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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / solar element in waterjacket

« on: January 31, 2019, 04:41:52 PM »

anyone ever put a dc water heating element in to your boiler jacket , and just hook it to a solar panel or small windmill ?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: a 419 controller

« on: October 15, 2018, 06:37:34 AM »

Im confused , hooking the hot line to the common side is a short, i have the wiring diagram for the 419 controller and it has a white , black , orange and brown, not sure how to connect, thanks.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: a 419 controller

« on: October 01, 2018, 04:26:20 PM »

thanks , my portage and main has both controllers i think , which one would be best to modify.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: a 419 controller

« on: August 29, 2018, 01:08:25 PM »

maybe once the weather cools off , someone will chime in.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / a 419 controller

« on: August 07, 2018, 04:09:32 PM »

 hey , just wondering if anyone has set up some kind of switch to shut down blower when temp drops  a few deg past the fan on set point, i have a bl 28-40 and would like to do this so if i dont fill it when it runs out of wood , the fan wont cool down water temp so fast. thanks andy.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: stack temps

« on: March 23, 2018, 06:46:54 AM »

the probe part is about 3'' long , and has a coiled spring at base of thermometer , my chimney is 1'' insulated Selkirk.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: stack temps

« on: March 22, 2018, 10:30:43 AM »

my temps seem to stay around 200 f , but I think I have the wrong type of thermometer , the sensing bi metal strip is at the base of dial , maybe for regular stove pipe, any susgestions on a better probe thermometer

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / stack temps

« on: March 19, 2018, 05:37:57 AM »

heard a lot about stack temps, went out and bought a probe type thermometer, bored a hole in the insulated pipe , what kind of temps should I be seeing, P&M BL 28-40.

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Portage & Main / Re: Ontario

« on: March 09, 2018, 06:58:31 AM »

I too have a bl-2840 , I heat a new 4100 sq ft house & a 2000 sq ft garage in nova scotia , I clean it once a week , no troubles , works very well for me, dry wood makes a huge difference.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Rubber heater hose?

« on: February 14, 2018, 11:37:20 AM »

been using 1'' silicone heater hose as a flex point between boiler and underground for 5 years now , still flexible.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Extended Burn Times With Super Dry Wood

« on: February 09, 2018, 06:57:34 AM »

I hear a lot about stack temps , how do you monitor that , I have a bl28-40 with 3 sections of insulated pipe,

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Portage & Main / fan damper

« on: January 19, 2017, 12:33:59 PM »

just kinda wondering how other users have the damper set on there bl 28-40 , i have always had it wide open, should it be set closed a little.