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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: CB 6048 Boiled over
« on: October 31, 2014, 02:27:08 PM »
Maybe I wasn't clear. The draft door is free and clear and not sticking.
I was knocking around on the side door around the electrical temp setting....
Since then I have fiddled with the temp settings to make the draft open and close but am not satisfied that anything is fixed.
I was knocking around on the side door around the electrical temp setting....
Since then I have fiddled with the temp settings to make the draft open and close but am not satisfied that anything is fixed.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / CB 6048 Boiled over
« on: October 31, 2014, 10:21:12 AM »
Anybody have any idea why one would do this? Happened the first time overnight, I found it the next morning at 199 degrees. Couldn't see or find a reason why, except that the vent tube was plugged from mud dobbers.
Then today while I was working near it, I seen the temp at 194 and the draft door was open......fiddled around and knocked some sense into it and the door snapped shut.....electrical gremlin?
Seems to me these things can't be safe.....good thing I didn't have a fresh load of wood in it!
Then today while I was working near it, I seen the temp at 194 and the draft door was open......fiddled around and knocked some sense into it and the door snapped shut.....electrical gremlin?
Seems to me these things can't be safe.....good thing I didn't have a fresh load of wood in it!
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Ok, I'm out...
« on: April 08, 2014, 12:41:56 AM »
I have been knocking down dead trees, and gathering dead stuff off the ground, to finish out the season.
This was the first winter in a long time that I went out and cut wood in the snow. I had a fence row that needed cleaned up, so I took my garden tractor out there on top of my ridge and cleaned off the snow before I started dropping trees. I wound up with almost 10 cord of wood before I finished up, also took down some random cherry trees along a fence row. So I have about 15 cord stacked in my pile for next winter.
This was the first winter in a long time that I went out and cut wood in the snow. I had a fence row that needed cleaned up, so I took my garden tractor out there on top of my ridge and cleaned off the snow before I started dropping trees. I wound up with almost 10 cord of wood before I finished up, also took down some random cherry trees along a fence row. So I have about 15 cord stacked in my pile for next winter.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Fired my furnace for the first time tonight.
« on: December 29, 2013, 05:28:16 PM »
Garage is 40x30 with an interior wall at 16' for a 16x30 room. That room was used to paint cars at one time, now its mostly used for parking my toys.
I have 10' ceilings and all of it is drywalled. I could use another 10" of insulation in the ceiling and the 12' door needs insulated too.
I have 10' ceilings and all of it is drywalled. I could use another 10" of insulation in the ceiling and the 12' door needs insulated too.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Opinions on insulating exposed pex in a basement?
« on: December 29, 2013, 05:23:50 PM »
I insulated all of mine, cause it goes thru the same small room the deep freezer is in.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Fired my furnace for the first time tonight.
« on: December 28, 2013, 04:28:39 PM »
I am in SE Ohio. Today I got the garage online for the first time. Now temp hookup on the thermostat until I find the best place for it. The garage is 40' from the boiler. Using a 100,000 btu space heater with fan, hanging from the ceiling in the back corner blowing towards the garage door diagonally.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Fired my furnace for the first time tonight.
« on: December 27, 2013, 10:27:48 AM »
Remodeled 1870's farm house 33x23 2 story with a 24x24 addition full basement under all. 3429 sq ft.
Lots of insulation.
24x24 heat exchanger in furnace plenum. Fan hardly runs at all...maybe for 2-4 minutes out of every 1/2hr.
Taco 2400-20WB pump and hot water plate.
140' of ThermoPEX
Used 4 pieces of firewood over night last night, and put in another 10 pieces this morning to see how far that goes.
Temp on boiler is set at 178 for now, if it gets below 20 overnight I'll bump it up to 185.
Inside house temp is 75 toasty degrees.
Lots of insulation.
24x24 heat exchanger in furnace plenum. Fan hardly runs at all...maybe for 2-4 minutes out of every 1/2hr.
Taco 2400-20WB pump and hot water plate.
