Wood gun Operation questions

[pblormis]

What about the back door? that one for me is the hardest to get clean out without getting ash all over motor the floor and anywhere else it wants to float too. wish i had vent hood. i still would not want it in my house. It is nice to be able to go into my shop and not be cold just using the radiant heat off stove. I ran cat 5 cable from shop to house and install a little 12v red light that come on when stove is running and low temp shut off when stove is 150, turns off every thing on stove and will not come back on till i reset it.have a yellow light that tells me i am running on heat pump as mine system is all tied in to main thermostat. It is either running on wood or heat pump no loosing temp in house at all.That red light has save many trip to shop, if it not on stay in house as i don;t use the purge timer that has stick one to many times. as for the green light give up putting bulbs in. Cleaning flue pipe real simple tap pipe and empty ash pan.

 

[redryder2006]

Jason where in CT are you? I'm in Lyme. What's an EPA plug?

 

[CTFIRE]

I'm in trumbull. The epa plug is like the center plug -same material) goes in one side tube. Restricts flue gas to one side. Ahs sells them. I had problems with huffing and it seemed to help control burn. With respect to rear door, I don't open it. I used to clean all the time. I think one of the other guys talked me into it. Just fills up again. Figure I get the ashes in cyclone and by taking tubes couple times a week

 

[redryder2006]

Also where should my aqua stats be set? My operating limit on the rear of the boiler is set at 185.

On top of the boiler my high limit is set around 190 and my low at 140. Should I turn the low limit up to say 160 to reduce idle time?

 

[CTFIRE]

Do you have the electonic controls

 

[Buzz Saw]

If you guys don't mind sharing what did you pay for your Wood Gun? Please send a PM if you don't want to broadcast to thr whole world what you spend.
I've got a general idea of pricing for other boilers but no clue on a WG. Thought asking you guys would be easier & quicker than talking to AHS.

Thanks

 

[redryder2006]

Yes electric controls. Low water cut off and low temp shut down. Buzz I'll check my invoice and send u a pm later.

 

[redryder2006]

Okay gave the boiler a good cleaning and swept the chimney. I think what I'm seeing is just ash indicating I need to be cleaning the boiler and cyclone more often than I have been. I also unbolted the fan and the heat exchanger was nice and clean. I attached some photos of the flue before and after the soot eater was run through it. Obviously burning my conventional wood stove, I never had a fan that could force ash into the flue which explains why this is new to me.

 

[redryder2006]

Also here is a pic if of my splits. Based on my reading they are probably smaller than they should be.

 

[CTFIRE]

That's woods too small and pretty for the wood gun. Big and chunky is what you want. I made that mistake early on. I don't split a log unless it's over 10-12 inch in diameter. I get alot of big logs so I split to 24 inch long (splitter limitation) with a square face of 6x8 inches. Having the blocks let's me pack it tighter in wg. Most of my wood is below 20%mc so I mix in splits from fall for overnight to balance the load. See these are 8 to 10 diam. Wg loves them

 

[Buzz Saw]

That's woods too small and pretty for the wood gun. Big and chunky is what you want. I made that mistake early on. I don't split a log unless it's over 10-12 inch in diameter. I get alot of big logs so I split to 24 inch long (splitter limitation) with a square face of 6x8 inches. Having the blocks let's me pack it tighter in wg. Most of my wood is below 20%mc so I mix in splits from fall for overnight to balance the load. See these are 8 to 10 diam. Wg loves them View attachment 175141

The ability to burn big stuff is what attracts me to the WG. Do all models of the WG eat the big stuff?

 

[CTFIRE]

Yeah. They aren't making the 100 anymore. I think the new one is a e155 and then they are redesigning the 140 and 180. I want to say the door opening in 18x18 and I once put a round that just fit through the door. Bigger is better

 

[Buzz Saw]

Any clue what they are redesigning on the Wood guns? I'm not very familiar with the machine, as I've never seen one in person.

 

[CTFIRE]

Epa testing. They insulated the machine and then piped intake air directly to tubes. Where are you located?

 

[Buzz Saw]

North central Ohio...Really close to nowhere.

 

[redryder2006]

Jason where do you have your high and low limit set?

 

[muncybob]

Jason where do you have your high and low limit set?

Mine is set at 190 with a 30 degree differential. Unit will shut off at 190 and restart around 160. We have the oil option also and if water temp reaches 140 it will go to oil(if we have it on the auto setting). I have not been cleaning the back door area in years, the ash accumulation seems to protect the door seal.

A lot of the oak we are burning this year is split like that in red's photo. The combination of limiting air intake and using the epa plug has kept any huffing to a minimum, but you sure go through wood quick with small splits! For me, one of the keys to keeping the unit running well is to keep it clean. I clean the tubes, ash pan and air intake area twice/week. It doesn't take more than 15 minutes and seems to help with efficiency...plus it makes me feel better I too get a fair amount of ash accumulation in the horizontal tube and at the very bottom of my chimney, this gets cleaned and sucked out once/month....again only takes about 10 minutes.

 

[redryder2006]

I'll trying turning my low limit up from 140 to 160 and see how it runs.

 

[krinkov]

woodgun 140 that i own i turned it up to 180-185.everything burns up.no epa plug.i think 140-160 is to low.the stove is made to run hot.

 

[muncybob]

For what it's worth...So I checked my t-stats(something I have not done in many moons). My unit has 3, one of which controls the oil. The other 2 are set as: Operating Limit of 190, the white differential dial is set close to around 28 or so. The High Limit one is set at 205. I'm not sure what is being referred to as Low Limit.

 

[pblormis]

From what i understand from the e-100 to new improvements on the e-155 ss has an vfd to make the motor run faster based on water temp. Also Air intake has a diffuse box to allow for super heat air to be sent to the tubes for quicker gas Yes i would like to have one but $$$. I built my own hot air super heater, I covered the back hole in center bricks with half piece of small car exhaust pipe weld two pipes on to the half piece they went almost to the top of fire box they look like horns. It worked but need some way to stabilize when loading wood keep falling over finely abandon still have them setting out side somewhere. I think the vfd would be better served working off flue temps than water temps. But i might be missing the something.

 

[Buzz Saw]

Do any of you guys have a operators manual, and an installation manual? It seems wood gun doesn't have thier manuals on-line like other manufacturers. It would be nice to read through the manuals prior to a purchase.

 

[redryder2006]

Do any of you guys have a operators manual, and an installation manual? It seems wood gun doesn't have thier manuals on-line like other manufacturers. It would be nice to read through the manuals prior to a purchase.

Here ya go

http://greenftechn.com/downloads/WoodGunManual.pdf

 

[redryder2006]

Also here are my two aqua stats. First one on the rear of the boiler and the second (two part) on the top. I don't have my oil unit set up yet so I'm not sure what that wiring harness looks like or where it ties it. I've been running wood only this year. I've turned the low temp shut down on my two part aquastat up to 160. I'll report back after my next cleaning.

 

[ALL4GLH]

For what it's worth, I got a huge dust pan from Lowes and it's wide enough that it will cover the entire rear door and front door of my E140. Makes cleaning it a lot easier. Quickie - Professional Metal Handheld Dustpan
http://www.lowes.com/pd_73765-1738-428_?productId=3830565