Any Sparkies On Line Right Now?

genecarp

My electrician and i are wiring up a wood burning furnace right now, we have an aquastat question, please PM me if anyone is available, thaqnks Gene

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Magnettica

Wish I could have helped Gene. I was visiting with the folks down in the Carolinas for the holiday. In fact I was waiting for my flight out of Laguardia when u originally posted this.

genecarp

Thanks M, i was originally hoping you where on line, i did get it squared away, thanks for the thought anyway, Gene. Hope you had a great time with the folks.

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Celtic

Gene,
I don't think anyone would have cried "foul" had you posted the question right in the thread.

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Magnettica

Out of curiosity... what was the issue?

genecarp

We have a wood furnace, with circ pump
We have a water storage tank, with circ pump
Wood furnace has aquastat/ water storage tank has aquastat
Cieling hung hydronic heater has aquastat
Question was regarding wiring series for the three aquastats in this situation, here is what we ended up doing
Wood furnace aquastat set at 180 deg
Storage tank at 200 deg
Cieling hung unit set at 120, on pex (strap on)
Therm calls for heat, if water temp to cieling unit is met, circ pump at storage tank kicks in-- temp drops at cieling hung unit fan goes off, circ at storage tank goes off-- heat begins to build in storage tank again, when storage tank water reaches 200, circ pump kicks on again pushing the new hot water to cieling hung unit, fan kicks on again until therm is satisfied or water cools down---and on and on. There are couple of differeny ways to sequence this wiring. This is the what we have chosen, i will test it out tomorrow again, Thanks G.

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genecarp

Yea, you are right, i should have posted it as an open question , Thanks G

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Magnettica

Sounds like you got it right. A lot of electricians are clueless about the control wiring on a boiler. I am one of them, sort of, because I just got through taking a control wiring class. As long as I have schematic to go by (preferably a ladder diagram), I am good to go.

mdshunk

When and if your wood furnace starts puking water out the T&P valve, I have your electrical fix for that.