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Messages - Marleywood

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: March 05, 2017, 01:45:55 PM »
So, rolling along nicely.

I was watching a TV show the other day where they were doing a pit pig roast, and they had these big, almost bowling ball size pieces of lava rock that they put in the pit with the coals to help retain heat (like on a propane BBQ grill, but bigger scale).  Has anyone done this with a wood furnace?  It it crazy?  Would it work?   

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 17, 2017, 07:20:11 AM »
I guess things are good or we would have heard back.

Ha, sorry, I got distracted with issues with my snow plow truck & a couple of storms.  It's pretty wintery up here in the NH mountains at the moment.

Furnace seems to doing well.   

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 13, 2017, 06:15:54 AM »
Quick question - What's heating your domestic hot water (DHW)?  If you have on-demand from the oil burner, then it will fire occasionally to keep the water hot enough for bathing, washing, etc...  Roger

Ahhhh, that might be the ticket!  Yes, I imagine the hot water is still calling on the oil burner ....

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 12, 2017, 02:46:39 PM »
@ Honda, I was certainly given the impression that I do not turn any (oil) furnace switches off in the transition process, nor would I need to if I were to be away any the fire burned down....The oil system is supposed to kick in...I'm fairly clear about that...

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 12, 2017, 06:34:00 AM »
My back up heat had the water @ 130, so it didn't take all that long.  Burned through the night nicely and is doing well.

More dumb questions though......I really don't have the greatest understanding of how this system works....HVAC is not my area of expertise....

So, the wood furnace is burning nicely, up to temperature and "on line", meaning the pump is running and I threw the valves on the oil heating system into the position indicated for using the wood furnace.

My understanding was that in this configuration, the oil should only kick in if the water temperature in the system dropped below what the wood furnace was set to keep it at.  (such as if the fire burned out)

That being said, I've occasionally noticed my oil furnace running, although it seems to happen much less frequently than if the wood furnace was not on.  Is this normal?   




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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 11, 2017, 12:10:36 PM »
OK, going for it.  How long should I expect it to take for it to get up to temperature to make the switch?  The fire box is warm from the water circulating the system to keep the boiler from freezing.  Just looking for a rough estimate as to when to go back and check on it's progress....

Thanks.

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 10, 2017, 02:50:10 PM »
Thanks folks, you've made me feel better about this.  I know it's silly to sweat this stuff, and I'm sure it is pretty simple, but I'm a n00b @ this and it's a little daunting.  I'm sure I'll laugh about this later!

I should also point out that this furnace is in it's own little wood shed next to my garage.  I'll post pictures when I can.  This is a great forum, thanks to everyone who has contributed!

Marleywood

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 10, 2017, 10:17:00 AM »
I would just wait to open the valves in the house until your boiler is up to temp. Once the boiler is up to temp, turn the valves to the correct positions then plug in the pump.

OK, cool, that sounds logical (and kind of what I was thinking). 

So you think unplugging the pump as discussed is what to do?  Sorry, I'm kind of a nervous Nelly about this.

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 10, 2017, 08:59:37 AM »
This one didn't show up in the other post

So, someone told me to simply unplug the pump (seen in photo), start a fire & when the water gets up to temp (180 I believe) to plug the pump back in & go.

Is this correct?  Do I do anything with the "Power Disconnect" shown in the other picture?

As I mentioned earlier, there are some valves in my crawl space the are supposed to be opened & closed for the water flow in my heating system that allow for the wood furnace to circulate.  That's all clearly marked by the furnace, so no worries there, but my question is do I open that all up before I bring the wood furnace on-line or wait until after it's at temperature?

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 10, 2017, 08:58:25 AM »
So, this is what I've got going on out on the panel. 

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 05, 2017, 11:54:07 AM »
I've never run the system, but I am 100% positive that the system has been well maintained and that the anti corrosion protocols have been observed throughout the life of the system.  We were fortunate enough to purchase this home from the original owner, who also built most of the house himself.  He is a commercial pilot and a former fighter pilot.  As such, preventative maintenance, frequent inspection and proper labeling of everything is the theme of systems of the entire house. 

I was told by a furnace technician who was servicing our oil burner's, and has a wood furnace, that I should just unplug the pump power from the panel (at least I thing that's what the plug is), wait until the water temp is up to about 180 and plug it in.  Sounds simple, but I wanted other input.  The water from one system (I assume the garage apartment) circulates out into the boiler to keep it from freezing (if I understand it correctly), so it should be warmed up to be good to go.  I further assume that when I put the valves in the crawlspace into their proper position for wood heating, that the circulation system now opens up for both buildings.

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Central Boiler / Re: New Furnace Owner
« on: February 03, 2017, 12:16:52 PM »
I'm @ Newfound Lake.

The water is already circulating through the system via the furnace system.  All the heat is hot water, either through baseboards or radiant floor heat.

I'm wondering what the sequence is for lighting the fire, and when to turn the valves for the wood furnace flow. 

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Central Boiler / New Furnace Owner
« on: February 02, 2017, 11:29:57 AM »
Hi,

New to the forum and new to owning a wood furnace.  We recently bought a house in central New Hampshire which has a Central Boiler CL-5648.

The house has oil heat via 2 furnaces, one in 2BR garage apartment (separate systems).  When the wood furnace system is engaged, it will heat both areas.

I'm a total noob on this system, so please bear with me if I have seemingly obvious questions.

I have the manual that came with the furnace, but it's a bit overwhelming.

My first simple(?) question is on on to fire it up.

In my crawl space in the main house, near the furnace are four hot water pipe valves that are clearly marked as to their required positions for wood heat Vs the oil system only.

I have checked the boiler for water (good).

So, I build a fire.......

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