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[Scott7m]

Bee man, i know a lot of folks will tell you that you can't run a spark arrestor.  I for one ran one all last season and had no problems, a good chimney fire every couple weeks kept it clean as a whistle.   But yes, fire out the top of a design like that is common

[beeman]

think i might have found some of the problem  shaver[ that i based my stove from] there fan is 75cfm mine is 145cfm on the spark arester do you think 1/4 inch is to small

[Scott7m]

Probably, mine had oblong holes probably 1/2"

Make you a slider on your fan that blocks off part of the hole where the air comes in the fan.   

If you go to the earth wood furnace site you'll see what I'm talkin bout

[beeman]

thank that would be much easer than reastat on fan

[Scott7m]

Oh yea.  It's really simple and works well, go for it

[beeman]

well testing going well weather girl said with wind chill its down to 17  house is still warm at 75 only one duct going into livingroom  hoping to add more rooms soon  think i will do our room last the wife cudles closer when its cooler    was going to get more done this last weekend  but whent and got a load of wood then helped the fatherinlaw skid logs until my trackor broke worked on it tonight man your fingers get cold when you leave your gloves at the truck

[jackel440]

well my stove has been running for 3 days real happy with it still working out the bugs like it seems to take to long to heat the water back up that when it dose kick in it takes it a long time just to heat the water back up can you hook an aquastat up backwards  becouse  it shuts down burn when the water gets to about 160 but the aquastat is set on 85 then wont start back up until water is below 100  thanks bull but couldnt find wiring directions at that site  by the way my aquastst is on the line coming from the bottm of the boiler to the house  might have to move it becouse it is like it is using all the hot water before making more  I do whant to thank every body on here  for support becouse today a coworker made a coment about my junkyard stove  looked  ------------- and    ======= of corse i came back   this is true but i have all my kids and dont live in my daddys basement so he is paying the heating bill. of corse i couldent stop after all the hard work and scrounging   before he could say enythig i stated is it going to be mom or dad that picks you up after work becouse of your  d w i  sorry to rant so long thanks for letting me vent every body have a safe thanks giving gary

I have been away for awhile,and I wanted to say glad to see you got her going!Looks real good also.
Definatly takes awhile to heat the water up when the temp gets that low.I have had mine get cold a few times lately.With working alot of hours it can be hard to keep it up sometimes.
It's a shame the idiot a work doesn't have a clue about what you have accomplished.I would be proud of it .you built it and its taking care of your heating needs.I see it like this.Hes not eating my food or living in my house so he could kiss it!
great job and now go stoke the fires!

[Bull]

Welcome back Jackel, I had noticed you had not been around for a few days.

[jackel440]

Y ea I have been working some crazy hours and then last week we got hit with this really bad wet snow that broke poles and wires all over the surrounding counties.Was out of power for 3 days.Then boy scouts with my son and trying to home school both kids.
sure have some catching up to do around here.

[beeman]

up date 8:30 at night whent out to fill the stove for the night 13 degree out man how can people in town not see all the stars the smell of walnut buring what a way to undwind befor going to bed  oh and ajusted the flaper on the blower hardly no sparks and dont eat so much wood   and added one more duct

[beeman]

what would be an easy way for tstat to run fan blower  i just got a white rodgers 1f78 24v tstat have a 24v transformer  the blower fan is 120v a pic of wiring would be great

[RSI]

what would be an easy way for tstat to run fan blower  i just got a white rodgers 1f78 24v tstat have a 24v transformer  the blower fan is 120v a pic of wiring would be great

Furnace blower? You will need a relay.

[beeman]

could you draw a pic on how to wire thanks gary

[RSI]

Is this just a blower by itself or in a furnace? Do you already have a relay and transformer?

[beeman]

just a blower got a 24v transformer and wall tstat not shure what relay to get  testing on stove has been going good  learned something new the switch that turns the fan on/off turn it back on after loading the stove daa blond moment