S260 1st start house not heating up
- hotblast1357
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1984 Eshland S260 coal gun
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite pea
- Other Heating: air source heat pump, oil furnace
I like Larry do not have even any glowing during idle, but give your boiler a day or two too relax after firing that hard on the initial light off.
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- Location: Ithaca, New York
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KAA-4-1 dual fuel boiler
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: former switzer CWW100-sold
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- Other Heating: kerosene for dual fuel Keystoker/unused
=============================================================================================================jrv8984 wrote: ↑Thu. Nov. 16, 2017 12:37 pmI've got Selkirk available at the local true value, so if something goes wrong replacement is readily available. 316 is the better grade of stainless which is what I have for my wood stove liner. But is it necessary for only the 7-10' it takes to get me to my thimble.
What is typically used to connect the clay thimble to the flue. I was told to just stick stove pipe through the thimble into the chimney.
Hello jvr8984,
I have the thickest black stove pipe for my keystoker KAA-4-1
The flue pipe reducer/increaser is what slips into the clay thimble if your flue breech diameter is smaller than the clay thimble,
if it is the same diameter you work your way back from the thimble to the flue breech with the flue pipe and it needs to be pushed in fully.
If the thimble is larger than the boilers flue piping I believe you can install the stove pipe reducer/increaser and push the straight flue pipe through it until you feel you have enough pipe in the thimble and tape the pipe at the point where it enters the flue pipe increaser/reducer.
Do you have a Tee in the flue pipe joints to act as an ash cleanout before the thimble? Is that something they recommend?