I was reading a bit today about the new 2-in-1 VC Defiant and Encore woodstoves today and have a question.
How do you change from cat to secondary burn modes?
When I read the manual for the stove, there are instructions for the damper - bypass, putting smoke up the chimney and non-bypass, putting the smoke through the cat and/or the secondary burn.
Is the cat and secondary burn in the same air path? Can they both operate at the same time? For example, if you are burning higher temps, would the secondaries light-off (along with the cat), but at lower temps, the cat would fire off and the secondaries would go out? Is there some lever that diverts the air either into the cat or secondary or bypass - thereby having 3 positions?
Just courious how this works.
Also, does the automatic thermostat damper gizmo work for either cat or secondary burns or both?
Thanks,
Bill
How do you change from cat to secondary burn modes?
When I read the manual for the stove, there are instructions for the damper - bypass, putting smoke up the chimney and non-bypass, putting the smoke through the cat and/or the secondary burn.
Is the cat and secondary burn in the same air path? Can they both operate at the same time? For example, if you are burning higher temps, would the secondaries light-off (along with the cat), but at lower temps, the cat would fire off and the secondaries would go out? Is there some lever that diverts the air either into the cat or secondary or bypass - thereby having 3 positions?
Just courious how this works.
Also, does the automatic thermostat damper gizmo work for either cat or secondary burns or both?
Thanks,
Bill