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Shaver Furnace / Re: modifications to a shaver 290

« on: November 25, 2014, 05:22:34 AM »

Brian, nice post. I am new to the forum.  I bought a shaver 290 2 winters ago. It was 2 years old and I think the guy didn't have it all wired right. Has the 1/2" walls so I like that. The Shaver stoves seem to me to be pretty basic: heat water and circulate it. Other stoves have more bells and whistles, but in the end, they all do the same. I added a blower dampener during 1st season and I think that really helped in wood consumption. Resealed the door. But I don't like having to add so much water, so often. All that said, I really like your mods. I have my water line set up so I add from inside the house. I have a sidearm heat exchanger on my hot water heater. This does fine for me. I added a nipple and rubber line to the overflow on stove so I can stand at my back door and see when water level is full. BUT, my hose slopes downward. I will rigged that hose so it has slight upward slope and condensation will run back in. DUH !! But, how close is the overflow tube to the back plate on the stove? If I fill slightly higher than the overflow tube, will water run over that opening in the back of the stove?? My stove is level so just curious on height of the tube vs back plate.  I will also make a new plate for that back access piece where the hot water copper coil runs in and seal it good. Thru it I am going to put a dry well for a new water temp controller. Guy from Wisconsin that I bought the dampener from also sells temp controller. Great mod ideas from your post. Thanks.