Two quirks with Tarm 40

[Thom Griffin]

So this week marks one year with the Tarm (with storage). All is well but for a couple of minor quirks.

The bolt that holds the main handle to the door keep loosening up. It happens so regularly that I keep the allen wrench on top of the boiler.

Anyone else with this? Maybe a bit of JB Weld will do the trick.

The other issue is that, when there's a quick power outage (enough for all the clocks in the house to blink), my reset button requires pushing in order for the fan to come back on.

Is there a different type of reset button that would solve this issue?

penfrydd

 

[jebatty]

... or a bit of locktite might work. I don't think you want to make it too permanently attached. On the reset, one thing that does work is a computer UPS to cover those power glitches. I have an old one which seems to make the switchover too slow, and the controller shuts down. A newer UPS I have works very well for this purpose. There likely is a better solution.

 

[kopeck]

Like jebatty I would use some locktite.

I had the same problem with my Solo Innova, the power went of for a bit but the fan never reset so it smoldered all day and I ended up with a flue gas mess. The UPS idea is good but the Solo Innova is 220 volts and I haven't found a UPS that works with 220 volts like we have here in the US. If anyone has a solution to this problem that would be awesome!

K

 

[DaveBP]

A 120V UPS with a transformer to bump it up to 240V? Some UPS systems don't play well with transformers or and other coil devices, though.

 

[jebatty]

Do a *oogle search on "battery backup ups 220v" and you likely will find some UPS' of interest.

 

[kopeck]

The problem is all those UPSes you see are European style, 240v 50Hz single phase where as what I need is 240v 60Hz two-phase.

Don't forget what we call 240/220 volts over here is not what our friends call 240 volts over there.

K