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Plumbing / Re: Very little room for hx
« on: September 20, 2011, 03:29:06 PM »
I did not realize your trunk came off before the 4 inch space. Sounds like you have to go into the return. I thought I read somewhere that requires an extra switch in your furnace because the incoming air will be hot.
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Plumbing / Re: Very little room for hx
« on: September 19, 2011, 07:46:48 PM »
4 inches should be enough to put it above the a coil.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Its Alive!
« on: September 18, 2011, 01:46:53 PM »
Point taken. I will take care of that the next time I fire her up
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Its Alive!
« on: September 18, 2011, 10:58:25 AM »
I am super happy with what I see so far. It was a mild day and way too early to say this stove works great but it looked good. I was impressed with the minimal smoke and mostly white so very few hydrocarbons being wasted up the chimney.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Its Alive!
« on: September 16, 2011, 12:02:04 PM »
I fired up the stove today for a test run.. It works great! Thank you to everyone. Your help was invaluable!
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Portage & Main / Re: P&M ML30 - First Impressions
« on: September 15, 2011, 05:32:03 PM »
I am going to start up my ML30 this weekend for a test run. For those of you that have one : Where do you have the vent on the door positioned? Where do you have the cover over the fan positioned? Thanks Tony
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Electronics / Re: What thermostat do I need
« on: September 15, 2011, 09:03:29 AM »
If you wire the power wire from the existing to the new (probably red) . Then connect from the heat (probably marked w) on the new to the fan on the old (probably green or g ) you should be good
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Fire Wood / Re: Are you ready?
« on: September 13, 2011, 06:44:04 PM »
I was fortunate enough to get it finished early this spring. Ready to roll!
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Electronics / Re: Wiring my thermostat
« on: September 09, 2011, 12:18:50 PM »
I figured it out. I took the red wire r and jumped to r on the new stat. That gave me power. Then I ran a wire from w power to heat , to g on the existing stat. G being the fan. Thanks.
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Electronics / Wiring my thermostat
« on: September 08, 2011, 08:13:53 AM »
I currently have a propane forced air furnace. I have installed a Portage and Main ML30 with a plate exchanger for hot water and a heat exchanger in the furnace duct. The only thing I need to do is wire my thermostat. Let me start by saying I am completely inexperienced with the wiring of a furnace. My current thermostat has the following: Green wire (i assume this is the fan power) Red wire with jumper to RC (this should be power) Yellow wire (should be cooling) and White wire (should be heat). So I thought I would just jump wires from the existing red and green to the new thermostat. This allows me to manually turn on the fan, but not have it turn on based on the temperature. What can I do so that the first thermostat will kick on the fan only based on temp and the second will kick on my propane furnace as it currently does with a lower temp setting? Thanks Tony
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Any recomendations for Antifreeze
« on: September 07, 2011, 02:25:09 PM »
I am getting ready for the final step!! I need to add the water, glycol and treatment to my ML30 and I am ready to roll. I called Portage and Main today and they said to use 30% Glycol, softened water and the 1/2 gallon water treatment that comes with the stove. My question is this : Does anyone have a recomended Glycol product that is better for 1 reason or another? Thanks Tony
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Portage & Main / Re: Flow for ML30
« on: August 31, 2011, 08:42:11 PM »
Thanks for all your help!
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Portage & Main / Flow for ML30
« on: August 29, 2011, 08:38:45 AM »
I am trying to finish up my instalation later today. I can't remember if the return line goes into the top of the stove and the supply out the bottom or visa versa. Thanks Tony
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Plumbing / Heat Exchanger
« on: August 24, 2011, 03:14:44 PM »
In the top and out the bottom right.