140' of ThermoPEX
Used 4 pieces of firewood over night last night, and put in another 10 pieces this morning to see how far that goes.
Temp on boiler is set at 178 for now, if it gets below 20 overnight I'll bump it up to 185.
Inside house temp is 75 toasty degrees.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Fired my furnace for the first time tonight.
« on: December 26, 2013, 06:36:15 PM »
Doing great....haven't pushed it yet and getting 24hr burn times and slacking off on the wood....turned it down to 178.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Fired my furnace for the first time tonight.
« on: December 24, 2013, 05:51:37 PM »
So far so good, except for the pesky water leaks on the lines and fittings. 
It's 15 outside so this will be a pretty good test tonight. I should get my shop online over the weekend then it's full speed ahead.
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It's 15 outside so this will be a pretty good test tonight. I should get my shop online over the weekend then it's full speed ahead.
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Plumbing / Re: whats kind of underground piping should i use??????
« on: December 09, 2013, 01:40:11 PM »
I just checked a website for logstor....while it might not be cheap, it just might be the best, and I am a firm believer in you get what ya pay for......I say do it once and never look back. May have used it in my own install had I know about it or where I could get my hands on it without spending $$ on shipping costs.
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Plumbing / Re: Hooking up my new system
« on: December 09, 2013, 01:26:56 PM »
One of my concerns is the heat generated off the plate exchanger. It along with the hot water tank, and deep freezer are located in the same small unheated room that my lines come through the block wall from my boiler. So I believe, but don't have any experience with a plate exchanger, just how much heat will there be, trying to keep my deep freezer in a cooler room which this one is in the winter time.....it's my old storage area for 1/2 cord of firewood that I feed to my indoor Brunco furnace. Never thought about a box of Styrofoam. This small unheated room is just 4' thru a door, from my old furnace, where my HX will be in the plenum.
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Plumbing / Re: Hooking up my new system
« on: December 09, 2013, 01:15:17 PM »Ideas, ideas, that's what I am looking for here....anybody else care to post some pics of there setups?
I always say 2 minds are better than one.....
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Plumbing / Re: Hooking up my new system
« on: December 09, 2013, 12:43:01 PM »
Marty,
I will use the tank after the exchanger for storage.
What's the best way to fasten up a plate exchanger for support other than the lines?
on the pumps...
That goes to show you what my CB dealer knew about hooking these up, lol....I shot all kinds of holes in there hookup estimate so far.
I will use the tank after the exchanger for storage.
What's the best way to fasten up a plate exchanger for support other than the lines?
on the pumps...
That goes to show you what my CB dealer knew about hooking these up, lol....I shot all kinds of holes in there hookup estimate so far.
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Plumbing / Re: Hooking up my new system
« on: December 09, 2013, 12:22:04 PM »
Wood Nutt, That's awesome pdf, exactly what I am looking for....I need to figure out how to use that to lay out my plans before I go off buying up the plumbing shop, and then returning what I don't use.
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Plumbing / Re: Hooking up my new system
« on: December 09, 2013, 12:12:46 PM »
Separate line to the garage 40' away.
I plan on making it so I can service the HX in the plenum for cleaning purposes, so all I would need is unions in the copper lines next to the exchanger and I also want to be able to bypass it when the weather is warm for a 2 day stretch?
I should have mentioned I have a Taco 007 on the line to the garage and bought the new Taco 2400-20-WB for the house loop......but is it too much pump?? I just can't trust salesmen any more....that's why I find myself in this predicament....had 2 007's ready to hookup and then went to reading and made a call to order the exchangers....good money after bad???
I plan on making it so I can service the HX in the plenum for cleaning purposes, so all I would need is unions in the copper lines next to the exchanger and I also want to be able to bypass it when the weather is warm for a 2 day stretch?
I should have mentioned I have a Taco 007 on the line to the garage and bought the new Taco 2400-20-WB for the house loop......but is it too much pump?? I just can't trust salesmen any more....that's why I find myself in this predicament....had 2 007's ready to hookup and then went to reading and made a call to order the exchangers....good money after bad???
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