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drillspot solenoid Sorry ,I should have explained better. I was referring to the 110 volt solenoid I bought from drillspot .com to open the flap on my blower motor when the ranco stat calls for heat. Mine lasted about4 weeks last season, and was curious if anyone had one give up also? John

drillspot solenoid Did anyone else lose a drillspot solenoid last season. Mine quite after about 4 weeks of use? John

boiler New Plate steel is 35 cents a pound at Gent Steel across the river from where I live in Indiana. Scrape steel is about 60 bucks a ton, so material for your own project is pretty cheap right now. A person could search scape yards for a vessel for the fire box and other related...

ash auger ash augers just drill a HOLE in the ashes ,a small nail or pretty much anything will jamb them according to a friend

shaver book Here's some fodder ,If you look at the drawings you will see some things you guys where just talking about, firebox design and fire box thickness if you can read the text

sure is quite in here

dhw How long for hot water to get to house this way? Seems like there would be a big slug of cool water in there ? Would run the pump only to keep water at preset temp ?

dhw I have a lp water heater. would like to get away from gas man. I have the pre 48 page owners manual [mine was 3 pages typing paper folded over] besides I would prefer to get info from this forum anyway. Would like to see pic's berry 5...

I'm on your side I totally agree with you,IT's just so easy to get run over these days. Fight back when you can. John

other peoples rules It does not matter what it is ,propane ,gas, taxes, insurance Pretty much everything we do is governed by somebody else's rules . I try not to dwell on it .:)

dhw Does anybody have a pump on their water heater set to run on demand to circ water through the copper coil. John

dhw Is anybody using the copper coil for hot water and if so how? My copper coil can be called 5/8" which is the od [outside diameter] measurement It's 1/2" id [ inside diameter ]

flapper Actually I did try this ,The natural draft going through the firebox pulled the flapper open . Some type of spring might work to keep the flapper closed. Some one else on here had a pic of his homemade draft flapper.

Sorry I didn't hang last nite, Shaver Improvement Forum Forever That salesman guy never Enough said about that by me .

I had the ranco before the solenoid,so everything is now complete,except for the Romanian insulation lessons

solenoid I got the solenoid on this afternoon .IT sure snaps up quick. I just hope the air being shut off between cycles doesn't lead to lots more creosote. Once again I want to express thanks for the useful info found on this site. The steam fix ,blower fix , lots more insulation and for...

bare bones boiler Perhaps Shaver will consider selling a stripped down model with nothing but firebox and water jacket and a web link to this forum, then that salesman guy won't have to defend it's short comings.

insulation Ignore the man behind the curtain and continue to do any and all prudent things you want to improve your outdoor wood boilers. The curtain thing was a reference to the Wizard of Oz for you younger folks.

blower Back during my first winter, I had an episode with little heat output. The fan wold run a lot and started to push smoke out around the door. I happened to be out with the boiler when pressure built up in the firebox from a clogged flue causing quite a blast of creosote to ERUPT from...

chimney brush Here's a cheap brush I made from heavy banding,1/2" bolt