After all that work I am pleased to say the GW has finally turned into a well mannered and welcome house guest. There were 3 other changes made during the rebuild so I can’t be sure of just what or all in part made the difference. Along with the furnace rebuild I got rid of one 90 for a 45 at the wall thimble. I replaced a regular mixing valve with a Danfoss ESBE TV and moved the aquastat from the furnace to the 120 gallon buffer tank under the steps, tank temp was always 20 deg lower before.
Noticeable differences after 2 weeks of service are: ALL the DRIPPING has stopped! The refractory color has been and maintains a light shade of Tan / Grey through out, even the door. I’m averaging about a 12 hour burn out of 3 five gallon bucket sized Red Oak rounds with the temps here in the single digits at night. And the best of all the HX tubes I can see are staying clean the ash that does collect on them is white and falls off E-HA! All of which makes me a Very Happy Camper!
Now I can get to that 2 post truck lift I’m planning to buy myself for Christmas!
Merry Christmas All!
Noticeable differences after 2 weeks of service are: ALL the DRIPPING has stopped! The refractory color has been and maintains a light shade of Tan / Grey through out, even the door. I’m averaging about a 12 hour burn out of 3 five gallon bucket sized Red Oak rounds with the temps here in the single digits at night. And the best of all the HX tubes I can see are staying clean the ash that does collect on them is white and falls off E-HA! All of which makes me a Very Happy Camper!
Now I can get to that 2 post truck lift I’m planning to buy myself for Christmas!
Merry Christmas All!