BubblySatisfaction
New Member
First off, thanks to all in this forum. I have scoured a lot over the past couple of days as I'm learning about my wood furnace!
I bought a house and have been using the wood furnace for a little while now. I have recently replaced the fan limit switch and got it back up and running, but while I was troubleshooting I had a couple questions that I'm sure someone much smarter than me can help with.
My setup:
Wood burning add on furnace. It, as well as gas furnace both are in my basement. I have two separate thermostats upstairs. I turn the gas one off when I want to use wood.
When I was troubleshooting I noticed that when I increase the temperature on my wood burning thermostat (making request for heat) the little damper on the front pipe of my wood furnace (the air intake?) closed. However when I went back upstairs and turned the thermostat down to below current temp, the damper opened. I just wanted to confirm that is the way it should be?
Couple other random questions:
I have my limit switch set to about 125 to turn the blower on. However it stays on for quite some time now. Before I replaced the limit switch, it would come on and off a couple/few times an hour, so not sure if that was ideal then or if I have the correct temp settings now to keep things rolling longer.
Any tips for keeping our home warm over night? Prior to new limit switch install, I would load it up with wood, and go to bed, then wake up and it would be anywhere from 64-60 degrees in my home. Sometimes I would get lucky and it would remain 67-68ish but that was very rare
I bought a house and have been using the wood furnace for a little while now. I have recently replaced the fan limit switch and got it back up and running, but while I was troubleshooting I had a couple questions that I'm sure someone much smarter than me can help with.
My setup:
Wood burning add on furnace. It, as well as gas furnace both are in my basement. I have two separate thermostats upstairs. I turn the gas one off when I want to use wood.
When I was troubleshooting I noticed that when I increase the temperature on my wood burning thermostat (making request for heat) the little damper on the front pipe of my wood furnace (the air intake?) closed. However when I went back upstairs and turned the thermostat down to below current temp, the damper opened. I just wanted to confirm that is the way it should be?
Couple other random questions:
I have my limit switch set to about 125 to turn the blower on. However it stays on for quite some time now. Before I replaced the limit switch, it would come on and off a couple/few times an hour, so not sure if that was ideal then or if I have the correct temp settings now to keep things rolling longer.
Any tips for keeping our home warm over night? Prior to new limit switch install, I would load it up with wood, and go to bed, then wake up and it would be anywhere from 64-60 degrees in my home. Sometimes I would get lucky and it would remain 67-68ish but that was very rare