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Roger2561

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Gonna fire her up
« on: October 27, 2017, 03:15:04 AM »

Hi all, Well, I think I'll be firing up the E-Classic 1400 tomorrow.  I find I have to run the oil burner a little each day when I get home from work to break the chill in the house so I might as well keep the money in my pocket and get her going.  This is by far the furthest I have gone into the fall before firing her up, usually it's at the beginning of Oct.  I'm entering my 7th season with it and that seems to be the time when people have been experiencing leaks, etc... with them, so I'm praying this thing stays together for one more season.  Over the past 6 seasons, other than the occasional hiccup, it has run flawlessly.   
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2017, 06:44:00 AM »

I'm shooting for Nov 1. It's been a great October as far as weather goes.
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2017, 07:41:14 AM »

I was hoping for another week but I got chilly in the shop yesterday so I lit it up about 3pm yesterday. There's 2" of snow on the ground and about 40mph winds this morning though, sure glad I did
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2017, 03:48:31 PM »

10 day forecast showed highs in the 30's and 40's so I fired ours up yesterday. In all my years of doing this the 3rd week in October seems to be a pretty typical start up date so were right on schedule.

Sure is nice having the house toasty, the garage heated, and the endless hot water again.
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2017, 07:56:46 PM »

Yeah I am with you on the third week in october. Some years I make it closer to Nov 1 sometimes closer to second week in Oct.
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2017, 11:15:46 PM »

Love not hearing the oil burner coming on, and stay in the shower a little longer, sweet!!!!
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2017, 09:01:40 AM »

The wife just broke, fired her up at 1045 this morning because the 66 degree house house is obviously an ice box.
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2017, 10:48:13 AM »

Just clicked off at 180. 54 -180 in 2 hours and 2 mins. Not bad.
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2017, 12:34:00 PM »

Just clicked off at 180. 54 -180 in 2 hours and 2 mins. Not bad.

With a load on?
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2017, 04:28:43 PM »

Love not hearing the oil burner coming on, and stay in the shower a little longer, sweet!!!!

I guess it's the small things in life we look forward to; not hearing the oil burner run, not waiting which seems like forever for the hot-water to reach the shower head and those nice HOT showers...oh, and a cold bottle of beer following a hard days work.  Roger 
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2017, 04:39:31 PM »

Well, she's up and providing heat to house and DHW.  I ran into a bit of a hiccup though, it was my own fault.  After about an hour or so of getting the water up to temp, I had been keeping close tabs of how she has been operating.  I could hear one of the solenoids making a loud buzzing noise so I open the back panel where they are located, tap the offending solenoid and then attempted to close the panel door.  Well, there are 2 locking tabs that hold the door close.  When I tried to pull and turn them, they both broke.  I had no way of keeping that door closed.  So, to the basement of the house I go looking for a solution.  I found some self tapping screws and installed them.  I went inside to have lunch and when I came outside the digital display was showing "HI" (I doubt that it was a greeting), meaning that water had reached over 200 degrees and she shut herself down. So, to the rear panel I go looking for the problem.  I found it immediately; when the tabs broke that holds the rear panel door closed, it left 2 holes that neglected to seal shut.  To the basement of the house where I found my silicon sealant and filled them in.  Problem solved and she been running like a charm.  I hope she keeps it up throughout the winter.  Roger 
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2017, 05:02:47 PM »

Yup, stay warm Roger. Glad you found your problem.
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2017, 08:15:51 PM »

Just clicked off at 180. 54 -180 in 2 hours and 2 mins. Not bad.

With a load on?

Zero load.
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2017, 10:35:17 PM »

I usually place the biggest load I can on mine when first starting, gets a coal bed established faster.

Turn the heat off in the house so it drops a few degrees, the wife doesn’t squawk much about that as she can have it as warm as she wants the rest of the winter within reason. Lot the 450 gallons of water in the shop boiler drop a bunch as well, when you start heating 650 gallons of water or so it tends to run longer ;-)
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Re: Gonna fire her up
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2017, 10:52:49 PM »

Just clicked off at 180. 54 -180 in 2 hours and 2 mins. Not bad.

With a load on?

Zero load.

For real? I figured it'd have been faster than that. I fired my C375 on Thursday and granted it holds a little less water, but I went from 50 to 175 in somewhere between 1.5-2 hours with mama washing clothes and a couple blower cycles in the furnace. I'd guess it was closer to 2 hours as it was only at 153 when I checked at 1.5. The wood was all small ends and slivers from the firewood processor though, so that probably had some effect as well. Kindling let's say lol
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