Clayton 1600 vs Hot Blast

Dustycloud · Post by **Dustycloud** » Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:28 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:26 pm
Sure, it could be dusty in there. But most duct work gets a dust layer in it also.

Ok, I'll get the firebox cleaned and look for cracks. If I do find any I guess that means it no good to use.

Post by **Lightning** » Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:30 pm

You mentioned having a knee issue, I might have a suggestion for that. You could get creative and drill a small hole in the floor above the furnace and run a rod down to the primary air contrlol so that you could throttle the fire manually from the first floor. Or use a brake cable. Just some ideas I thought of for your situation.

It would save you trips to the basement.

Dustycloud · Post by **Dustycloud** » Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:33 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:30 pm
You mentioned having a knee issue, I might have a suggestion for that. You could get creative and drill a small hole in the floor above the furnace and run a rod down to the primary air contrlol so that you could throttle the fire manually from the first floor. Or use a brake cable. Just some ideas I thought of for your situation.

It would save you trips to the basement.

Thats an idea, one more thing to make the Mrs think I'm nuts lol.

Post by **Lightning** » Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:37 pm

Oh man, you have no idea.. I should have been committed after what I did to my Clayton

Dustycloud · Post by **Dustycloud** » Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:40 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:37 pm
Oh man, you have no idea.. I should have been committed after what I did to my Clayton

Lol.

Post by **Lightning** » Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:41 pm

But I'm here to tell ya, I turned that thing into quite the heating machine lol.. enjoyed the challenges... and I miss taking care of it at times.

Dustycloud · Post by **Dustycloud** » Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:43 pm

Yea oil prices around here are outta hand. I can't afford it. My dad has a nice Harmon stoker that uses anthracite rice coal. Just sitting in his shop unused. Then he got a pellet stove and prices for pellets soared. Now he a a Mr cool unit lol. I couldn't imagine moving his Harmon, man that thing is heavy.

warminmn · Post by **warminmn** » Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 7:59 pm

Dustycloud wrote: ↑
Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 6:33 pm
Thats an idea, one more thing to make the Mrs think I'm nuts lol.

Or better yet have the Mrs run the stove

Dustycloud · Post by **Dustycloud** » Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 8:31 pm

warminmn wrote: ↑
Sun. Sep. 10, 2023 7:59 pm
Or better yet have the Mrs run the stove

Heeeyyyyy, now that's an idea lol. I'll just put one of those nice cookstoves in. Then she can make me food and keep the house warm. Lol.

Dustycloud · Post by **Dustycloud** » Mon. Sep. 11, 2023 9:35 pm

This stove has a 6" heat duct. Is that sufficient? I asked because I ordered a barametric damper 6" and 6" backdraft damper. I'm going to tie it into the plenum of my existing oil furnace.

Post by **Lightning** » Mon. Sep. 11, 2023 10:29 pm

Um let's get our terms straightened out to avoid confusion.. I recall the Clayton having two 8 inch warm air supplies coming off the top of the furnace, these would tie into the plenum of the oil furnace.

Could you screen shot what you ordered and post them please?

Dustycloud · Post by **Dustycloud** » Mon. Sep. 11, 2023 10:34 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Mon. Sep. 11, 2023 10:29 pm
Um let's get our terms straightened out to avoid confusion.. I recall the Clayton having two 8 inch warm air supplies coming off the top of the furnace, these would tie into the plenum of the oil furnace.

Could you screen shot what you ordered and post them please?

The Hot Blast has 2 8" warm air supplies, the Clayton has a single air supply that a plenum goes ontop.

Coalblooded · Post by **Coalblooded** » Mon. Sep. 11, 2023 11:49 pm

sourcing some prats to make the clayton work on a thermostat (like an induction fan and the temp switches on the side) would be a lot easier than carrying a whole furnace down the stairs. Have you looked at the furnaces side by side? A lot of them are very similar and mixing parts are pretty simple

Coalblooded · Post by **Coalblooded** » Mon. Sep. 11, 2023 11:57 pm

Also something else to add, when i ran bit coal i had loads of ashes. With that shape of fire box you will have to learn tricks to get most of the ashes out before reloads. A looooong sturdy poker that can fit through the holes in your grates will make the coal burning loads better. Shaker grate jams will really tear stuff up in these, dont force it and just scratch through with the poker.

Dustycloud · Post by **Dustycloud** » Tue. Sep. 12, 2023 12:13 am

Coalblooded wrote: ↑
Mon. Sep. 11, 2023 11:57 pm
Also something else to add, when i ran bit coal i had loads of ashes. With that shape of fire box you will have to learn tricks to get most of the ashes out before reloads. A looooong sturdy poker that can fit through the holes in your grates will make the coal burning loads better. Shaker grate jams will really tear stuff up in these, dont force it and just scratch through with the poker.

Can you elaborate on the method your describing?

Clayton 1600 vs Hot Blast

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