Thank you for making this video. I have a newer 20 year old Dutch west that came with my house. The glass broke and I took the opportunity to take the doors and lid off, regasket it, and throughly clean it. I noticed the doughnut looking thing under the catalyst. I had no clue you were supposed to open that side knob to add oxygen to the catalyst. Could not figure it out until I saw this video. That is super cool that it pulls cold air up through the bottom and out that front slot. Blows my mind how much thought goes into these. I used to just think of wood stoves as a safer alternative to an open hearth fireplace. Truly and engineering marvel to extract every BTU possible from the wood. They save me a ton of cash over my oil furnace.
This is such an excellent video. Thank you so much for sharing this information. I just rebuilt one of these and I have made two fires so far and I am loving it!!
A family friend gave us a Dutchwest 2462 which is very similar to this model and we used it for a whole winter without knowing anything about how to manage it. I didn't even know it had a catalytic system in the top! But thanks to you, I understand exactly how to use it and maintain it in future- once I replace the air distributor, combustor and seal which were all trashed! I wonder if we melted the air distributor through our misuse, or by running the stove too hot. ( I was making biochar in a small pot on top of my fires, so I would really get it blasting to bring the materials up to temperature to burn off by pyrolysis). Any ideas?
I have to replace the thermostat that goes into the top of the catalytic combustor. Online I see they have ones that have 7/8 inch probes and others that are 2 1/8 inch. Would love to know which is the correct one to get. Thank you in advance for any advice.
Thank you for making this video. I have a newer 20 year old Dutch west that came with my house. The glass broke and I took the opportunity to take the doors and lid off, regasket it, and throughly clean it.
I noticed the doughnut looking thing under the catalyst. I had no clue you were supposed to open that side knob to add oxygen to the catalyst. Could not figure it out until I saw this video.
That is super cool that it pulls cold air up through the bottom and out that front slot. Blows my mind how much thought goes into these.
I used to just think of wood stoves as a safer alternative to an open hearth fireplace. Truly and engineering marvel to extract every BTU possible from the wood. They save me a ton of cash over my oil furnace.
Brilliant video! I've had my stove for 20 years and is the first time I understood how it works!
This is such an excellent video. Thank you so much for sharing this information. I just rebuilt one of these and I have made two fires so far and I am loving it!!
Wondering how those "modifications" to prevent build-up on the glass worked out and how you made those modifications.
Most helpful, thanks for sharing. Looking at a used near me.
A family friend gave us a Dutchwest 2462 which is very similar to this model and we used it for a whole winter without knowing anything about how to manage it. I didn't even know it had a catalytic system in the top! But thanks to you, I understand exactly how to use it and maintain it in future- once I replace the air distributor, combustor and seal which were all trashed! I wonder if we melted the air distributor through our misuse, or by running the stove too hot. ( I was making biochar in a small pot on top of my fires, so I would really get it blasting to bring the materials up to temperature to burn off by pyrolysis). Any ideas?
I have to replace the thermostat that goes into the top of the catalytic combustor. Online I see they have ones that have 7/8 inch probes and others that are 2 1/8 inch. Would love to know which is the correct one to get. Thank you in advance for any advice.
I've just installed one of those and had no idea how to work it thanks
what size rope gasket do you use around the main air damper, i cant find in the manual where it says.
so it look like it can't be fitted with an outside air kit?
Thanks so much. Very helpful. About to buy a used one
Did you ever add the air wash modification? I have the same issue on my FA264CCL.