Stove Runs Continuously Sometimes
We've had lots of problems and went through 4 stokers in the past 2 years. The one we have now is the same model as the original stove which was used for many years in this house. It's a Combustioneer 77B. Our most recent problem is sometimes it will keep feeding coal even when the house temperature is 5 to 10 degrees above what the thermostat is set at. A guy my wife knows said there should be a switch on the back of the stove that can be set to auto or manual. He told her it should be set to auto but suggested we switch it to manual to see if that helps but I don't see any such switch on the back of the stove. I'm wondering if maybe the thermostat is bad. You guys have been super helpful in the past and I hope you can help now. If you think it could be the thermostat what kind of thermostat do I need to purchase? I know next to nothing about these things. Thanks for any help you can give.
- McGiever
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- Location: Junction of PA-OH-WV
- Stoker Coal Boiler: AXEMAN-ANDERSON 130 "1959"
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: BUCKET A DAY water heater
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Warm Morning 414A
- Coal Size/Type: PEA,NUT,STOVE /ANTHRACITE
- Other Heating: Ground Source Heat Pump and some Solar
Wiring issue or timer issue, or maybe both...either could cause temps to exceed thermostat set point.
You have an electrician in the family, see if he can sort it out.
You have an electrician in the family, see if he can sort it out.
- McGiever
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- Joined: Sun. May. 02, 2010 11:26 pm
- Location: Junction of PA-OH-WV
- Stoker Coal Boiler: AXEMAN-ANDERSON 130 "1959"
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: BUCKET A DAY water heater
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Warm Morning 414A
- Coal Size/Type: PEA,NUT,STOVE /ANTHRACITE
- Other Heating: Ground Source Heat Pump and some Solar
What zip-code are you in there? Never know, someone maybe near to you...
- carlherrnstein
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- Location: Clarksburg, ohio
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: combustioneer model 77B
- Coal Size/Type: pea stoker/Ohio bituminous
My suggestion is too much/too often run time on the timer. Or too much fire in the stove. Also if you have a female that can tamper with (turn up) the thermostat you can overshoot the setpoint for seemingly no reason.