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Central Boiler / HELP!!!!

« on: November 01, 2011, 05:52:04 PM »

Okay, this thing is screwy.  When I got home from work this evening the CB E1400 Classic OWB was indicating Fire Out again.  Yup, when I open the door sure enough the fire had gone out.  The air holes are clear, the wood is dry (2 years old)...the usual culprits seem to be okay.  So, again, I removed everything from the fire box and rekindled the fire.  As like last night, I had a nice roaring fire within 20 minutes.  The water temp was slightly over 150, the reaction temp was approaching 700.  Now this is the part the part I don't understand.  Why would the water boil over from the fill location when it is only 150 degrees.  When I checked the water level at the site tube, it filled to the point of coming out the top of the tube.  When the furnace was first installed the water level was about an inch from the top of the tube.  Where is all this extra water coming from?  There is absolutely no way for extra war to get in it without a water hose and that's in the basement of my house.  As I stated previously the furnace was installed by a professional contracted through the dealer.  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance for your help.     

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Central Boiler / Newbie - Need assistance

« on: November 01, 2011, 11:46:01 AM »

Hello all, I'm  new to this forum.  In early sept. 2011 my new CB E1400 Classic OWB was professionally installed.  On Saturday this past weekend I decided to fire her up for the first time.  Although I have operated wood stoves for the better part of my life, the OWB is completely foreign to me.  After getting it fired up, all was going well until I went to check on it Monday evening after work.  I can only stoke it 2 times per day due to living alone and working up to 10 hours a day.  I noticed on Monday evening that the fire had gone out.  Opening the door I was a bit surprised to see unburned wood, about 2/3's of what I placed inside before leaving for work remained.  After careful inspection I noticed that through my unfamiliarity with this type of unit, I let too much ash pile up and blocked a part of the air flow holes.  After unplugging and clear the ash from the clean out door, I restarted the fire from scratch.  It lit up with ease.  It took perhaps 40 minutes for the water temp to reach 180.  This is where I noticed a problem; the water was boiling over.  After a couple of hours of trouble shooting I as able to rectify the problem which was not related to the OWB, it's with the zone valve circuit control area.  This morning when I checked on it, I noticed the boil over again.  I know where to look for the problem and solved it.  But, what surprised me is that it looked like the fire was nearly out, but the water temp was 175.  After placing 5 moderately sized logs on the fire and making sure the air holes were not blocked, I closed the everything up and headed for work.  My question is, what should the temp be in the reaction chamber if everything is operating properly?  I should add here that the out door night time temps are in the lower to mid 20's and day time is close to mid 40's.  Am I putting in too much wood for the outdoor temp swings, perhaps not enough?  The wood is not being completely burnt.  Also, I have been reading that there should be "ash" in the clean out area, but mine looks more like coals approximately the size of a dime.  Is this considered ash and is it normal?  As I said, I'm new to this type of wood heat and I do not know what's normal or not.  Any and all advice is welcome.  Thanks, Roger