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Portage & Main / Re: Newly installed A421abc-02 temp controller won't engage draft blower

« on: January 18, 2025, 03:57:40 PM »

How did this turn out?  I also have a 2840.

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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.

« on: October 31, 2024, 10:05:13 AM »

Ran the boiler a couple days twice this fall to protect the lines from freezing and put a little heat in the work shop.  Today I opened all the valves and plugged in both pumps and had only a few drops of water leak from  the valves as I turned them.  I think we are on for the rest of the heating season. 

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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.

« on: October 20, 2024, 07:25:39 PM »

We had a 3 day cold spell, ran the boiler for those three days and shut her down with no leaks.  This is getting better each heating season.  Hope things are good!

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General Discussion / Re: Flooded one week heat the next

« on: October 20, 2024, 07:23:20 PM »

That's a lot to deal with.  I wonder if all the free wood has some extra grit in it??

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Central Boiler / Re: Unplug taco pump in off season?

« on: March 14, 2024, 09:36:53 PM »

I also unplug mine for the summer.

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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.

« on: October 27, 2023, 02:38:15 PM »

Fired up the boiler today with no issues.  Vahooo!!

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Plumbing / Re: Underground piping

« on: October 27, 2023, 02:37:15 PM »

When I first installed my pipping I use Shark bites but have since replaced all but 2 of them with crimp rings.  The 2 still in the system will also be replaced when the leak.

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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.

« on: June 01, 2023, 05:20:31 PM »

Had a trouble free season.  I learned how to shut it down for a week due to warm weather and start it up in a couple hours. There is a tiny air leak someplace and the fire just keeps smoldering if I throw in a chunk or 2 every couple of days.  Only a couple shark bites still in the system only because they have not leaked like all the rest.   

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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.

« on: January 27, 2023, 08:03:13 PM »

Burning a fair amount of iron wood this winter.  If dry it burns very nice.

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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.

« on: March 27, 2022, 07:02:17 PM »

It seems my water lever float has cracked at the neck like the one before it.  Should have gotten a spare or two.

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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.

« on: May 01, 2021, 08:26:38 PM »

5/1/21 I shut "Little Smokey" down for the season.  I replaced all but a couple "Shark Bites" and had almost no drips while cooling down for this summer.  This last winter was a very trouble free season!!  Now to get to work on next seasons wood pile and there is a new bull at the farm that I need to spend some time with to know how he thinks.  So far all he seems interested in are where the cows are.  Go figure!!

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Central Boiler / Re: Firing her up this week.

« on: October 21, 2020, 06:42:47 PM »

Started mine yesterday.

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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.

« on: October 21, 2020, 07:29:00 AM »

Replaced all but a couple shark bites during the summer.  Fired it up 10/20/20 and it went pretty well as the couple remaining shark bites only dripped a bit until they got warm.  The last ones are the ones that hook up to the heat exchangers so next summer I will pull them out and solder on something better.  Just need to come up some kind of a coupler so if need be I can pull the heat exchangers without cutting PEX to do it. Off to a pretty good start.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Water filter

« on: June 07, 2020, 07:13:31 PM »

Thinking of adding a filter but it seems the need is questionable??

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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.

« on: April 27, 2020, 07:28:03 PM »

Made it thru the winter with no issues and shut it down today.  I have a few more shark bites to replace before the next first fire but other than that it was a trouble free winter as far as the boiler goes.