Hey everybody, just found this site and hopefully you can help me out. We have a Central Boiler outside wood stove, not sure of the model, that was originally hooked up to just the house. Just recently we hooked up our diary barn to the stove just to heat the water.
We are having trouble getting the water up to the temp we need it to be. We need it to be around 170 for cleaning purposes. We have had it hooked up a couple different ways. We are trying to set it up so we don't have to use the water heater at all.
This is how we originally had it hooked up and with the water heater off, it was only getting up to 120 degrees. With the water heater on and all the way up, max is 160, it was still only getting up to 160. It seemed like the plate heater was not helping out any. Here is a pic:
This is how we have it hooked up now. With the water heater on, it is only getting up to 145 which is worse than the first setup. We have not checked it with the water heater off but my dad says it would be lower than 120. I'm not to sure. All of this is kind of confusing to me.
Are we doing something wrong here? Is the plate heater not enough to do the job by itself? We had a guy that works for Central Boiler put this in so I would think he knows what he is talking about.
We are having trouble getting the water up to the temp we need it to be. We need it to be around 170 for cleaning purposes. We have had it hooked up a couple different ways. We are trying to set it up so we don't have to use the water heater at all.
This is how we originally had it hooked up and with the water heater off, it was only getting up to 120 degrees. With the water heater on and all the way up, max is 160, it was still only getting up to 160. It seemed like the plate heater was not helping out any. Here is a pic:
This is how we have it hooked up now. With the water heater on, it is only getting up to 145 which is worse than the first setup. We have not checked it with the water heater off but my dad says it would be lower than 120. I'm not to sure. All of this is kind of confusing to me.
Are we doing something wrong here? Is the plate heater not enough to do the job by itself? We had a guy that works for Central Boiler put this in so I would think he knows what he is talking about.