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[mf40diesel]

Hello all,

Thought I would pose a question here looking for some advice.  Besides cutting wood, one of my favorite things to do is snowmobile...  need some thoughts on what people do if they go away in the winter for a long weekend.

Of course, one solution is to find someone to come by and throw some wood in the boiler.  If you didn't have that... would you fill it up when it was cranking along, and then turn off the boiler, leaving the circulator pump running?  I assume it would smolder in there for a quite a while,  the circulator pumps would keep the unit from freezing (the indoor boiler would eventually come on) I know it has the eventual cold start feature, but I wouldn't want that red light flashing for a whole weekend, not that anyone would see it where I live anyway.

I might run an experiment when I get home.

[mlappin]

If you cant find anybody to fill it while your gone, I would fill it up, then set your backup heat to run instead, that way the wood in it only has to keep the water hot.

[slimjim]

You are all set, your setup is designed to fill it up, walk away, enjoy the weekend, when you come back I'll bet you will have a nice bed of charcoal to fire up with and a water temp of about 120 degrees, you burned a little oil but hey it's a vacation right?

[mf40diesel]

Thank you sir! I know from a freeze standpoint that the oil boiler will take over, but won't the "problem light" flash all weekend? 

[hoardac]

Put a piece of electrical tape over it like I do my airbag light on my Jeep and it never bothers me at all.

[slimjim]

Thanks for the smile so early in the morning Hoardac, been there, done that! I think it's called Yankee ingenuity!

[Jon_E]

Thank you sir! I know from a freeze standpoint that the oil boiler will take over, but won't the "problem light" flash all weekend?

Replace the red LED with a green one, then you'll be lulled into a false sense of security that everything is working OK.

[mf40diesel]

Too funny.   I especially like the "green light," twist after the already funny tape it up.

I guess when it goes into that "cold mode," deal everything is off except the LED flashing itself right? 

Probably over thinking it, but I start thinking about hours of the little circuit board or solenoid being forced to flash for hours on end.  Would had to prematurely ruin it.

With that in mind, I kind of like the idea of raising the aquastat in the basement up, and then the boiler only has to keep itself hot?  If you filled it all the way it would probably run for days and days just keeping the water in the boiler hot.

[shepherd boy]

'I think it's called Yankee ingenuity!'    Slim, I think it sounds like a southern red neck. Just cause you won the war y'all think you can  take credit for ereything. Next thing you know it was y'alls idere to cook up the first pot of turnip greens and grits.

[Jon_E]

....turnip greens and grits.

^^^^ what you eat when you're starving to death and there isn't any food around.