New Stove Soon To Be Mine!!

[Irishman]

I've got my year old Europa loaded up on the trailer for a trip to Fond du Lac tomorrow to pick up my new stove from Claire. I can't wait to see the improvements in action. I'm not normally an impulse buyer, but with the tax benefit and my love of these stoves, I just had to do it. For once, the Mrs. agreed with one of my crazy ideas because she likes heat. Now if I could only figure out how to get her to agree to a 4x4 atv, I'd really have a nice fall and winter.

[canadian]

Was there something wrong with your Europa?? whats the new one?

[Irishman]

The old stove had some problems that were taken care of under warranty. One of the problems was the burn pot. It rocked in place and, of course, the top ring had warped. The replacement pot would likely continue to be fine, but the top ring would warp again. There other air leaks that are well documented on this site that have been addressed in the rework on the new stove. If you look at the Paromax thread, Claude made the burn pot to screw into place along with the the top ring screwing on to the burn pot. There are two burn pots, each specific to burning pellets and grain. The burn pots have a different hole configuration. Clair said that he was able to build an ash bed at the recommended level without much screwing around. Claude built in an air wash to keep the glass clean and he used a brass bushing through which the ash auger shaft goes through the stove wall. I understand the start up phase has been reprogrammed. What that entails, I don't know yet.

I will share my observations as soon as I get it home to pre-burn it. I will continue to share my experiences. Hopefully they will all be positive and there won't be much to share.

[cornclinker]

Irishman....... U tried your new stove yet ?
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cornclinker
Europa 75

[Irishman]

I have burned it, but only in the garage for a test burn. I burned it for four hours to burn off any oil and to cure the paint. The only things of note from this short burn is that the start up phase lasted only 10 minutes or so, the ash bed was maintained at the proper level with a reduction in the ash extraction, the airwash is apparent and the fire looks good and swirling. The other thing of note is that the tear drop opening on the right side of the ash compartment is supposed to be open 25% when burning pellets and closed when burning corn.

I'll share other details when I burn this stove in the house. I may burn it this week, as the the highs look to be in the high 50's.

[Frank Sappo]

Having a lot of the Paromax stoves in the field, I can tell you that your gonna love yours. Great job working with Claude to get your hands on a new one. The current model is the most amazing piece of biomass technology I've seen in 20+ years doing alternative heating. Keep us posted with your experiences

[cornclinker]

Not getting any notes on the NEW europa ?
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cornclinker
Europa 75

[Irishman]

I love my new stove. At first, I tried to run it like my FPI stove and that didn't work because I used to use the trim settings to increase or decrease the heat. I tried this with the new stove and I kept making clinkers and the ash bed was out of control. After a couple of discussions with Claude, it was apparent that the stove was feeding too many pellets, so I had to trim it back. It burns very nice now and the during the weekly cleanings, it is easy to see how much cleaner this stove burns than my old stove. I really like the screw in burn pot and top ring.

To me, the only way the upgrade to the new stove was worth it, was through the tax break. Had this not been in place, I probably wouldn't have made the switch because the old stove was doing a nice job.