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Ranco stat The original stat my Shaver came with had temp swings of 40 degrees. The Ranco digital stat has worked great for me. One mod I would highly recommend. I'm kinda surprised after all this time that Shaver hasn't made that improvement themselves.

Here is couple pics of mine http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=81190&highlight=dlav&page=9 Post #127

Beautiful day in Mid Michigan In the high teens this morning, very little wind, sun shining. We don't have a lot of snow right now only a couple inches, so I grabbed my saws and headed to the woods. Wife and kids joined me a little later and we cut and hauled about 2 1/2 - 3 cords of...

Is anyone using a rain cap on the chimney pipe of their Outdoor wood boiler?? Mine doesn't have one, and I haven't seen any on the OWBs I've looked at. Most people throw a bucket over it in the summer or when they aren't using it. If you are using a rain cap, did you notice any...

Yeah, its pretty small, the tank is a 3 1/2 gallon, I think. I don't think it would handle sucking up water before hand. The filter usually plugs up with ash once or twice and I have to shake it out. If it was all wet, the filter might not clean very easily. I only did it once because I knew...

Well this might sound like a fire hazard waiting to happen,,,,,, but I use my shop vac. I duct taped an old broom handle to it so I can reach the back, then slip a 90 degree piece of electrical conduit on the end to get the hard to reach area right behind the door. The ashes are usually pretty...

I'm glad I did it, what I meant was I'm not sure its tuned as good as it could be. I don't know why its spiking so high after the blower shuts off. Glad I did the Ranco mod too, its maintaining temps more consistent now and hasn't boiled over. It's alot drier in the back of the unit with...

:clap: Good stuff, I thought the same thing when I read the name. Ummmm didn't see Wylie or the Roadrunner on it, but who knows. I stumbled on to it on EBAY.

Sorry but that statement makes me cringe. Unfortunately, without patrolling the line you will have no idea what your going to power up when you backfeed the grid. That being said, I wonder if people know why it is so dangerous. For those that don't know how a transformer works, here it is...

At some point I'm going to cut Shaver off the front door and weld my name on it. :cheers:

I don't want to bum everybody out, and I don't know anything about these boilers, but I just stumbled on to an OWB built by ACME Furnace in Macon Mo. and they advertise a 235 gal with a 3/8 firebox for $4500, they look pretty decent in the pics. But then again so does the Shaver.

I'm kinda thinking the same thing John. When it was warm the blower mod seemed like the cat's a55 but now that its cold, I'm wondering about it. I'm using more wood now than I was. I'm thinking about changing the linkage to something adjustable and instead of being wide open, only going half...

I installed the Ranco stat yesterday and set it at 165 with a 5 degree differential, last night when I checked it was 179, blower not running. Tonight it was 181 with the blower off. Shouldn't it be closer to 170 ish?? Also seems to be using alot of wood, but it is in the teens and the winds...

Just removing and installing meters can be dangerous to both life and property. It's not uncommon to pull a meter and half of the mounting lug breaks and comes out with it, or snaps back into the meter socket. Unrepaired this leaves an arc flash hazard and or fire hazard, but worse, what...

Looks like quite a project ya got there nut, plenty to work with though. My wife has '00 Suzuki Savage 650, single cylinder its a nice little bike for her, she really likes it, light weight and close to the ground, its been a great beginners bike for her. My son has a Suzuki Marauder 800...

I don't know the technical aspects of 1 1/4 versus 1, but the company I bought mine from recommended 1 inch and the fittings on my heat exchanger are 1 inch, so I used 1" for everything. It depends on where you buy your fittings, but most of the home improvement stores Menards, Lowes, etc have...

I installed the Ranco digital stat today, so hopefully it'll start working better, that stock thermostat was a piece of junk. It was actually pretty easy to install, went better than I thought. Here are some pics of the base I put under my OWB.

Lowering the pad in front of mine wouldn't have worked for me, but certainly there must be a lot of places that it would work. I measured the door this morning and the bottom of the door is 30 inches, slightly lower than my waist. Its the right height for me. I took some pics, but can't seem...

Hey Nut, What kind of bike ya got? '97 Fatboy here

As a utility line worker, I can guarantee one thing. If you backfeed me, you will go on the unofficial: Last To Be Restored List. Thats a promise. To my brothers, be safe. Test for potential. Rubber gloves ground to ground.