I've had this issue since the day I started burning this thing. Right now what I have is a cheep thermostat that I added to my existing thermostat to basically bypass my existing. I leave the setting on off and just run the fan switch on auto, with the cheep thermostat hot wired to it. Works great until I'm not home in time to reload the boiler with fuel. When the water cools off, my heat turns into AC. I've got the wife schooled in the art of checking the water temp during the day ( via a meat thermometer stuck into the insulation around the pex in the garage at the HX ) and when it gets to a pre determined setting ( rare ) she turns the thermostat off. This works well also. The house will stay plenty warm the couple hours it takes me to get off work and reload.
Keep in mind this only takes place this time of year, when it gets cold she will maintain a fire ( via she sized rounds I keep stacked for her ) until I get home. Without storage, this sometimes becomes a problem when we, the family... are away for extended lengths of time ( Thanksgiving/Christmas ) My question is whats the best...cost effective way to take care of this problem? I've read that some of you have fancy thermostats for this, but I'm not well versed in the wiring of such an item, or possibly the cost? I've thought of using an aquastat to switch the power off of the blower motor when the water cools off....or some sort of controler to shut the blower down when the air cool off...The aquastat is the only thing I'm familiar with.
I guess my goal is to maintain the operation of my propane forced air furnace should I ever need to fire it on a "no wood emergency"
Anybody have the super simple, super cheep answer?
Keep in mind this only takes place this time of year, when it gets cold she will maintain a fire ( via she sized rounds I keep stacked for her ) until I get home. Without storage, this sometimes becomes a problem when we, the family... are away for extended lengths of time ( Thanksgiving/Christmas ) My question is whats the best...cost effective way to take care of this problem? I've read that some of you have fancy thermostats for this, but I'm not well versed in the wiring of such an item, or possibly the cost? I've thought of using an aquastat to switch the power off of the blower motor when the water cools off....or some sort of controler to shut the blower down when the air cool off...The aquastat is the only thing I'm familiar with.
I guess my goal is to maintain the operation of my propane forced air furnace should I ever need to fire it on a "no wood emergency"
Anybody have the super simple, super cheep answer?