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Home Made / Re: MY homemade/modified forced air wood furnace
« on: November 21, 2009, 02:54:15 PM »
I don't even know where to begin with this set up! You definitely need to send in some pics because (maybe its just me) but I have no idea how this is legal in any state. Your wood boiler is only 40" from the house?Did you pipe it directly to your existing chimney? I find it hard to believe you mentioned this to your homeowners insurance. Did you ask your town for a permit for this? Its hard to imagine an inspector saw this setup and ok'd it. Up to 200 degree air blowing in the house? Really? What is the type of heat exchange process that your using? You say you have 8" ducts coming in through the window of all places, and a cold air return going back to the boiler. Why do you need a return? I could be way off on this but I am very confused by this setup. Please reply to this Ribs1963 to further explain. I'm not trying to come off as rude here, I'm generally concerned with the safety of this. I can't believe no one else has commented on this.

Murph

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Plumbing / No heat exchanger
« on: November 17, 2009, 03:26:38 AM »
Does anyone else not use a heat exchanger and have their boiler plumbed directly to there indoor furnace? I own a Central E- classic and have plumbed mine this way. I have forced hot water baseboard, heating appx. 3200 sq. ft. house.Central boiler does list this as an option in their install guide. It seems like everyone is using heat exchangers. Perhaps most people have forced hot air systems. Just curious if anyone else is doing this, and if not , why spend hundreds of extra dollars on heat exchangers.


Murph

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Oil furnace won't stop coming on
« on: November 07, 2008, 08:35:48 PM »
ckbetz,    I have 4 thermostats and I have forced hot water (baseboard). I'm not sure what difference it makes but I thought the oil furnace turned on when water temp in oil furnace got to a specific set point, which happens to be 30 degrees lower than the water actually is. Its strange but it only happens once in a while and the oil furnace only runs about 2 -3 minutes. Do you think its a specific thermostat that may be causing this to happen when its calling for heat? Also, I can't just shut off oil furnace without shutting off the circulating pump at the oil furnace.

Thanks

Murph

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Oil furnace won't stop coming on
« on: November 04, 2008, 01:38:39 PM »
I don't know if anyone out there knows anything about oil furnaces but here is my problem. It seems that every once in a while(maybe thats all I've been noticing) when one of my house thermostats calls for heat my oil furnace will come on for about 3 minutes and then shut off. This is happening even though the water in the oil furnace is over 175 degrees and is not set to come on unless it gets down to 140. Is there anything I can do to not have the furnace come on ? I'm not sure why the oil furnace wants to come on. Has anyone else had this problem? :bash:

Thanks
Murph

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Fire smoldering out
« on: November 02, 2008, 02:55:23 PM »
I'm new to using an outdoor wood furnace and own an E-classic 2300 from Central Boiler. Maybe it just happens when its warm out but has anyone had any problems with the fire going out due to long down times between cycling on? When the water is up to temp and the fan shuts off and the dampers close the fire will never restart when it calls for heat later on. Is this due to the fact that its been warm out (60-70) and it takes almost an hour to restart? In the meantime I've rigged my upper damper (the E-classic has 2) with a piece of metal wire that keeps it open about 1/8th inch. This seems to keep the ambers burning just enough to start the fire when it calls for heat. The temperature never climbs when the fan stops in this condition so it seems to be working O.K., but this is not what it was designed to do. Has anyone else ever had to deal with this and if so , is this problem most likely going to go away when cycle times get shorter in the colder months?

thanks,
Murph

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: The new E classic 2300
« on: November 02, 2008, 02:39:58 PM »
I burn an E-classic 2300 and would definitely recommend it. I've been using it for a few weks now and my neighbor asked just recently if its running yet. This was my whole reason for purchasing an EPA rated unit, my neighbor only lives a few hundred feet away and can't tell that its running. Also, after a few weeks of running, no ash to remove yet. Everything has been burning to powder. As far as log sizes, I've been putting logs up to 12" diameter and almost 30" long in it. To be honest, anything much bigger than that and its pretty hard to pick up and through it in. So in closing if your worried about becoming a nuisance to your neighbors I think a wood gassification unit is the way to go.

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