Okay, this thing is screwy. When I got home from work this evening the CB E1400 Classic OWB was indicating Fire Out again. Yup, when I open the door sure enough the fire had gone out. The air holes are clear, the wood is dry (2 years old)...the usual culprits seem to be okay. So, again, I removed everything from the fire box and rekindled the fire. As like last night, I had a nice roaring fire within 20 minutes. The water temp was slightly over 150, the reaction temp was approaching 700. Now this is the part the part I don't understand. Why would the water boil over from the fill location when it is only 150 degrees. When I checked the water level at the site tube, it filled to the point of coming out the top of the tube. When the furnace was first installed the water level was about an inch from the top of the tube. Where is all this extra water coming from? There is absolutely no way for extra war to get in it without a water hose and that's in the basement of my house. As I stated previously the furnace was installed by a professional contracted through the dealer. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help.
Hi Rodger,
MTJAG contacted me over at the Forestry Forum. I have about 300 post over there talking mostly about the E-Classic 1400. He told me about this forum, so I thought I would join.
Hi everyone!
This is my third year of operating a E-Classic 1400.
First, the manual and dealer are your friend. Most of your questions should be answered there. It also looks like your questions have already been answered here. However, I wouldn't mind talking to you about the specifics.
1) When the water is at operating temperature on the 1400, the water fill indicator will show an increase of one inch above from the cold temperature. As explained above - water expands when warm. The manual refers to this and suggest filling to about inch below the fill line. However, I successfully operate mine with the water about 1/2 inch above the fill line without boil over.
2) When filling the unit with wood, you have to think of it as a hopper that wood falls down into when burnt from the bottom. If you load the wood like in a fireplace or campfire. It will bridge.
3) I found the factory default settings inadequate to keep the fire from going out during the warm weather. I set mine to cycle 1 minute every 20 minutes.
Hope this helps. Dean