I have a Wood Gun E100.
I will be starting the final piping on tuesday and should be ready to burn wed/thurs the latest.
AHS offers, at the time of purchase a low-temp shut off control and a cycle timer.
Which I, not being informed enough, did not purchase.
After reading alot more threads since my purchase I realized I should have bought them .
I called them and they said the could sell me the controller and I could wire it up.
They want around $250+/-
Could I do it cheaper.
The same goes for a cycle timer. Another $250 that I could spend (unless there is a cheaper way) Which is for heating DHW in the summer and possibly for the shoulder seasons when the heat loads are not too frequent.
What it does is cycle on the unit by turning on the draft fan and opening the air valve every couple of hours for 10 minutes or so to keep the unit up to temp so when the demand for heat is needed the unit will fire up.
Remember a WG “shuts off†by cutting off all oxygen to the fire box. and “turns on†or re-lights the wood by the introduction of O2 to a hot refractory.
So if the refractory is cold because the fire has been “off†for a while because there has been no demand for heat it won’t re-light.
I say all this with ABSOLUTELY NO experience. Just what I was told from the guys at AHS.
What should I do? Bite the bullet and drop $500 or find a way to do it on my own with some aqua stats/relays and timers. None of which I have the intelligence/experience to design on my own.
I will be starting the final piping on tuesday and should be ready to burn wed/thurs the latest.
AHS offers, at the time of purchase a low-temp shut off control and a cycle timer.
Which I, not being informed enough, did not purchase.
After reading alot more threads since my purchase I realized I should have bought them .
I called them and they said the could sell me the controller and I could wire it up.
They want around $250+/-
Could I do it cheaper.
The same goes for a cycle timer. Another $250 that I could spend (unless there is a cheaper way) Which is for heating DHW in the summer and possibly for the shoulder seasons when the heat loads are not too frequent.
What it does is cycle on the unit by turning on the draft fan and opening the air valve every couple of hours for 10 minutes or so to keep the unit up to temp so when the demand for heat is needed the unit will fire up.
Remember a WG “shuts off†by cutting off all oxygen to the fire box. and “turns on†or re-lights the wood by the introduction of O2 to a hot refractory.
So if the refractory is cold because the fire has been “off†for a while because there has been no demand for heat it won’t re-light.
I say all this with ABSOLUTELY NO experience. Just what I was told from the guys at AHS.
What should I do? Bite the bullet and drop $500 or find a way to do it on my own with some aqua stats/relays and timers. None of which I have the intelligence/experience to design on my own.