Gas Ring Preventative Maintenance

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Post by Pancho » Sat. Jun. 20, 2015 7:26 pm

Those who have heaters with gas rings, do you remove them for the summer and put a rust inhibitor on the barrel where the rings go?.....maybe spray something in the gas ring holes?!?!.......or is it something that doesn't need to be fussed with?.

 
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Post by franco b » Sat. Jun. 20, 2015 8:03 pm

Pancho wrote:Those who have heaters with gas rings, do you remove them for the summer and put a rust inhibitor on the barrel where the rings go?.....maybe spray something in the gas ring holes?!?!.......or is it something that doesn't need to be fussed with?.
I don't have gas rings but I would be concerned with fly ash behind them which would be good to vacuum out. The rings themselves being cast iron are not that much of a concern but should also be cleaned.

 
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Post by KingCoal » Sat. Jun. 20, 2015 9:09 pm

i am seeing that fly ash left to draw moisture between the fire bricks and the barrel of the Locke and warm morning style stoves does indeed cause corrosion.

i'd pull the gas ring and clean there.

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Post by brunom15 » Sun. Jun. 21, 2015 10:38 am

I'm curious to see what Wilson and Will Sherrick have to say on this. I put in rings too. My stove is disconnected from the stove pipe, vacuumed out, and all access plates and doors open to allow air to circulate. My basement is fairly dry. I've considered getting containers of damp-rid or similar, but haven't yet.


 
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Post by wilsons woodstoves » Sun. Jun. 21, 2015 8:51 pm

I would think in your case, stove disconnected, doors open,your good. just unhooking stove from chimney should be enough.wd40 smells good also.wilson

 
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Post by Pancho » Mon. Jun. 22, 2015 10:42 am

wilsons woodstoves wrote:I would think in your case, stove disconnected, doors open,your good. just unhooking stove from chimney should be enough.wd40 smells good also.wilson
I noticed a piece of cement used to seal one of the ring sections to the barrel has cracked and is lodged between the barrel and the ring....being this is my first year, I'll pull the rings and give it the once over.

Thanks Skip.

 
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Post by wsherrick » Thu. Jul. 02, 2015 10:03 pm

Vacuum it out, remove loose cement. Replace cement. Be done with it.

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