Well, since everyone is getting into the season and posting their installs, I figured I would do mine. There's not as many Caddy Advanced owners on here and so I'll share mine.
I finally got moving after doing my research.
First, out with the old dragon!
![[Hearth.com] New Caddy Advanced owner](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/img_6697-webp.333373/ "[Hearth.com] New Caddy Advanced owner")
![[Hearth.com] New Caddy Advanced owner](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/img_6705-webp.333374/ "[Hearth.com] New Caddy Advanced owner")
And in with the new:
![[Hearth.com] New Caddy Advanced owner](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/img_6746-webp.333375/ "[Hearth.com] New Caddy Advanced owner")
More updates to follow. My setup is going with the ECM motor and a top return, which is unique to the Caddy I believe. This works best for my setup. I have a 1600sqft ranch style log home, that is planning to get an addition to make it around 2500 sqft in the next couple years. Hopefully, it doesn't put out too much heat with the smaller area until then. I've decided to add a return line and a supply line to bring heat to the finished part of the basement. We've wanted heat down there, but didn't bother since the Jensen radiated so much heat. Everything that I've read says that these new units don't radiate that much heat, and so I decided to add some duct to the basement.
So far, I'm very impressed with the quality of construction. It's a very nice unit. One downside is that it is quite a bit larger than the old Jensen and so it takes up a bit more room. The loading door is also quite a bit lower than that of the Jensen, and so I'll jack it up higher on blocks so that I'm not killing my back.
By the way, a Jensen furnace weighs about 340lbs (fun fact). That's what the scrap yard weighed it as. On the other hand, the Caddy had a shipping weight of 730lbs (pallet and packaging included). It's hefty.
I finally got moving after doing my research.
First, out with the old dragon!
And in with the new:
More updates to follow. My setup is going with the ECM motor and a top return, which is unique to the Caddy I believe. This works best for my setup. I have a 1600sqft ranch style log home, that is planning to get an addition to make it around 2500 sqft in the next couple years. Hopefully, it doesn't put out too much heat with the smaller area until then. I've decided to add a return line and a supply line to bring heat to the finished part of the basement. We've wanted heat down there, but didn't bother since the Jensen radiated so much heat. Everything that I've read says that these new units don't radiate that much heat, and so I decided to add some duct to the basement.
So far, I'm very impressed with the quality of construction. It's a very nice unit. One downside is that it is quite a bit larger than the old Jensen and so it takes up a bit more room. The loading door is also quite a bit lower than that of the Jensen, and so I'll jack it up higher on blocks so that I'm not killing my back.
By the way, a Jensen furnace weighs about 340lbs (fun fact). That's what the scrap yard weighed it as. On the other hand, the Caddy had a shipping weight of 730lbs (pallet and packaging included). It's hefty.
