morso squirrel stove, just got a new one, extra rear plate??

[Kristian]

Just got a new morse squirrel 1410 as per the last one for ease of fitting etc.

However the new ones come with an extra steel plate at the very rear of the stove, almost like a cover to allow heat to rise up and go up from the rear, its a complete cover that covers the whole stove at the back.

What is it and can I remove it??

 

Thanks....

[Chris Pink]

Do you mean the internal baffle plate? Possibly replaced with a back boiler?

[bottle]

It is there to aid convection and to also reduce heat being transfered to the wall behind it.

 

Why would you want to tremove it?

[Kristian]

It is there to aid convection and to also reduce heat being transfered to the wall behind it.

 

Why would you want to tremove it?

 

It is there to aid convection and to also reduce heat being transfered to the wall behind it.

 

Why would you want to tremove it?

 

It is there to aid convection and to also reduce heat being transfered to the wall behind it.

 

Why would you want to tremove it?

Only due to it being scratched to hell, the other thing i can do is to respray it....

[bottle]

When you respray, make sure the paint is suitable, ie, withstands high temperatures.

[pinkoi]

I nearly had a nervous break down thanks to that extra shielding on the back.

 

Another difference in this version of the squirrel is that it doesn't have the punch out bits in the backplate for fitting a boiler. When the new stove and separate boiler arrived there was much peering behind that shield trying to spot the punch out bits to put the boiler into. We didn't want to remove the extra shield in case we needed to send it back or sell it (panic had now set in when we could't see or feel the dents).

 

What the extra back plate obscures is the two tiny centre holes for your hole saw for you to cut your own right through.

 

Phew!

[bjc]

it`s a heat sheild to reduce the heat from the back of the stove hitting the wall as long as the wall behind it is fire proof no need to fit it