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[Bull]

Welcome to the site prinpoms

[prinpoms]

Again thank you.  We've been trying to figure out wood and how much to use, stack it etc.  I've had a regular indoor woodstove for years but this type is all new to me.  I'm sure we will get the hang of it in time but glad for all the help I have found on here already!

[lugnut]

Sounds like the damper did not open.

Power it down and listen for damper closing, then power up and listen if you hear it opening. It not, it's probably the solenoid.

I can personally garontee that you WILL hear whether the solenoid is working or not.  There IS a distinct sound when that damper door is closing.   

Lugnut

[gmviso]

Being a noob myself take what I say with a grain of salt.

1) If the damper is open you should be able to see through the lovers at the bottom of the door.


2) Check to see what your temperature controller is set to. Momentarily press the'Set' button on the digital temp controller one time and release it. "SP" will display on the controller. Press 'SET' again and release. The set temp of the controller will be displayed. If you need to change the temp then use the 'UP" or 'DOWN' arrow buttons to adjust. Finally, press 'SET' again to set the new temp.

I have mine set to the factory default of 185 degrees.


3) As for loading wood, once I got it going, I just throw as much wood in as I can, so far twice a day. Been working out for me. I have a CB CL-5036 myself.

Good luck.

[Crossfire800]

Welcome to to the site prinproms.
 I am a newbie fron NH as well im running a ncb325 and been loading twice a day 3 3' logs 6-8'' dia.

[rhugg]

I may be missing some of the answers but questions would be:

1) Can you trust the thermometer?
2) Is the Thermostat shutting off the blower?  If so then it believes the high setting is being met.
3) Is it possible your house is absorbing the heat as fast as the boiler makes it?  Are your circulators off?

If the blower never shuts off and you thermometer never goes above 125 then you have a problem.  If however you have a good fire going and your circulators are not running I see no reason you don't get a higher water temperature.

Question your instrumentation first.

[Northportredneck]

If your damper is operating properly and the fire is burning well (which it sounds like it is) then you could have something that caused a huge heat draw.  A couple of years ago we got a huge rain in March and the ground water table elevated where my underground lines were buried.  For about 3 days, I did well to get the boiler above 150 and I was just pounding the wood to it.  Since the outside temp was not as cold as it was in January, I was scratching my head and wondering what was going on.  The rain stopped and the ground dryed up and bingo I was back running at 180.  That ground water was just sucking up the heat!

At the time my lines were about 2 feet down and covered in Ridgid "SM" insulation (very poor system).  I have since replaced them with the Theremopex system. 

The point is ... If you have ground water in contact with your lines running to your house - You will have a HUGE heat loss.

[rhugg]

Good point Northport.  He can isolate the biler by shutting of his circulators.  That would verify that he has no excessive house or ground draw.  Then his problems are limited to the boiler alone.  If he can get temperature with the circulators off, then he has an excessive load on the circulating water (ground/house etc).