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Shaver Furnace / Re: Shaver 165 is working great.

« on: December 30, 2013, 09:39:51 PM »

Thanks to all. I'll just leave well enough alone.

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Shaver Furnace / Re: Shaver 165 is working great.

« on: December 29, 2013, 01:57:06 PM »

I put a cap on my Shaver, also added hail screen on the inside as a spark arrestor.  The cap is for the spark arrestor while in use and to keep water out in the summer after the stove is shut down.  You might not have as much problem with sparks with the taller chimney, but mine is factory stock length.

I do get some sparks but not every time. I have placed a #10 can on the factory pipe, during summer, to keep rain out. Don't think a can will fit over the Class A chimney. One summer I put a 5 gal. bucket inside the stove under the chimney, just have to remember to check it during the rainy season.

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Shaver Furnace / Shaver 165 is working great.

« on: December 28, 2013, 05:22:33 PM »

I want to thank all the pioneers on this forum. Your collective wisdom has turned my 165 into a efficient system. I upgraded with Shaver Auto Damper Kit with Digital Aquastat & Upgraded Fan from Alternative Heat Supply. Works very well. I am only using one zone so it was a simple thing to drain the tank down to the exit, remove the cap and replace it with a coupler. Installed the dry well, closed it off with silicone, filled it up and fired it up. I also bought two 36" Class A chimneys from Menard's and slid the first one down over the top of the factory chimney and set the second on top and put a clamp on for good measure. I had to remove half of the metal roof to cut it to fit the new chimney and while I had the top opened it allowed me to pull out the old silicone seal from around that fill plate and reseal it much better. I also added more insulation to the top and wrapped my water lines with black foam and then folded bat insulation around the lines and held it in place with bailing twine. So far I am not having the previously constant creosote issues, I am getting consistent temps, set temp at 175 with a 15 degree differential. The temp hits 185-190 before things cool down. The only thing I would like to change is to add a second damper on the chimney. There is a near constant smoke exiting the chimney as the fire smolders. Seems like slowing that down would be a wood saver. Does anyone have any ideas on a second damper install? What is the general opinion of a rain cap/bonnet? I did not buy one, couldn't see the need, but I notice many of the "other" owb do have them.

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Shaver Furnace / Re: fan upgrade and damper on shaver 165

« on: December 07, 2013, 04:50:51 PM »

Thanks, that makes sense. Should I flush the tank? As I said, I am beginning my third season. Do you know if the rust block that shaver sold, "attacks" the metal, as I have been told?

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Shaver Furnace / Re: fan upgrade and damper on shaver 165

« on: December 07, 2013, 10:01:27 AM »

You should have an unused well already on the back of the boiler unless you are pumping two zones from the boiler. Take a look. In that case you won't need any extra fittings I believe.

I am often accused of having a loose grasp of the painfully obvious, but I don't think I have a dry well of any type, I am only using one zone, there is of course the outlet for the other zone. I don't know what a dry well looks like, haven't got the order yet. Man on the phone said I would have to "put in a T".
Another question; I am beginning my 3rd year of use with this 165, put in the 5 gal of expensive rust block that Shaver sold me. I was told my Altheatsuppy that I would need to drain my tank to make the upgrades of the blower, damper, dry well etc.; and that I SHOULD DEFINITELY drain out the rust block because it is CORROSIVE, and replace it with their Protech 300. After reading all the posts about Shaver and problems, I don't know who to believe and who to trust nor what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Shaver Furnace / Re: fan upgrade and damper on shaver 165

« on: December 06, 2013, 11:02:32 PM »

Just ordered the upgrade kit from Alternative, should arrive this coming Monday, trouble is we are in the teens here in Mo. Will probably wait till the weather improves. What am I going to need to purchase as far as fittings etc. to make the upgrade complete. I was told I need to T off from the house supply to install the dry well, that sounds like a few fittings, what else? I have the blower, flapper, digital read out, dry well, and what ever else comes with the package.
Also I want to put a class A chimney in place to cut down on the build up, can I buy one that slides down over the existing chimney? What/how should I seal it off with? I have the 165 pro series, bought in Nov. of 2011