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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Legend Rope Gasket

« on: November 20, 2014, 05:40:41 AM »

I have a Legend Boiler, going on my second year, and I think I need to replace my gasket.  It always has either red hot coals, or an active flame when I open the door even when the temp is well above my shutoff, so it seems it has to be leaking air.  The top of my rope gasket is still pliable, but the bottom is rock hard, is there a way to restore that?  Or should I just replace it?  Also wondering if anyone knows what size rope the Legend uses, or how to measure it, I am guessing a gasket shrinks a bit after its installed and in service?  Thanks

Mike

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Coals / ash / charcoal in firebox

« on: November 26, 2013, 03:40:01 PM »

Ok, still in my first week of fire in my new Legend 6180, and have question regarding coals and ash.  I am burning a mix of wood, mostly green tops that loggers fell few months ago.  I have been filling the box to the gill at night, then about 75% at 7am before work, then when I get home at 4pm I usually shift coals and what's not burnt until 8 or 9 when I fill it up again for night.  My question is I now have about 12 inches or so of this mixture in the bottom and I'm not sure at what point I need to shovel it out.  I have never had a stove that didn't have a lower ash tray.  A lot of the stuff is 1 to 4 inch black charred stuff.  When the blower is on, coals make them glow good so I'm thinking they can burn more.  As I shovel it around I do see some gray light ash, but there's not much that I see yet.  Am I filling to full and not letting it burn down enough between fills?  I'm just scared to not fill it and have it go out.  I tried to take a few pics to show what is there, hope they work out.  I will have to post them from PC I think though.  Thanks

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Inside Insulation

« on: November 26, 2013, 05:41:46 AM »

I just fired my OWB up this past Saturday night, and have been enjoying the heat ever since.  But with the rush to get it up and going, I now have some finish work to do to finish the self install.  Pump and fan are hooked up via extension cord, so need to get the perm electric hooked up, wires ran thru conduit just need to finish plumbing them up.  But my main question is the inside insulation, do you guys insulate where you come into the house?  I have to insulate the lines coming up out of the ground and into my stove, that's a definite, but what about where it comes thru the wall in the basement then travels up to my water heater and to my heat exchanger?   It's doing great right now, but would I save some heat / wood if I wrap some insulation around the lines where possible?  I already have them secured to the floor joists in places, and have lots of 90's to go around, but would it be worth insulating them is my question.  Feedback?

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Electronics / New OWB but lost on thermostat

« on: November 20, 2013, 09:18:11 AM »

Hello all, I have been looking thru this wonderful site, trying to find help on my particular situation.  I am in the process of installing an OWB, its a Legend brand.  Has a temp controlled fan blower on the stove box set to 180deg, and I'm planning on wiring the pump up to run thru the winter non stop.  I have the heat exchanger I am working on installing just above my furnace / ac coils.  The furnace is about 3 years old, all electric heat with ac.  I currently have a cheap programmable thermostat from Lowes running the original furnace.  From what I understand, I can have a 2nd thermostat set to say 70deg, at which point would kick just the fan on my electric furnace on and blow the heat from the water exchanger, then have my current thermostat set to say 65, and if temp drops to that, then the backup electric heat would kick on as well?  So to do that, can I tap into the wires on the back of my existing thermostat, or do I need to run new wires back to the furnace, and then how do I know which wires to connect to the 2nd thermostat, just for the fan?  I have read there are two stage thermostats that could combine this into 1 unit, is it worth the money to buy one?  I have bought a cheap analog thermostat to get this up and running for now, may change it out later, but just need heat for now.  Thanks

Side note, a local heat / air guy said he usually puts a relay in to control the water pump as well, but it wont hurt to have it just on a breaker and control it manually will it?