Wow what a difference!!
The local dealer came up today to put a Handle Upgrade Kit on the boiler.
I took the chance to do the newly suggested Air Duct Cleaning that was mentioned in another Empyre Elite thread
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/empyre-elite-boiler-corrosion.104788/
I also cleaned the tubes with the wire brush as I do every 7-10days.
After getting the handle all set up the dealer asked if he could clean my tubes while he was here?
I said sure but I just did them 10 min before you got here.
He came in with this rig you hook to a drill. It chews the creosote out.
I couldn't believe the stuff that it got out of the tubes!
I asked if he had another one? He said yes. I said sold!
I cleaned every bit of ash out of the fire box. Something I hadn't done in months.
Pulled back my fire brick looking for creoste.
The boiler went down to 144*F while it was shut down. I placed some kindling in the box to get it going. After about 5 min added a couple of small spilts and off to the races. It instantly started gasifiying and the smoke from the pipe went away. I opened up the lower door and WOW what a blast of focussed blue flame!
I don't know if it is the wood being right down on the nozzle, or the air passages being cleared out and now providing the correct amout of air.
Either way I know what is now part of my weekly cleaning
As they say HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)
The local dealer came up today to put a Handle Upgrade Kit on the boiler.
I took the chance to do the newly suggested Air Duct Cleaning that was mentioned in another Empyre Elite thread
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/empyre-elite-boiler-corrosion.104788/
I also cleaned the tubes with the wire brush as I do every 7-10days.
After getting the handle all set up the dealer asked if he could clean my tubes while he was here?
I said sure but I just did them 10 min before you got here.
He came in with this rig you hook to a drill. It chews the creosote out.
I couldn't believe the stuff that it got out of the tubes!
I asked if he had another one? He said yes. I said sold!
I cleaned every bit of ash out of the fire box. Something I hadn't done in months.
Pulled back my fire brick looking for creoste.
The boiler went down to 144*F while it was shut down. I placed some kindling in the box to get it going. After about 5 min added a couple of small spilts and off to the races. It instantly started gasifiying and the smoke from the pipe went away. I opened up the lower door and WOW what a blast of focussed blue flame!
I don't know if it is the wood being right down on the nozzle, or the air passages being cleared out and now providing the correct amout of air.
Either way I know what is now part of my weekly cleaning
As they say HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY
![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)