HELP BEFORE COLD NIGHT!! Stove Is Stuck on and House Hot!!

 
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Post by shenk111 » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 3:17 pm

I have a Gibraltar stove with keystoker parts and just came
Home from work and it's 78 in here and stove just keeps running!! What is going on??


 
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Post by Lightning » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 3:18 pm

Thermostat issue?

 
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Post by shenk111 » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 3:33 pm

When I turn thermostat left and right the stove is responding by clicking. It's almost now acting like the blower is steady on and won't stop blowing heat out

 
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Post by shenk111 » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 3:40 pm

I turned that dial a slight bit and it stopped. Maybe just needs blown out with air idk
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Post by Lightning » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 3:43 pm

Oh yeah, those thermostats are a bit clunky and stick sometimes, that's been my experience with them. I replaced mind with a thermo snap disc. It seems to be much more reliable.

 
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Post by Lightning » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 3:45 pm

But that might not be the problem. It seems the problem could be that it's burning too much coal for the heat demand. What regulates the coal usage?

 
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Post by shenk111 » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 3:52 pm

Now the blower to get heat out of the box is back on blowing hot air again. Maybe that's good and the issue is it's burning too much. It's a typical bar slides back and coals drops in and bar goes forward and it burns off ok the belt then. As of right now there is nothing on at stove, hoping it was filled and back to normal. These next two nights aren't the nights for this to happen for sure


 
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Post by shenk111 » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 3:53 pm

And now the box blower is on again delivering heat into the house. My thermostat is showing 78 but I have it set to 70

 
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Post by shenk111 » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 4:01 pm

As I'm watching it it's almost like that dial is telling stove to crank up too fast IMO. Being it's doing that then the stoker fan goes and box gets too hot again

 
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Post by Lightning » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 4:15 pm

Hmmmmm wow. Hopefully someone will be along to help you diagnose it further.

 
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Post by shenk111 » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 4:33 pm

I think it's that round disc in there it gets stuck right before it should shut off so I moved the dial to make it shut off sooner and watching it now. Ty

 
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Post by McGiever » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 5:14 pm

That control is only for the blower motor...does nothing to make any coal burn.

You are never to rotate the disc...you are to hold it still whenever moving the slide settings.
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Post by McGiever » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 5:37 pm

Your stoker feed motor and stoker combustion fan are what needs your attention to control how much heat gets made...blower is just what washes that heat away from the heat exchanger/walls to deliver that heat and to as well keep from over-heating the heat exchanger walls and warping the steel or even something worse.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 5:52 pm

Just temporary, set thermo at 60- 65. THEN have at it when this artic blow calms down.

 
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Post by oliver power » Wed. Dec. 14, 2016 6:48 pm

The fan stays on, trying to cool the stove itself.

A few things to look at:

1.) How many timer pins? should have 3 groups of 3 pins. Or, 3 groups of 4 pins. If more than that, take timer pins out.

2.) Barometric damper should be set on -.02 or -.03

3.) Where is the thermostat? May need to move it closer to the stove, or stove room.

4.) As mentioned; Maybe too much feed. Might have to back the stoker feed off some.

5.) Actually could be all of the above. My brother had the same exact problem as you. It was all of the above for him.


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