I just ordered a set FireCat ceramic combustor replacement elements. The one in the woodstove lasted about 5 years. It's a Woodstock Fireview stove. Originally it came with a stainless combustor. The combustor was worthless. i could never get the stove to heat-up above 350-400 degrees F. Woodstock sent me another free stainless replacement combustor. It was just as useless. We went through troubleshooting session with Woodstosk trying to figure out why it was not working . I even bought some kiln dried wood but the result was the same. I was thinking about returning the stove but one of their sales guys offered to send me a ceramic combustor. Wow! What a diffference it made. The stove was alive and heating up easily. It was like a different stove. I could see the combustor glow red when operating. Surprizingly, Woodstock quit selling ceramic combustors for this particular stove.
Not recommended. It doesn't have to be sparkling clean. Just make sure the holes are opened up and not overly caked with soot or creosote. Just get the majority of the gunk of and then get a nice hot fire going and run the stove on high in catalytic mode for a bit. It'll burn all the junk off.
I just ordered a set FireCat ceramic combustor replacement elements. The one in the woodstove lasted about 5 years.
It's a Woodstock Fireview stove. Originally it came with a stainless combustor. The combustor was worthless. i could never get the stove to heat-up above 350-400 degrees F. Woodstock sent me another free stainless replacement combustor. It was just as useless. We went through troubleshooting session with Woodstosk trying to figure out why it was not working . I even bought some kiln dried wood but the result was the same. I was thinking about returning the stove but one of their sales guys offered to send me a ceramic combustor. Wow! What a diffference it made. The stove was alive and heating up easily. It was like a different stove. I could see the combustor glow red when operating.
Surprizingly, Woodstock quit selling ceramic combustors for this particular stove.
can you use just plain tap water under a faucet to clean?
Not recommended. It doesn't have to be sparkling clean. Just make sure the holes are opened up and not overly caked with soot or creosote. Just get the majority of the gunk of and then get a nice hot fire going and run the stove on high in catalytic mode for a bit. It'll burn all the junk off.
No trouble for me I would not own one. Before you know it they will be trying to put one on your outside grill.