I have a wood burning stove and an unused oil furnace which i am combining to make a wood burning furnace.
I want the blower to be thermostatic controlled. I have a honeywell Ingitor unit with thermostatic control it has 3 wires going directly into it black orange and yellow and 2 wires that screw into it for the flame sensor and 2 more for the thermostat. I know i have to jump the flame sensor screws together. do i have to do anything with the ignition wires. black is hot and know not to touch that. Do you connect the orange and yellow wires together. or just cap them seperatly.
Also i am thinking of connecting a small duct from the blower to the air intake of the wood stove. Good idea? Its an old alaska stove 3/8 " steel 2 leveled top dual doors in the front with the twist air intake. I am worried about the fire getting to hot and smoke coming through when the blower isnt on.
read my other posts... I am far from close minded. But you are getting into an area that you seem to not understand. I build fireplaces. I work on boilers. there are many other dangers to be concerned about beyond clearances.
Also i am thinking of connecting a small duct from the blower to the air intake of the wood stove. Good idea? Its an old alaska stove 3/8 " steel 2 leveled top dual doors in the front with the twist air intake. I am worried about the fire getting to hot and smoke coming through when the blower isnt on.
the furnace return sucks in hot air from near the wood stove and blows it through the house. as long as the wood stove is installed correctly what dangers could there be? Im not modifying anything. The wood stove is untouched and the furnace is blowing hot air without the oil burning running. no different that running the blower manually. I just want it thermostaticly controled. its just 2 units doing what they where designed to do sitting next to each other. I just wanted to make sure i didnt burn out the ignitor control unit when disabling the burner. I have installed and repaired many furnace boilers and wood stoves. The only risk i could think of would be blowing smoke and carbon monoxide through the house. but the furnace return is not very strong 2 feet from the stove and not near any air intakes on the stove.
I not sure about adding a blower to stoke the fire like wood burning furances do. Adding a small fan connected to the blower's switch and blowing into the fire seems like a good idea if done safely. so i was asking if anyone has experience with this.
Forcing air into the wood-burner to increase combustion may cause the stove to overheat and possibly become a health hazard. You may want to call the mfg to get more advice.
Then you don't need to touch the oil burners primary control.
You do however need to make a new control system for the wood stove and add a control relay system for the oil furnaces blower.
Adding a blower to aid combustion on your wood stove. Makes it no longer UL approved. Insurance companies don't have to pay out on insurance claims from devices you alter from its UL approved design/construction.
CO can kill very quickly.
Over temp limits would be needed for the stove. It could easily start a chimney fire(or house fire) if you added a combustion blower.
It may not work if you jump the cad cell. The control usually does a self check and checks it for continuity and a specific resistance with no flame and with flame. Otherwise it would be dangerous and not approved.
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