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Natures Comfort / Re: Draft Fan Opening

« on: January 05, 2010, 07:32:31 AM »

I would be interested in this also!  I have a 2007 model that back then the "cover" was not hindged at all and in fact it was stationary between the seliniod that lifted the cover and the fan.. I moved the seliniod up and put a turn buckel in to make the gap adjustable.  Works better but there balance of the thing makes it hard to fine tune adjustment .. love to know more about this other type of control and if a retrofit can be made!

steve

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Natures Comfort / Bottom Insulation again

« on: December 21, 2009, 01:13:32 PM »

I have not been on the site for a while and just noticed the other thread on insulating the bottom .. news to me.  I have a 2007 model Natures comfort and there was nothing about insulating the bottom!  I stuck my hand down there last night and it is a little warm!  so maybe next sulmmer I can put up some metal skirting but not at 20 degrees out .. so what have others done to insulate thier boilers?  any and all ideas welcome!

thanks,
steve

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Natures Comfort / Re: Draft Fan Opening

« on: November 16, 2009, 10:58:02 AM »

Mine is a couple years old and the fan cover was NOT adjustable ... over the summer I did retrofit to be adjustable .. I ran the boiler over the summer to heat my swimming pool ... a little less then the 1/4 inch .. but will open it up more as the season goes on.

steve

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Fire Wood / looking for ideas and plans for a wood shed

« on: July 06, 2009, 08:41:10 AM »

OK .. summer project is to get rid of the tarps.  I am looking for ideas or Plans for a wood shed.  I have been debating on which is chaper to buy a metal carpost thing or build a shed / pavilion.  Whats everyones thoughts?  buy or build?  overhang front of stove?  posts in ground or on top ... just looking for ideas/ pics or advice!!

thanks,
steve

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Plumbing / cleaning a water to water exchanger

« on: July 06, 2009, 06:17:12 AM »

To take advantage of the summer down time .. what is the recomended way to clean a 50 plate water to water exchanger?  what can be used and how?  Any experiance is welcome.  Thanks!

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Natures Comfort / Re: Extending Chimney NCB Boiler

« on: June 30, 2009, 11:19:51 AM »

Just wanted to post an update.  I put on an additional 3 ft on my boiler ... really to just take the smoke a little higher and to avoid the flames kicking out the thing.  I closed down my fan gap (my older model does not have the turnbuckel adjustment) so I have to make some changes.  I also got a chimmney cap from NC... looked all over the web and they were comparable in price and worked with me on a deal for shipping since I needed rust inhibitor also!!

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Natures Comfort / Re: Fire Grate NCB175

« on: June 30, 2009, 11:10:40 AM »

I have a 2007 model .. not sure what you meancoal grates .. I did not know there were other grates.  I know I have played with putting diff size rods in the blower spaces betwen the firebrick and also some difgf size angle iron.  Right now I have 1/2 angle iron in the form and back spaces and 1/4 rod in the others.  This way I do not big ash chunks .. just a fine as.

steve

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Natures Comfort / Re: Extending Chimney NCB Boiler

« on: April 29, 2009, 10:34:31 AM »

headed to the junk yard this weekend ... I was going to add 6ft or so .. I was going to use more of the " well casing" ut my buddy said shedual 40 should work fine and be lighter... still trying to find a spark arrester cheaper then $ 70 .. if anyone sees one please let me know!

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Natures Comfort / Re: Extending Chimney NCB Boiler

« on: April 21, 2009, 12:41:41 PM »

Fist things first .. welcome Mike .... great to have a NC rep looking at the board!  Love to have imput from the mft here!

anyway .. I too am looking at extending my chimney.  I talked to a dealer in Albany area that has customer that extened by 10-15 ft using well casing .. had to use guide wires to stablize it.  I guess I don't understand the need for insulated pipe and the creosot worry.  The reason I went with the OWB was so I could burn all the pine I can not burn in my inside fireplace and not worry.  So what if it get some build up .. that is why it's outside and not in my house .. I got a lot of build up inside the unit this winter .. I scrap it and let a hot fire burn it off.  If a insulated chimmney was important why is it built with the solid chimmney?  I have a three ft piece of well casing that I used to extend my inside the firebox (I have a 2007 model and Dave at NC told to to do this to make it like the 2008 models) .. I know that is the exact pipe used for the chimney.. but I am looking for a longer (6ft piece ) of 6" schedual 40 pipe to use on the outside.  I will be interested on others ideas.

PS still looking for a raincap / spark arrester that is not going to cost me $100 .. any ideas?

steve

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / spark arrestor / rain cap

« on: April 07, 2009, 10:47:53 AM »

I posted under the NC topic but will take any imput.  Who has a spark arrestor/ rain cap on thier forced air stove?  Mine blows sparks like crazy and if I wnat to use it this summer I need something .. any ideas?

steve

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Natures Comfort / chimney spark arrester and rain cap

« on: April 06, 2009, 12:55:06 PM »

OK .. has anyone found anything good to use on the NC for a spark arrestor and rain cap?  I used a stock rain cap .. lasted about 2 months and then burnt apart!  I wanted to use the stove some this summer but am worrid about the sparks!

steve

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Natures Comfort / Re: Chimney burn out

« on: March 23, 2009, 11:35:07 AM »

I have done all of the above .. burnt coal and wood .. and tried pipes of all diff sizes in all the different places.  My stove is a 2007 that I had to add 1 ft to the chimmney inside so it came close to the floor like the 2008 models.  I noticed mine is kind of mushed from hitting the thing when loading but I have not notices any burn out .. I will have to check that out!

steve

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Natures Comfort / Re: New Installation

« on: March 09, 2009, 09:25:12 PM »

Yea .. going to keep playing with closing the slots with diff size pieces ... I have bigger rods in front and back so the most air is in the middle.  The coal is called a few diff things .. chestnut or lump coal.. but 1 in is average size .. I did a mix .. have a small bed of wood coal .. put a few shovels of coal on and some wood.  It burns nice that way .. I do have to stir the coal some the next day to get the finer ash to fall in the pan. 

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Natures Comfort / Re: New Installation

« on: March 05, 2009, 10:57:51 AM »

Great .. I will have to try the 1 1/2 pipe in back slot ... I imagain it cuts air flow from blowing straight up the chimmney.  There is another thread with a guy that owns a shaver .. much like ours that is trying to design and air deflector for his ash box.  we bith notice the air flow is very strong out the very front slot .. the blower mounted as it is blows straight in ash pan and kits door and blows very hard out of that slot .. make the fire hot in front near door.

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Natures Comfort / Re: helping water mix better

« on: March 04, 2009, 05:34:50 PM »

yea .. the owners manual says install the pump in the high port but I just tbought a new larger pump (going to try and heat my swimming pool this summer and the stock pump is too small).  Anyway I was talking to a dealer in uppper NY and then the tech rep at NC trying to fiquer out how big a pump I needed and they have since changed their mind.  Seem that these types of pumps are water lubricated and while convensional thinking was to draw the hottest water off the top of the stove the extra head pressasure from drawing from the lower port provided more head and thus lube to the pump and they do not wear out as fast!