Drolet Heatpro

[djkost]

Hate to ask, but why is it green?

 

[brenndatomu]

Hate to ask, but why is it green?

 

[aokpops]

Everyone that know me knew why . Was the color I had to cheap to buy another rattle can .

 

[82mkiiltype]

Been out of commission for a week ... Laser eye surgery. It sucks ... but I can see 20/20 now!

Eyes were super irritated and didn't want to fill the house with "break in" smoke so I haven't fired it yet. Likely this weekend if it cools off.

So, has anyone played with the electrical settings yet? Any experience with what the fan control adjustment actually does with a large or small fire? I'm guessing no, but figured I'd ask and I'll comment on whatever mine does when I spark it up.

 

[djkost]

Had a small fire just to burn off the paint so I don't know. It's all hooked up now. I have to test pressure this week end to get it online so to speak. Cold here in the teens and single digit. I will see if the fan is variable speed.

 

[82mkiiltype]

Well sparked it up Saturday, filled the house with stinky smoke form the paint curing, and everything looked good. Two pics of draft open, and then draft closed with secondaries going.

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Stock fan clicked on at about 140 F, and off at 110 F. I only noticed one fan speed, but didn't have a big fire going either.

Then this happened .... Grrrr.

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I'm a patient person but this is getting to the end of my rope.

Gasket on air control door stuck to the front of the furnace and shredded the gasket, and possibly bent the door arm while stuck. Sent pics to SBI ... lets see what they say.

I also requested information on blower controls ...

 

[djkost]

I had mine rolling and didn't have that problem, My door opens part way then awhile later it opens fully. At first I thought it had some kind of magnet on it or it was suppose to be that was. I didn't hear if the fan ran faster on automatically when the furnace got hotter. I don't think it is a variable fan. I haven't spoke to be SBI yet about that and the small digital gauge on the back of the furnace. Did that gasket rip on its own or did you try to open the door manually? So far I like it. The probe in the plenum is the way to go. Another person owns the tundra and was wondering if he could replace the snap switch? I told him I didn't know if he could or not. Post your infor on what SBI tells you.

 

[brenndatomu]

Gasket on air control door stuck to the front of the furnace and shredded the gasket, and possibly bent the door arm while stuck.

Got fried onto the curing paint huh?

The probe in the plenum is the way to go. Another person owns the tundra and was wondering if he could replace the snap switch?

Not without a controller too. The probe just provides a signal to the controller, then it decides what to do and when

 

[stihly dan]

Made a pan View attachment 461063 View attachment 461064 one 12 inch should be two 6 inch. Been working good getting nice secondary burn .

You may have issues with that, The moving air really needs more transition room.

 

[djkost]

Ya I didn't know but do like the probe instead of snap switch. Now if the fan would follow the heat it would be great. It might i never checked it.

 

[flotek]

Does the heatpro switch through various fan speeds according to plenum temperatures like the max caddy . The max caddy allows user to program the board to kick in at the temperature of your choosing ( 107 is the lowest)and you can adjust fan speeds manually or it can circulate constant if you wish . I'm curious How advanced is the heatpro PC board is there much user control over the unit

 

[djkost]

Yes it is suppose to speed up and slow down.

 

[82mkiiltype]

SBI is shipping me a new air control door and gasket. They said they have had a few fail this way during the initial paint curing stage. I didn't pry open the door. The Controller /stepper motor pulled it off and slightly bent the control arm of the door in the process.

Just for fun I figured I'd snap a pic or two of the controls that seem to be of interest.

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I asked about information on the the fan controls and was given a stern "Don't touch that, you'll melt your furnace." They did confirm after the furnace heats up and fan kicks on the speeds will go up and down to maintain BEP or best efficiency point. (same terminology is used in the Max Caddy Manual... but this is not the same controller. I checked.) Looking at the 4 power relays beside the fan power wires pretty much confirms it.

In the 1 fire I had the fan kicked on at 140 F and off at 110F. Pressing the "-" button once displays the temp of the thermocouple. It's a feature for service guys...
I haven't played with anything else as I don't want to change anything until I get a good baseline after a few fires and some cold nights. Not to mention I don't want to void my warranty and melt my furnace.

 

[djkost]

What's your themo coupler set at? I pushed the digital buttons a couple of times.

 

[Highbeam]

Does the Heatpro have an ash grate or an ash plug to dump ash into the pan. Is the ash pan big enough to hold a full load?

 

[82mkiiltype]

Ash plug, very few people use it. most just shovel right out of the firebox.

 

[djkost]

Spoke to SBI, they said the switch on the back is just to read, cant change the temp on fan, that is locked on the card. Had mine going and it is nice. Now the probe runs the fan. Fan does adjust, WC is at . 2. My air flap keeps getting stuck closed but hoping to take care of it tm. Must be paint or something. No problem that cant be fixed. I just shovel the ash out, This is a very nice furnace.

 

[flotek]

I ground a radius and polished it with a dremel on the v on my drolet heatmax tundra air flap pull tab so the coat hanger thing doesn't get hung up and stick which by design this happens . It helped to lead that V on the tab and mostly stopped the hang ups .the coat hanger pull design seems like a bad design to me probe to screw up and requires a lot of power/pressure on that little servo motor . This is one of the reasons I much prefer the chain style system on the caddy line ..gravity won't permit it to ever fail.works like a champ every time all the time

 

[djkost]

flotek, mine closes fine it is that it sticks when it is suppose to open. Have to look at it today.

 

[aokpops]

You may have issues with that, The moving air really needs more transition room.

I can see what you mean . So far working good, for the most part the air handler is pulling the air off on the vacuum side .