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Hi guys!
I joined this forum since I've had a few questions about my stove, and google search shows me results from here, so it sounded like a good place to start! I have a Central Boiler classic (was already here when I purchased my house), and I've had several issues since buying my house, some of which were resolved.
Of the many issues, recently the love controller went rogue, and caused my stove to boil over. This happened a couple times before I noticed the digital readout doing funny things. I changed it, and fired everything up, and all seemed to work fine. The stove has 2 pumps (1 to the house, 1 to my garage). My garage is heated with a water-air heat exchanger, and after I fixed my love controller, it seemed like the heat exchanger wasn't blowing quite as hot as it did previously (still eventually got warm enough to get to the setting on the thermostat).
This morning, I was working in the garage and thought maybe there was air in the lines causing a little drop in temp, since when the stove boiled over, the water level went way down, and I had to add water and chemicals. The heat exchanger is the high point in my system, and has a drain valve on the return side of it. I decided to open the valve, and tons of air released, but no water. now, both lines are cold and it blows cold air. I left the valve open for a while, and I can hear air moving, but not a single drop has come out. It seems like the pumps are working at the stove, and the house heat is working.
I've been goofing around with this on and off throughout the day, but can't understand this. It's my first outdoor boiler (first boiler period), but I'm now using a propane heater which is gonna get expensive. Any help would be appreciated.
-Ed
I joined this forum since I've had a few questions about my stove, and google search shows me results from here, so it sounded like a good place to start! I have a Central Boiler classic (was already here when I purchased my house), and I've had several issues since buying my house, some of which were resolved.
Of the many issues, recently the love controller went rogue, and caused my stove to boil over. This happened a couple times before I noticed the digital readout doing funny things. I changed it, and fired everything up, and all seemed to work fine. The stove has 2 pumps (1 to the house, 1 to my garage). My garage is heated with a water-air heat exchanger, and after I fixed my love controller, it seemed like the heat exchanger wasn't blowing quite as hot as it did previously (still eventually got warm enough to get to the setting on the thermostat).
This morning, I was working in the garage and thought maybe there was air in the lines causing a little drop in temp, since when the stove boiled over, the water level went way down, and I had to add water and chemicals. The heat exchanger is the high point in my system, and has a drain valve on the return side of it. I decided to open the valve, and tons of air released, but no water. now, both lines are cold and it blows cold air. I left the valve open for a while, and I can hear air moving, but not a single drop has come out. It seems like the pumps are working at the stove, and the house heat is working.
I've been goofing around with this on and off throughout the day, but can't understand this. It's my first outdoor boiler (first boiler period), but I'm now using a propane heater which is gonna get expensive. Any help would be appreciated.
-Ed