heat seeker
Minister of Fire
Yeah, the CRT was just a huge capacitor! I learned to always short them to ground before working in there, and I'd get some serious sparks (power off).
heat seeker said:Yeah, the CRT was just a huge capacitor! I learned to always short them to ground before working in there, and I'd get some serious sparks (power off).
tjnamtiw said:heat seeker said:Yeah, the CRT was just a huge capacitor! I learned to always short them to ground before working in there, and I'd get some serious sparks (power off).
Yep, exactly! It is a big capacitor. I won't ask you how you learned to short them out before working on it.......![]()
heat seeker said:tjnamtiw said:heat seeker said:Yeah, the CRT was just a huge capacitor! I learned to always short them to ground before working in there, and I'd get some serious sparks (power off).
Yep, exactly! It is a big capacitor. I won't ask you how you learned to short them out before working on it.......![]()
Experience. Other peoples'. Once I heard that "crack", I knew there was some serious juice there. I prefer to learn from other peoples' mistakes, although I've made plenty of my own. :ahhh:
SmokeyTheBear said:heat seeker said:tjnamtiw said:heat seeker said:Yeah, the CRT was just a huge capacitor! I learned to always short them to ground before working in there, and I'd get some serious sparks (power off).
Yep, exactly! It is a big capacitor. I won't ask you how you learned to short them out before working on it.......![]()
Experience. Other peoples'. Once I heard that "crack", I knew there was some serious juice there. I prefer to learn from other peoples' mistakes, although I've made plenty of my own. :ahhh:
I watched someone who knew better go sailing across the room.
SmokeyTheBear said:goathead said:Well I can tell you I installed three of them and only snugged them up, I didn't really crank them down. Not sure if that's too tight, but I wouldn't expect that it would be...I should make a poll out of this!
Ah yes a pool, were the ones you replaced with the last few times ceramic or the plastic/bakelite crud.
goathead said:SmokeyTheBear said:goathead said:Well I can tell you I installed three of them and only snugged them up, I didn't really crank them down. Not sure if that's too tight, but I wouldn't expect that it would be...I should make a poll out of this!
Ah yes a pool, were the ones you replaced with the last few times ceramic or the plastic/bakelite crud.
All the discs I pulled and put in were metal, not ceramic. Just like a flat metal disc with the leads coming off them and the flange to screw it down. Two were brand new and the other her pulled out of a working stove in the showroom.
SmokeyTheBear said:goathead said:SmokeyTheBear said:goathead said:Well I can tell you I installed three of them and only snugged them up, I didn't really crank them down. Not sure if that's too tight, but I wouldn't expect that it would be...I should make a poll out of this!
Ah yes a pool, were the ones you replaced with the last few times ceramic or the plastic/bakelite crud.
All the discs I pulled and put in were metal, not ceramic. Just like a flat metal disc with the leads coming off them and the flange to screw it down. Two were brand new and the other her pulled out of a working stove in the showroom.
Then do what humpin iron suggested and hit the disc with a match outside of the stove hooked to a multimeter set to read resistance, you should get your answer fast.
tjnamtiw said:j-takeman said:tj must be off nappin!
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/WHITERODGERS-Adjustable-Snap-Disc-Fan-Control-4E116?Pid=search
Fan On Temp. (F) 90 to 130
Fan Off Temp. (F) 70 to 110
;-) :cheese: No, Saturday night football!!
My original snap disk #1 was a 120 but some are lower at 110.. That first one is the one I have now that turns the fan on at about 100 degrees now and it won't shut off until every bit of heat is out of the stove. It wasn't my idea last year to get it. I am ashamed to say I forget who it was that suggested it. I hope he forgives me because we worked together along with a few others to suck every bit of heat out of the tubes by putting springs and turbulators in them. I'm sure you followed my experiments.
Oh, one other thing. The new snap disk is bigger than the stock one and you'll have to drill new holes for the sheet metal screws. Also, I used a surface pyrometer and located the first spot to get hot enough to trigger the switch and relocated it there. On the Castile it's on the right side up in the top of the 'triangle' of sheet metal. On the Sante Fe, there's not much room to relocate.
tjnamtiw said:Of course, B-mod!! Senility really sucks! No, nothing new coming to mind other than getting my sorry but up on the roof to install an OAK on my second stove. No ash cleanout on that fireplace so no choice but to come down the chimney. Got the parts but not the energy. 34 degrees here tonight and in the 30 for the next 4-5 days at night. I'm running the Sante Fe on low.
I don't know what else we can do to suck more heat out of these little stoves.
B-Mod said:Any luck on the turbulators? Any improvements over your spring setup? I have no oak on mine, I have a few plans, but no time. I have a ton of outside work to get done, and I still have a corn boiler project, and infloor heat project to finish.
My little castile is keeping the house warm on low with the the snap disk mod, spring mod, and the convection fan wired on high speed...........Brian
Hi Eric,I have heard of bad snap disks but since I have been a Quad dealer we have not had one go bad on any stove we have sold. knock on wood. I would call the dealer because this is a warranty item. if you use other brands it could void the warranty.
Eric
I have found on a few of the 1200I that the snap disk is not getting enough heat from the stove to "snap". What I have done is move the snap disk closer to the unit. This can be done be bending the metal that is attached too.Hi Eric,
I'm sorry to piggy back on an older thread. A few questions for you. Quadrafire Classic Bay Insert 1200. Convection blower. My fathers is getting up to temp to drop pellets and the blower comes on then goes off. He says it does this. That doesn't seem correct to me. I have the CAB50 and once she drops pellets and gets up to temp then gets hot enough her convection blower goes on and stays on till the cycle is done. The exhaust blower will finish its cycle then off till the next time the thermostat calls for heat. I was at their house today and its hot enough to drop fuel and the blower was on then off and still dropping fuel but I never heard the blower go back on. He checked the snap disc 1 and unplugged and re plugged it back in and now the blower is working again. Does the blower (convection) work on and off like that during ONE cycle? I think not. Please clarify. Thank you soooo much![]()