Hi all, new guy here. I recently moved back home to Western New York, forgot how cold it is here compared to Southern California...! I'll just dig right in... I have a detached garage/shop that I would like to heat, I found a wood burner on craigslist for $300.00. It was made in Canada by Haugh's Products Limited. I think the business has been sold and has changed hands a few more times over the last 20 years. The stove is probably not up to code, but it will have to do for now.
I tore it apart, cleaned it, pounded it back into shape and welded in a few cross braces for the top and bottom. Also welded a nut for a lift hook on top of it and replaced the door rope/sealer on both doors. Had one fire in it so far and it works great, heated the 2 1/2 car garage up in 30 minutes.
The 2 main hot air blowers work fine, they turn on and off as they should, but the small middle blower(feeds the fire box fresh air) does not come on at all. I hot wired it before I had the first fire and it spun very slowly and was not moving very much air at all. The bearings in it are fine, it spins freely. It did not come on at all during the first fire. I'm curious as to what tells it when to come on? and at what RPM? Should I have a remotely mounted thermostat in the garage somewhere? I ended up opening the ash door to feed the fire fresh air and it worked good, if I closed the ash door, the fire would go out.
I could not find any wiring info on these stoves threw a long Google search. Any help here would be great, thanks ahead of time. Here are a few pics....
I tore it apart, cleaned it, pounded it back into shape and welded in a few cross braces for the top and bottom. Also welded a nut for a lift hook on top of it and replaced the door rope/sealer on both doors. Had one fire in it so far and it works great, heated the 2 1/2 car garage up in 30 minutes.
The 2 main hot air blowers work fine, they turn on and off as they should, but the small middle blower(feeds the fire box fresh air) does not come on at all. I hot wired it before I had the first fire and it spun very slowly and was not moving very much air at all. The bearings in it are fine, it spins freely. It did not come on at all during the first fire. I'm curious as to what tells it when to come on? and at what RPM? Should I have a remotely mounted thermostat in the garage somewhere? I ended up opening the ash door to feed the fire fresh air and it worked good, if I closed the ash door, the fire would go out.
I could not find any wiring info on these stoves threw a long Google search. Any help here would be great, thanks ahead of time. Here are a few pics....
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