Our newest Hybrid wood stove (now known as the Absolute
Steel Hybrid) passed the EPA testing with flying colors. The EPA standard, expected no later
than 2020, is for a residential wood stove to have a weighted average of
approximately 2.0 g/hr. Our
new Absolute Steel Hybrid passed the test at approximately 0.7 g/hr. Yes indeed. This result puts the
Absolute Steel Hybrid in the top six stoves for low emissions. This means our newest hybrid, the
Absolute Steel Hybrid, is in the top two percent of all stoves tested in the
last 25 years. It is an absolute
winner!
The next step is for the testing laboratory to submit a test
report to the EPA. The wait is
usually about two months for us to get “officially” certified. We cannot ship any Absolute Steel
Hybrid stoves until we receive our official certification.
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| Crib Wood |
There is a little side story about our recent EPA
testing. In November, we
petitioned the EPA to allow us to test with cordwood, instead of the “cribs”
that the EPA has required since it started the regulation of wood stoves. In mid-December, we had not heard from
the EPA regarding our petition so we decided move forward and test our Absolute
Steel Hybrid using cribs. As luck would have it, our cordwood petition was approved after we started testing with
cribs. We may go ahead and test
again with cordwood in the near future, just to prove that the results are
similar. Cribs or cordwood, we are confident our Absolute Steel Hybrid will
easily pass every test.
To read more about this and see the videos on our preliminary cordwood tests, please use the links below:
We are gearing up to start shipping our newest hybrid this
Spring with special introductory prices for early orders. Details about ordering the Absolute
Steel Hybrid will follow soon.
