Wood stove designed by a idiot....

I have owned two free standing wood stoves.

I still own them both.
The RAVE:
The first was a earth stove. had a nice piece of granite on it for a heat sink, it was a demo and I was broke. Best stove ever worked well misered wood, accepted a water modification burned clean, slowly over 15 years I decided the warping metal inside either needed a bottle jack or the machine should be replaced.

I did both. I straightened up the abuse and gave a coat of paint and assinged it to a secondary role in a summer home.

The Rant:

The POS energy pacifica. Has a nice euro look. Fuel storage underneath integral ash pan including a internal ash clean out. I bought it for its outside air supply ability and clearances.

We are in year 4-5 maybe more with an OK stove. this year has been a bit colder than normal and I find the stove to be a liability not an asset.
Today I decided to look into the inards to see why I can't shut the fire off I feel air tight stoves should be just that...... Would you believe there is a Air wash port in the front half of the stove that has no control on it. 5/8 hole not ported to the outside air channel. I had to pull that POS down to the frame to find it.

It is now plugged.
The fire is under my control.
Maybe the next 5 years will be better.

Off soap box.
I feel better for sharing

Mike

a buddy of mine has some sort of cab approved wood stove it doesn't get hot to the touch on the out side. it also has a catyletic converter in the inside problem is it doesn't heat the house worth a $hit either . my understanding is it has some kind of double wall construction so you cant get burned but I have no clue were the heat is going.

Well it is a snow day today. apparently -20 is OK but -30 is where E central WI gives in..... The wood stove is significantly more effiecient and I can't believe it took me this long to look into this stove.

the Glass stays clean, the wood last much longer. I am going to call pacific energy and inquire about the purpose of that air. Doubt they will discuss it with me, but I think they would want to make the fusion model more desirable.....

Mike

Agreed.
I was raised in a house heated with wood.
I ran around sowing oats and learning how to be an adult then settled in a farm house to make a family.
I lived here (rural dumpy farm house) for about 4 years and it never really was a home...... then money started to be made and the wood stove showed up *earth stove* and this house was a home.

this current stove is putting up a fight for me to like it..... I think I am winning....

Mike