Kuuma VF100 arrived

[brenndatomu]

On # 3 at end of burn, 5 hrs in, temp 92*

92 in the house?! Man, you wanna make sure she's nekked, eh?!
No need to update us on how this all turns out for ya...
(free tip...you need to be shmoozin on her instead of postin on here...)

 

[STIHLY DAN]

92 in the house?! Man, you wanna make sure she's nekked, eh?!
No need to update us on how this turns out for ya...

No, supply temp.

 

[STIHLY DAN]

This is the small coal bed producing the temp. Coals are a lot smaller than they look, had to make the pic tiny for this site to accept it. Kind of a pain in the ass and makes things very inaccurate.

 

[STIHLY DAN]

Fan off. Small coals left. If the site allows at least 1/3 a cropped pic. Cropped to 1/8th. Really? Wtf Upgrade anyone? It's not the 90's.

 

[STIHLY DAN]

That's actually the size of a football.

 

[webfish]

Fan off. Small coals left. If the site allows at least 1/3 a cropped pic. Cropped to 1/8th. Really? Wtf Upgrade anyone? It's not the 90's.View attachment 170576

Not sure how you are loading. The site accepts attachments up to 8MB which is larger than before and 1000 x 1200 dimensions.

 

[brenndatomu]

Not sure how you are loading. The site accepts attachments up to 8MB which is larger than before and 1000 x 1200 dimensions.

Ahhh, never mind Dan, he's just cranky cuz it's so dang hot in the house!

 

[garmford]

Ahhh, never mind Dan, he's just cranky cuz it's so dang hot in the house!

I'd like to get my house that hot!!

Thanks for the play by play Dan! And thanks for stopping at the xxx part! I think there's other forums for that. Lol

I packed mine full at 6:30 last night before we headed out for the festivities, i even turned the computer up 1/4. It did alright. 69 in the house with a big bed of coals. I'll try to do some smaller loads today to recover the temp in the house. I still can't reach those temps in my bonnet/house. I've checked my thermometer against other ones and believe it to be accurate. My wood isn't the driest at 20-22% but it burns really nice and there's no trouble starting it.
Thanks for the help!

 

[STIHLY DAN]

Not sure how you are loading. The site accepts attachments up to 8MB which is larger than before and 1000 x 1200 dimensions.

Samsung galaxy s6. Site does not take from that phone anything more than 2mb. If I crop it down to even 2.26 it says file to large.

 

[webfish]

I'll check for a limitation.

 

[Monaco]

Guys, I think I have a bad computer.

I was out for a week and the in laws were running the furnace for us. They complained about oddities, fan turning off, etc. I dismissed most of it as user error.

Then we got back. 27-28F outside. House was 65, fan off, furnace unusually full of coals. I loaded more wood up, things seemed normal until it shut off. Sometimes the fan would go off, sometimes the computer, sometimes both, somtimes I'd hear the "beep" of the control power coming back on. This went on all night.

I don't believe it's high temp. I have easily put my hand on the plenum. It's warm, but not hot. 70-ish temp in furnace room.

This morning, 60 in the house because the fan wouldn't stay on. I started messing with the settings, and found out I could turn off and on the control computer with a finger tap... At random. Like it has a loose connection. Somtimes it could go off with no touch from me, sometimes a flip on-off of the switch would get it to come back on, sometimes not. I got all this on video.

I took the face plate off and looked for loose solder points but couldn't find anything obvious. A steady 25v AC across the contacts.

I'm going to ask for a replacement if we can get by until Monday.

 

[Monaco]

In response to some of the other posts, I have not been able to get the house above 68 with outdoor temps being at 32 or lower... Now matter where I put the control knob or thermostat.

 

[laynes69]

I don't have a Kuuma, but I would maybe look to make sure there's no soot buildup in the heat exchanger. Also, the colder the air entering the blower from the house, the less the blower could run. 60 degree air, compared to 70-75 degree air is quite a difference. Now when wood is added, the furnace produces heat and the blower will run. With all that said, the furnace may be running the way it should, but your heating demand is too high. Just because it's one of the best furnaces on the market, doesn't mean it will heat anything. Good luck, hope you get things figured out.

 

[Monaco]

I'm fairly certain I'm not able to get as much heat as I could because of the computer issues I'm having.

 

[garmford]

My return air is the same as the house because of the return side is connected to the existing lp gas furnace. It's been e 70* mark at the filter box just before entering the Vaporfire. Though it 74 right now in the house, 69 when I woke up. Computer is on low and it maybe got up to the high 20's today. I'm pleased with that but am still nervous when we get sub zero temps. I have reservations that it will keep up. I'm also still contemplating changing my duct work a little. That will help a lot I believe ! Time will tell.

 

[STIHLY DAN]

Guys, I think I have a bad computer.

I was out for a week and the in laws were running the furnace for us. They complained about oddities, fan turning off, etc. I dismissed most of it as user error.

Then we got back. 27-28F outside. House was 65, fan off, furnace unusually full of coals. I loaded more wood up, things seemed normal until it shut off. Sometimes the fan would go off, sometimes the computer, sometimes both, somtimes I'd hear the "beep" of the control power coming back on. This went on all night.

I don't believe it's high temp. I have easily put my hand on the plenum. It's warm, but not hot. 70-ish temp in furnace room.

This morning, 60 in the house because the fan wouldn't stay on. I started messing with the settings, and found out I could turn off and on the control computer with a finger tap... At random. Like it has a loose connection. Somtimes it could go off with no touch from me, sometimes a flip on-off of the switch would get it to come back on, sometimes not. I got all this on video.

I took the face plate off and looked for loose solder points but couldn't find anything obvious. A steady 25v AC across the contacts.

I'm going to ask for a replacement if we can get by until Monday.

I think you have 2 things. 1 the computer sounds like something's wrong if it shuts off by tapping it. 2 low limit probably bad like garmford's was.

 

[lampmfg]

I'm fairly certain I'm not able to get as much heat as I could because of the computer issues I'm having.

Call my dad at the shop tomorrow and he will get you out another one. Send it back to us so we can have it tested. Thanks

 

[webfish]

Samsung galaxy s6. Site does not take from that phone anything more than 2mb. If I crop it down to even 2.26 it says file to large.

Think it will take larger ones now .

 

[Monaco]

Call my dad at the shop tomorrow and he will get you out another one. Send it back to us so we can have it tested. Thanks

I called the shop, he's going to look at he video and get back with me with further instructions.

 

[Monaco]

Dan - what kind of thermometer do you have to detect your supply temp?

 

[JRHAWK9]

Dan - what kind of thermometer do you have to detect your supply temp?

I have -THESE- stuck in my plenum/ductwork in various locations.

BTW, my 63lb load last night made it 14.5 hours lol I loaded it last night after the Packer game at 10:30pm, I got up this morning and saw the computer was on '2' and right away knew I wasn't going to be loading it before work so I asked the other half to load it when she came home from work for lunch, hoping there would be enough coals left. She called me at 1:30pm and told me she put 30lbs in and there was plenty of coals left to continue the fire. It got down to 17° last night and is currently low to mid 20's.

 

[STIHLY DAN]

Dan - what kind of thermometer do you have to detect your supply temp?

A digital probe, a cooper digital thermometer, A fluke, a testo. and many others, But generally use the cooper and keep it near by.

 

[STIHLY DAN]

A couple of pics to see if they will go through after webfish's magic. Close up pic works, way to go webfish.

 

[brenndatomu]

Somebody ask @STIHLY DAN what manometer(s) he uses...

 

[STIHLY DAN]

A nice dwyer from Ohio.