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[Corneroffice]

Been reading this site for a while and thanks for all the info. And Im in, well almost.
New (Used) to me e2300, new door, fusion chamber upgrade, drain holes drilled and almost ready to go.
Building a wood shed around it and plan to have it up and running in a few weeks (getting cold in NH, 37 last night).

Neighbor has the same unit, so its been nice to have someone show me the ropes.

Pics to follow (ya, Im a little excited)!

[Jwood]

Welcome to the site! Everyone hear is very helpful.

[UPSGuy03]

Very new e1450 owner here ! Welcome aboard ! these guys had me sorted out fast !

[Roger2561]

Been reading this site for a while and thanks for all the info. And Im in, well almost.
New (Used) to me e2300, new door, fusion chamber upgrade, drain holes drilled and almost ready to go.
Building a wood shed around it and plan to have it up and running in a few weeks (getting cold in NH, 37 last night).

Neighbor has the same unit, so its been nice to have someone show me the ropes.

Pics to follow (ya, Im a little excited)!

Welcome aboard Corneroffice.  You'll find some of the smartest people I know on this site who aren't afraid to share their knowledge with people.  I have the E-classic 1400.  I live in NH, the Upper Valley area, where you located?  Roger

[Big Wood]

Make sure and take the top elbow off and check for creosote build up in the air box and drill a 1/4" hole in the cover of the top one its better then the paperclip that they tell you to use and run it hard high temps on the boiler

[Corneroffice]

 

Pics to follow (ya, Im a little excited)!
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Welcome aboard Corneroffice.  You'll find some of the smartest people I know on this site who aren't afraid to share their knowledge with people.  I have the E-classic 1400.  I live in NH, the Upper Valley area, where you located?  Roger
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Central NH in Hopkinton
thanks for the warm welcomes

[Corneroffice]

First pic of the wood shed done and the boiler almost connected. 
Going to start filling the shed up with wood this weekend and firing up the boiler.
Had a friend do some welding last night, the air holes were showing signs of cracking in a few spots.

[dwneast77]

Welcome Corneroffice,
A wealth of knowledge out here.  I have the same unit, since 2008, and I've been through just about everything with it.  The cracks around the primary air holes is normal.  Biggest trick is keeping them cleaned out.  Good chance that eventually the air channel will let go.  I had mine welded a couple of times and within the heating season it was coming apart again.   I have completely removed the factory channel and replaced with my own design using pipe.  Just installed a new one yesterday as a matter of fact.  Over the last few years I've tried several designs.  This one is the most basic and I think will be the most effective.  So far so good.  Best part is that it is easily removable.  I plan to share some pics in the next couple of days, time permitting. 

Just re-read your first comment and saw that you said the drain holes were drilled.  You will find that the two back holes at the bottom of the firebox are very hard to keep clear and if creosote is not kept away from them they actually act as an entrance for creosote to back up into the air channel.  Anyway, aside from the channels falling apart my units air channel built up creosote and ash which dried and hardened within the channel, impossible to remove.   In a couple of my first air channel designs I drilled "drain" holes (note that these channels were elevated off the firebox floor) and I had trouble with creosote backing up into the channel.  My newest channel has no drain. 

I could go on forever I think about this furnace.  As I said I feel like I've been through everything on it, some more than once.  Any questions I'd be happy to try to help. 

Jeff

[Corneroffice]

I could go on forever I think about this furnace.  As I said I feel like I've been through everything on it, some more than once.  Any questions I'd be happy to try to help. 

Jeff

Thanks for the warm welcome Jeff! and thanks for the insight!
Jody

[Corneroffice]

Im trying to post my planned diagram for feedback but the site tells me the upload is full... thoughts?

[dwneast77]

I've been having the same problem trying to post pics.  Not set up or familiar with photo bucket or any other photo sharing sites.  Is nice to just post them here, when it works.

[Corneroffice]

Finally got the unit up and running this weekend, just in time for the 10 degree morning we have today.

Currently I have my heat exchanger in the plenum and a modine type heater in my garage pumping hot air.
Boiler is set to 185  with a 5 degree swing.
Tstat calls for heat, pump kicks on and pulls hot water from the manafold to the unit, aqua stat get happy and turns the fan on.
DHW will be this week.

Everything has been working very well over the first 3 days

I have been bruning wood in the house for the past five years, filling the small stove 4-5 times a day. Get wood from outside, haul it into the house (make a mess), stack the wood in the wood bin, move it from the wood bin to the stove... make more of a mess
Provided great heat, just needed lots of attention to maintain a consistent temp (and that was impossible).

woke up this am and I didnt need to hurry up and stir the coals and fill to get the temp up as I have for the past 5 years, this morning I woke to a 72 degree home and was able to get a coffee and get my day underway. Wow - what a difference!

Im still having issues posting pics, but I will keep trying - thanks for all the info on the site!

[5050racing]

They do a nice job love mine just one glitch but love it,warm house and little use of wood!

[aries9245]

Sounds great how many sq ft is it heating?

[5050racing]

Many factors, nobody is the same 1800 living area??also direct plumbed from 1450 to oil boiler no exchanger,hot water coil in attic of new part with air handler old part radiators,domestic hot water 80 gal,old and new house did addition half is new of the 1800 both have insulation the old side 1853 circa,it maybe more than 1800 sq ft. Used CB flex underground pex.the biggest part I learned was not to go bigger than needed you want the unit to cycle mine does about 1 to 1.5 hr burn cycles.i wanted bigger but Sunshine tree and landscape that sold it to me had to order so they weren't pushing it on me said it was big enough and is very well suited for the job,they could of made some money on me because I wanted bigger they said don't need it and it uses little wood! I'm not new to wood boiler heat had one in basement for 18+ years heating same house or trying to!