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Plumbing / No heat exchanger
« on: November 17, 2009, 03:26:38 AM »
Does anyone else not use a heat exchanger and have their boiler plumbed directly to there indoor furnace? I own a Central E- classic and have plumbed mine this way. I have forced hot water baseboard, heating appx. 3200 sq. ft. house.Central boiler does list this as an option in their install guide. It seems like everyone is using heat exchangers. Perhaps most people have forced hot air systems. Just curious if anyone else is doing this, and if not , why spend hundreds of extra dollars on heat exchangers.


Murph

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Oil furnace won't stop coming on
« on: November 04, 2008, 01:38:39 PM »
I don't know if anyone out there knows anything about oil furnaces but here is my problem. It seems that every once in a while(maybe thats all I've been noticing) when one of my house thermostats calls for heat my oil furnace will come on for about 3 minutes and then shut off. This is happening even though the water in the oil furnace is over 175 degrees and is not set to come on unless it gets down to 140. Is there anything I can do to not have the furnace come on ? I'm not sure why the oil furnace wants to come on. Has anyone else had this problem? :bash:

Thanks
Murph

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Fire smoldering out
« on: November 02, 2008, 02:55:23 PM »
I'm new to using an outdoor wood furnace and own an E-classic 2300 from Central Boiler. Maybe it just happens when its warm out but has anyone had any problems with the fire going out due to long down times between cycling on? When the water is up to temp and the fan shuts off and the dampers close the fire will never restart when it calls for heat later on. Is this due to the fact that its been warm out (60-70) and it takes almost an hour to restart? In the meantime I've rigged my upper damper (the E-classic has 2) with a piece of metal wire that keeps it open about 1/8th inch. This seems to keep the ambers burning just enough to start the fire when it calls for heat. The temperature never climbs when the fan stops in this condition so it seems to be working O.K., but this is not what it was designed to do. Has anyone else ever had to deal with this and if so , is this problem most likely going to go away when cycle times get shorter in the colder months?

thanks,
Murph

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