I would usually start it with a small load 3 small splits, let that burn down over an hours or so on cat to establish the coal bed and then pack the overnight load. I would be nervous trying to fire off a big load without any coal bed at all.
The other thing I wonder about is throwing a fresh split on a load that's half burned down... First off, how do you not get smoke spillage opening the griddle with the bypass closed? Must have amazing draft... Other thought is the couple times Ive tried to cheat and add a split midway through the cycle its put my cat into overfire (1800+) territory ...
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