What to do ? New stove DHW problem
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Ok I may be used to my old stove and this may be nothing new to you guys . Starting a fire or reloading on coals is easy with this stove. I hope the video work
I have a video of a few coals left and how fast it starts back up with the air coming in under the fire. I can't load it on here for some reason. If you have another way I can send it from my phone to you I will. I'm a little tech challenged.
Try this . I think it will take you to a YouTube video that shows the 1 video I have. I will get more videos when it cools back down and I start it back up . This is just showing how a couple coals restarts fast with the air coming from the fire.
maple1
Minister of Fire
Has your draft been checked with a manometer? That looks like it might possibly be pulling too much. Do you have a barometric damper?
Wisneaky
Minister of Fire
No it's not been checked. It's 8 inch with about 20 foot of insulated through house then approx 6 -8 foot single wall to stove. I called stove co and they said do not install a damper. When stove ash pan shuts it slows it all back down. At that point it's only the air coming in the bimetal damper below the fire. It has settings low to high for air intake. It surely kicks up fast when you open ash pan door.
Clarkbug
Minister of Fire
Some brass fittings can have lead, and thats what the California warning is about. I would assume your plumber used lead-free fittings (which have a very very small percentage, not enough to worry about)
You only need a vent in the line that goes between the wood stove and the buffer tank, since there isnt any other way for water to move between those two devices. You shouldnt need one between the tanks because the water coming from one tank into the other is pushed by your well pump or the municipal water supply, so it would force any air out as you use the fixtures.
Have you thought about instead of your return going to the pressure relief have it go to your top element. It could be that hot water is getting trapped at the relief valve. At the top element it will give you a bigger buffer on temperature rise, to do it you will need a 1" to 3/4" threaded reducer.
woodsmaster
Minister of Fire
I heat my main water tank with a wood boiler. It's an 80 gallon electric that i heat with a gravity system. i've had it very hot and tripped the reset on it a couple of times, and the elements still work fine after reseting it. Been heating it by boiler for 5 years now. I even heat it by boiler most the time in the summer too.
maple1
Minister of Fire
Likewise, except I'm only going into year 4. I had it up to 160 on yesterdays burn, I should likely lower that a bit anyway, a bit hotter than I'd like.
steviep has a point - my pressure relief port is on the side of my tank, just a few inches down from the top. That's where mine enters. No worries about an airlock or heat trap then.
steviep has a point - my pressure relief port is on the side of my tank, just a few inches down from the top. That's where mine enters. No worries about an airlock or heat trap then.
Yes that makes sense to me also. When the plumber comes back I will talk to him about that. I guess I need to learn how to work on copper pipes so I can make some tweaks.
Did you do this to yours? The reason I asked is I called the plumber he said that the threads are different on the element and doesn't think that can de done? I have no ideal. If you have a part that will work please post it so I can have the part for him. Thanks
My setup is slightly different. I have no input in my wood stove so I striped out a used water heater and let it heat up next to the stove before going into the main propane water heater. The average temperature in the warm up tank is around 135. I use the holes where the electrodes go for the temperature gauges , the threads are just standard 1" threads.
Ok . It looks like larger than 1in on this tank. Although doesn't matter as long as the threads are standard. My stove is heating the water to over 210 it seems because it keeps blowing off the valve. ( just small amounts but adds up over a day ,5 gallon)I have called 2 supply stores for the part -element size threads to 3/4 and they are looking for something that will work.I think that will work well if I can get the part that fits.
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