So I initially thought I had a defective thermostat.
The Princess didn’t operate the way the King does, I could use all of the range on the thermostat and produce the heat we needed. The King however only seems to have a useable range between about 330 and 6 on the dial. Anything lower than 330, even with a cold stove, positions the flapper completely closed.
Thinking there was something wrong I sent a message off to Blaze King. After not hearing back, and not wanting to have issues at this point in the season, I bought a new thermostat. Well, the new one operates exactly the same way. It does have a little more range say between 3 and 6, but that’s it.
I didn’t install the new thermostat since it wouldn’t have changed anything, and the point between 3 and 12 on the dial has the tab fully disengaged from the spring inside the thermostat. I don’t intend to adjust anything but it certainly seems like it could have a full useable range with finer control over the heat output.
Curious what others range of use on the thermostat is? Having only 1/4 of the range be useful is a small window to operate in and not have the cat go over 1800 on every fire.
The Princess didn’t operate the way the King does, I could use all of the range on the thermostat and produce the heat we needed. The King however only seems to have a useable range between about 330 and 6 on the dial. Anything lower than 330, even with a cold stove, positions the flapper completely closed.
Thinking there was something wrong I sent a message off to Blaze King. After not hearing back, and not wanting to have issues at this point in the season, I bought a new thermostat. Well, the new one operates exactly the same way. It does have a little more range say between 3 and 6, but that’s it.
I didn’t install the new thermostat since it wouldn’t have changed anything, and the point between 3 and 12 on the dial has the tab fully disengaged from the spring inside the thermostat. I don’t intend to adjust anything but it certainly seems like it could have a full useable range with finer control over the heat output.
Curious what others range of use on the thermostat is? Having only 1/4 of the range be useful is a small window to operate in and not have the cat go over 1800 on every fire.