My wife and I are in the process of purchasing and having installed a Central Boiler E-Classic 2400. We live on a farm in south central Wisconsin that’s been in our family since 1847, and have easy access to quality hardwood. We’ve heated with wood in the past, both with wood stoves and indoor forced air wood furnaces. We’ve grown tired of the mess and fire risk associated with those methods. We’ll be tying the E-Classic into two existing forced air furnaces and 50 gallon hot water heater, both fueled by natural gas. I was hoping to get some free advice through the forum, both on the installation process and day to day operation of the unit. Our local township only allows EPA Phase II certified units, thus leading us to the E-Classic. Any advice pertaining to this particular unit would be greatly appreciated. Our install date is slated for sometime in late April.
Thanks!
Well I can't help you with the 2400 but I do have a Central Boiler 6048 and love it. As far as the install, like others said, just ask and you will find tons of knowledge here. As most others, I did my entire install myself. If you do that, you will not only get satisfaction from the finished product, but most importantly, you will know your system like the "back of your hand". Comes in handy if you ever run into a problem.
OK, I don't know if it's the best way, but to get you started thinking..... I heat with 2 forced hot air (propane) heaters,(2 attached residences) all hot water, and heat my hot tub on one loop from the boiler. The flow goes...........from boiler to hot water HX then to hot tub HX then to first hot air unit then to second hot air unit then back to boiler. One loop running 24/7.
The hot tub and hot water HX's have manual bypasses on them and my HX's in my forced air units are controled with a 3-way zone valve which only opens when thermostats call for heat. I did this on the heaters so I could burn all year and use my AC and not have to manually bypass them.
My run from boiler to house is 90ft. and the loop inside the house is about 130ft. I heat my 24X32 pole barn with a seperate loop and pump 115ft away from boiler. In the summer, I heat my pool with a third loop and pump.
Welcome to the site!
You are gonna love your boiler
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