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Cutiegirlracing
I have an outdoor wood burner with a new house I recently brought. I want to start using this but need information on using it.
It's a Hardy. It heats water that circulates into the house into the central heat. I also heats the hot water. I think it has an automatic water fill. It's empty now.
So how do I start using it? I've called the maker and a dealer, but just get answering machines. It's starting to get cold out and I really need to learn how this thing works.
Anyone have one? I think I've figure everything out, but don't know how it fills. Will it start to fill when I turn it on? Is there a switch to start the circulating pump? Is that pump also on if the unit it on? Any information will help.

Thanks
Traci.
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  • fishermanben
    I don't know much about them. I do know that sometimes they will also circulate them through your fireplace. If you have a permanent grate in your fireplace, it probably is another way to heat it.

    Ben
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  • Cutiegirlracing
    I have heat!!! The neighbor came up on his tractor. Yes pulls up on a tractor, I'm really going to fit in around here.
    He help me to get the burner started. It's a really simple unit. I really puts out the heat too. I think I'm going to like it.
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  • mond
    make sure the water keeps topped up , with a ball cock system, or "the rumbles" will begin....hey there great![;)] cheepto use, throw all ya junk in there,hot aint the word 'ouch'[:D] & niiiiice .
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  • Johnnylikesguns
    I have an outside wood burner. It's great.The one I have is a Central Boiler, keeps the house nice and warm makes hot water too. The gas man don't stop here any more!
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  • dcon12
    You think his tractors sexy? Don
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  • oldgunman
    If I had a tractor I'd be heading over right now.[:(][:(]
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  • Knifecollector
    I install Hardy stoves. They do have an automatic fill valve, the float is under the short piece of pipe atop the stove. The little red light on the side will come on when its filling. Make sure all valve are turned on going to the stove. The circulator pump is controlled by a relay which is switch by your thermostat, thats the only control you have over the circulator pump. The pump only runs when the thermostat is calling for heat. The pump will not run for domestic hot water. Your house water pressure is what pushes the water thru the coil for domestic hot water.
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  • cowdoc
    quote:Originally posted by Cutiegirlracing
    I have heat!!! The neighbor came up on his tractor. Yes pulls up on a tractor, I'm really going to fit in around here.
    He help me to get the burner started. It's a really simple unit. I really puts out the heat too. I think I'm going to like it.





    I hope it was a John Deere![:D]
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  • Rosie
    I see she is from Indiana. Gonna go buy me the biggest dang tractor I can find!! Aww hell. The way I look I better buy two or three. [:p][:I]
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  • divebomb
    The only outdoor wood burner I got is a fire pit...
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  • dan55362
    I used to work at Woodmaster outdoor boilers, in Red Lake Falls,MN. I biggest advise I have for you is at the end of the season clean out all the ashes really good and give the fire box a really good coating of oil. Also cap the smoke stack with a bucket or something to keep out the rain. Water and ashes will ruin a stove in a short time. I would go out on the road to do warranty work patching rusted out stoves that people didn't take care of. If you take care of your stove it will last for many years.
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  • bang250
    quote:Originally posted by Johnnylikesguns
    I have an outside wood burner. It's great.The one I have is a Central Boiler, keeps the house nice and warm makes hot water too. The gas man don't stop here any more!



    Did you buy the unit new? What do they run? Was it installed or do you have to do it yourself? Thanks
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  • bang250
    ttt
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  • redice
    quote:Originally posted by dan55362
    I used to work at Woodmaster outdoor boilers, in Red Lake Falls,MN. I biggest advise I have for you is at the end of the season clean out all the ashes really good and give the fire box a really good coating of oil. Also cap the smoke stack with a bucket or something to keep out the rain. Water and ashes will ruin a stove in a short time. I would go out on the road to do warranty work patching rusted out stoves that people didn't take care of. If you take care of your stove it will last for many years.


    We always took a coffee can and shot holes threw the sides then put it on the top of our smoke stacks to keep the rain out works very very well compared to some other methods.

    Btw how hard is it to add a wood burning setup on to pre-heated home. Like in my case I live in a newer mobile home is there any way to add an outside wood burner to heat water + run heat through my current heat vents?

    Does the piping run underground or? Mobile home is on a slab.
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  • Johnnylikesguns
    quote:Originally posted by bang250
    quote:Originally posted by Johnnylikesguns
    I have an outside wood burner. It's great.The one I have is a Central Boiler, keeps the house nice and warm makes hot water too. The gas man don't stop here any more!



    Did you buy the unit new? What do they run? Was it installed or do you have to do it yourself? Thanks


    I bought it new 4 years ago Installed everything myself.
    Cost was around $7000. with haet exchangers insulated pipingand all the other little things you need.

    I'm in notheren Michigan and the winters are Cold or Colder
    Fill the firebox once a day in the coldest weather. This time of the year fill it every 2 or 3 days with the softwood and sawmill slab wood. If I were to fill it now with oak and maple it would be hot for 4 or 5 days but I save the better wood for the winter months.

    If interested email me I have some literchure (sp) I can send you.
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  • Cutiegirlracing
    quote:Originally posted by redice
    quote:Originally posted by dan55362
    I used to work at Woodmaster outdoor boilers, in Red Lake Falls,MN. I biggest advise I have for you is at the end of the season clean out all the ashes really good and give the fire box a really good coating of oil. Also cap the smoke stack with a bucket or something to keep out the rain. Water and ashes will ruin a stove in a short time. I would go out on the road to do warranty work patching rusted out stoves that people didn't take care of. If you take care of your stove it will last for many years.


    We always took a coffee can and shot holes threw the sides then put it on the top of our smoke stacks to keep the rain out works very very well compared to some other methods.

    Btw how hard is it to add a wood burning setup on to pre-heated home. Like in my case I live in a newer mobile home is there any way to add an outside wood burner to heat water + run heat through my current heat vents?

    Does the piping run underground or? Mobile home is on a slab.


    I'm not an expert, but from what I can tell with mine it would be easy to install. It works off your exsisting furnace. The only thing I can see is a heat exchanger inside my furnace. This is plumped to my wood burner that heats the water inside the exchanger. Heating the air going though the furnace/central heat unit. The exchanger pump only runs if its calling for heat.
    It has a blower, inside the wood box, that runs to bring the wood to heat if needed or it shuts the fire box up if heat is not needed, that way the wood burns very slow.
    It seems to use very little wood for the heat it makes. I think I'm going to like mine alot. I have to wait and see my electric bill, before I decide if I love it or not.
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  • bigdaddyjunior
    I use to connect passive solar panels to the boiler tank on the furnace so that the user would have hot water all summer without burning any wood unless you use the hot water much after sundown. It amazes me to see how sunlight will heat 100 gallons of water to boiling in just a few minutes.
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