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Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers with NON EPA-Certified Models Only => RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only => Topic started by: tinfoilhat2020 on December 15, 2014, 03:55:14 AM

Title: High Limit Temp and differential Changes?????
Post by: tinfoilhat2020 on December 15, 2014, 03:55:14 AM

Question for the forum:

Who here has raised their high limit? I currently have mine set at at L:165-H:175. I have notices that the natural draft system takes way longer to recover and my water temp will get down to 150 before beginning to make a climb. What temps are others running out there??? im curious to know??? Im  running baseboard water heaters in my 1500 sqft home.

Also, is it normal to here the water boiling inside the stove??? I have never had a boil over and my temp never goes above 175, but it is loud standing next the boiler before it reaches its high limit. Just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this.

Thanks,

Dylan

Title: Re: High Limit Temp and differential Changes?????
Post by: Chas on December 15, 2014, 05:56:59 AM

I have mine currently set at 185 high and 173 low. I will raise the low setting when it gets colder just to experiment with it a little more this year. I can hear the water boiling in mine too. Mine will occasioanlly overshoot alittle but never over 187.

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Post by: jamesbodeis on December 15, 2014, 06:11:38 AM

195 high, 190 low.

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Post by: automan77 on December 15, 2014, 07:18:31 AM

Changed mine to high 185 and low 180 yesterday.   See how that works  out  when it gets colder

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Post by: tinfoilhat2020 on December 15, 2014, 10:24:45 AM

thanks for the input! i think i need to raise my high limit it looks like!

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Post by: fsuftball on December 15, 2014, 01:51:53 PM

180/170 here works fine for me.

Burning all seasoned ash split.

Got down to 150 with poplar but still blew out warm heat.

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Post by: automan77 on December 15, 2014, 03:41:15 PM

Just changed mine to 185 - 175.

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Post by: Vincent Paul on December 16, 2014, 05:43:15 AM

Just started ours up on Friday and it is set at 180/170.  It's been warm here in southern Indiana so I assume I may have to move the temps.  I am currently running our Honeywell pump on low, should I assume when it gets colder I'll need to move it to medium or high?          vpm

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Post by: automan77 on December 16, 2014, 08:20:09 AM

I leave my bell & Gosset on medium  all the time.. Might bump it up to see if it makes a difference one day.

Title: Re: High Limit Temp and differential Changes?????
Post by: tinfoilhat2020 on December 16, 2014, 10:09:08 AM

thanks for the input everyone. I changed my settings to 180-175 and it seems to be working a bit better. now it only dips to around 167 at the lowest and there is less creosote built up

Title: Re: High Limit Temp and differential Changes?????
Post by: Uponthehill on December 16, 2014, 08:15:34 PM

Mine set @ 190 +/- 8 degree.  May creep to 193, but no issues so far.  Hotter fire = less creosote.  Stay warm....

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Post by: fsuftball on December 19, 2014, 09:39:14 AM

mine was 128 this morning.. didnt put enough wood in it it was all gone.

threw some ash in there with some small rounds of maple.

180 in 1 hour.

26 degrees when i got up this morning..


so people that went from 180 to 190, burning more wood? what are the results automan

Title: Re: High Limit Temp and differential Changes?????
Post by: jamesbodeis on December 19, 2014, 02:08:18 PM

I guess I dont know. I dont find myself putting anymore in. It doesnt seem to run any more than it did but when it does it doesn't run as long.

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Post by: Roscoe on December 30, 2014, 07:14:34 AM

Does anyone have a link to the controller manual? The Ridgewood stove manual does not go into great detail on settings. 

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Post by: jamesbodeis on December 30, 2014, 07:24:13 AM

http://www.dwyer-inst.com/Product/Temperature/Switches/DigitalPanelMount/SeriesTCS#literature (http://www.dwyer-inst.com/Product/Temperature/Switches/DigitalPanelMount/SeriesTCS#literature)

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Post by: Roscoe on December 30, 2014, 09:59:37 AM

Thank You Sir!