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Central Boiler / Re: 5036 cenral boiler

« on: February 25, 2014, 04:55:23 PM »

The entry lines are good. Professionally installed using the factory lines and the water at the first and second water heater is great.  The first blower forced air furnace on the east end of the house is good as well.  However, in the single digits and below it has lost considerable heat by the second blower forced air furnace on the west side of the house.  Therefore, dumping very low temp water back in to the boiler.  Thus, more wood is needed to reheat the boiler water. 
Problem seems to be the CL 5036 may be too small a unit. 
I have notice if I lower the factory setting on the damper door from 185 to 175 it does increase the reload time, but still the single digits and below require shorter fill times..

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Central Boiler / Re: 5036 cenral boiler

« on: February 21, 2014, 10:23:20 AM »

We just put in a CL 5036 in November.  It is heating a rambling ranch style house with about 2600 sq. ft., two water heaters and two forced air furnaces.   I am still learning by trial and error since there are not instructions about the fine tuning of the operation  The problem I have been having is the heating level at the second blower furnace.  Solutions I have tried are upgrading wood quality and size which has helped some, but loading the fire box every 3-4 hours even at night is tiresome.  I was not aware that the water set point could be used to control the burn rate.  With the single digits and below zero weather of this winter it has been difficult to keep the house at 65 degrees.  Insulation is not bad but it is not what is listed in the CB brochure. 
When the weather is above freezing I have been able to achieve the 8-12 hour burn rate, but that is not when I needed it.  Can anyone advise me about the use of he water set temp to achieve the promised burn rate? 
Jim in Cincinnati.