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Shaver Furnace / Re: HELP! I hate my SHAVER!
« on: December 18, 2010, 06:43:08 PM »
No luck on getting the Ranco today so I ordered one. I will use the shop vac for sure.
Should I have an air bleeder somewhere? I was told to turn valve off and on a number of times and this gets any air out. My father says I should have one at the highest level. The air handler is in the attic and I guess  it would need to be on the return side??

Great metaphor by the way. I was treading water while holding a 5lb brick overhead.

Here is a story that actually happen to me years ago. I learned a valuable lesson from this in which I instill in my children.
I was 19 years old living alone and putting myself through college. I worked 3 jobs, 2 of were on weekends. In the AM I worked in road maintenance which included vehicle maintenance as well. The second job was at a gas station.

A customer came in the gas station and asked if we had diesel fuel, we did not but the truck stop 3 miles up the road did. He looked tired and asked me; which direction? I saw him leave and started to walk. I asked my manager if I could take my break and give the guy a ride. I had an old pontiac grand am but worked well enough to get by. I caught up with the man and he accepted the ride.

We got his fuel and gave him a ride 13 miles back to his "new to him" truck on the interstate! He was from Indiana and we were  in the Poconos (PA).  His truck was full of kids and one worried wife/mother. I stayed there to see if his truck would start and it did not. Now, because I ran out of fuel in my first jobs backhoe before I knew he had to bleed the lines. I found his bleeder, and low in behold, his truck started right up. WE shook hands and back to work I went.

My twin lived with me at the time and he has to take insulin.  I got home, woke up and found out he broke the bottle. Without insurance It was just over $100 for a new bottle.

We scrambled looking for money. I eventually thought to see if I had any money in my glove box and that's when I found the $100 sitting on my passenger car seat. I felt like it was a miracle but the note said THANK YOU for the "miracle"! This changed my life.

My point is this... if a fellow needs to be here to help put food on the table for his family just say what it is and maybe WE Shaver owners can throw him some leads.

Yes, it's that obvious now

Peace to all
I am still in Aw with the amount of warmth my "new" Shaver is producing.

THANKS AGAIN

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Shaver Furnace / Re: HELP! I hate my SHAVER!
« on: December 18, 2010, 04:50:23 AM »
Its 6:30 AM and I just put some wood in. The house was warm ALL night. The thermostat and blower mod will happen today if I can get the parts I need. If I cant I.. I will order them.

What a difference, not just in the heat...but in humanity as well.

Pay it  forward indeed.

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Shaver Furnace / Re: HELP! I hate my SHAVER!
« on: December 17, 2010, 07:38:53 PM »
Hmm I tried to post my update and noticed nothing posted... Here is what I think I typed.
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Update #1
The first mod I did was to stop the steaming out of the overflow nipple.
2nd I started to insulate under the unit and in the door. I then looked on top and noticed a huge 1.5 inch of metal missing from the area where the domestic lines are dropped in. I should have seen that when I sealed it but must have missed it. All the insulation was soaking wet. I used high temp silicone and automotive cork gasket for now. It seems to be holding since I see no moisture (knock on wood).
I also noticed you put Styrofoam pipe insulation inside the unit. I did this today as well.
I was going to the fan mod today but I bought a 90* instead of a 45*. No matter though because I need to make room and buy a couple of 90* shark bites.

With those couple of improvements my fan turned off for the first time since the weather hit freezing!

Outside temp is now 22*f and INSIDE IS 72*!
My daughters thank you since they just got out of their baths without shivering! Ages 6 and 4. Infant is sleeping soundly!

I feel like a hero but owe you guys the credit, especially Windwalker7.

I will keep posting as I do more mods.

TO Yoderheating... apology accepted and thanks for the tip.

BTW the door hinge bolt came in broken and continues to break even with grade 8 bolt. Not hard to fix but it always happen at the wrong times.

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Shaver Furnace / Re: HELP! I hate my SHAVER!
« on: December 16, 2010, 08:23:27 PM »
Just read all of your post and got a material list together! I will get the parts and get started! I will let all of you know the progress I make.
I can't thank you guys enough! I have been wearing my heart on my sleeve so to speak. Not to mention the amount of sleep I have been loosing over this!

Brian

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Shaver Furnace / Re: HELP! I hate my SHAVER!
« on: December 16, 2010, 06:46:10 PM »
Yes, you are right, I do not need bashing since I get it when I look at my infant shivering and my other two daughters wearing hooded sweatshirts to bed. I spent all of our money on this and feel guilty about it. The only thing left to do is move forward.

I will try the blower mod to see if that works a little better.

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Shaver Furnace / Re: HELP! I hate my SHAVER!
« on: December 16, 2010, 05:15:16 PM »
My furnace is 70 feet away. The lines are buried 4 feet down and placed in the bubble wrap 4 inch corrugated pipe. My house is a 2000 square foot ranch. The house is 2 years old with 2 x 6 walls with sprayed in insulation  The boiler feeds a hx. When the furnace is fed constantly it has no problem maintaining 70 degrees in below freezing weather. My problem is that I can't possible keep up with it's demand. I just tried to put a dampner in the smoke stack. I hope this helps? Any thoughts? Other thanthe dampner in smoke stack, what else should I do? Forgive me for not having a lot of knowledge on this. I do realize that this might be one of those trial and error projects in which I was told it be.

Thanks for all your help.
I am just a man trying to keep his 3 kids warm!

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Shaver Furnace / Re: HELP! I hate my SHAVER!
« on: December 15, 2010, 06:23:31 PM »
Yeah, this unit is not working very well. I would love to hear from experienced people who did the right mods to make theirs work well.
Thanks for your thoughts.

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Shaver Furnace / HELP! I hate my SHAVER!
« on: December 15, 2010, 04:22:53 PM »
Can someone tell me what mods to do to the shaver? I know this unit can be better. I am going through wood like crazy!  :bash:

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