Hi folks
Well, I finally got round to re-installing my (old) Hestia Lockgate diesel stove last week and have been enjoying the luxury of waking up to a toasty boat!
Thing is, I'm not 100% sure if I've got it set up right as didn't have any instructions - it seems to be running fine but the flame is very orange and a tad sooty, particularly on the lower settings.
I just re-attached the fuel line, tightened the compression fittings and placed the stack pipe and flue where they'd obviously been originally. There are 2 bends in the chimney (sharp angles so not fra off the vertical), just after it leaves the top of the stove, then it's a straight run up through the roof and up to the flue. I cleaned all of the gunk out.
There's a central 'catalyst' (cylinder of metal mesh) but I'm not sure if the open end should be uppermost or the other end which has a flat metal plate in the centre. There's also a metal ring/collar that seems to sit on a rim just above the bottom row of burner holes. Not sure!
The fuel just drips out of the inlet hole onto the bottom of the drum and burns from there. It's gravity fed rather than pumped.
If any of you have a similar Lockgate stove and have any top tips or advice I'd love to hear from you! Maybe it's running fine and I'm just being a bit paranoid, but still!
Thanks in advance and here's to a warm and snug winter!
Hedgepig