Keystoker 90

 
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Post by xandrew245x » Tue. Nov. 29, 2016 9:02 am

I have ducts supplying heat to the finished basement part, that and the radiant heat off the stove keeps it warm down there, I may actually need to shut the vents off down there.

I have the vents shut for the master bed and the bathroom, they are above stove and stay warm just from heat coming up from the basement. I like the bedroom cooler too.

Overall its been working well. Im going to shut it down tonight it's supposed to be warm the next couple days.


 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Tue. Nov. 29, 2016 9:22 am

With the Coal-trol set the thermostat to really low temp, and set the hold value in the menu to Y and that stove will just idle at about 8000 btu's. Restarting a stoker can get old, just sayin :oops:

 
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Post by xandrew245x » Tue. Nov. 29, 2016 10:35 am

When I started it the first time it was actually super easy, I used paper and some small pieces of dried wood and off she went.

Im worried about losing draft at idle, it's supposed to be in the 60s here.

 
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Post by WNY » Tue. Nov. 29, 2016 7:06 pm

up the MIN a bit ( a couple points) if you need to, will create a bit more heat, and keep an eye on your draft gauge. as long you have . 02-04 you should be good. if it's a power venter, should not be a problem usually has a more constant draft. My keystoker with direct vent, usually doesnt' vary much with outside temperatures. usually when it gets fly ash build up, the draft will start to go down and I know it needs cleaned.

 
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Post by xandrew245x » Thu. Dec. 08, 2016 8:31 am

Just an update, everything is working great so far, I've lowered the max a little bit, I had burning coal clear to the edge of the grate at full burn.

It's been keeping my house very cozy and has hardly been used yet.

 
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Post by SWPaDon » Thu. Dec. 08, 2016 9:14 am

That's good to hear. Did you ever get an answer as to the temperature in the duct at the top of the stove? Did you put a probe in yours to check the temperature?

 
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Post by xandrew245x » Thu. Dec. 08, 2016 9:45 am

No I never did get to check, but I did check the temp of the metal pipe and temps at the vents with a temp reader. The metal duct right before it goes into my main supply is about 80-90 degrees when the stove is at max feed, can easily touch it with your hands.

At the registers I see somewhere around 110-120 degrees or so.


 
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Post by SWPaDon » Thu. Dec. 08, 2016 9:50 am

That's good that the temps appear to be staying low. I was curious as to what the temp would be. I don't recall ever seeing anyone post that info on the forum.

 
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Post by xandrew245x » Thu. Dec. 08, 2016 10:52 am

I want to get a probe to check temps leaving the stove and to monitor exhaust temps.

After the new year I'm going to work on building a 2 ton coal storage bin in my basement. Right now I have a large construct bag, but it only holds a ton.

 
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Post by SWPaDon » Thu. Dec. 08, 2016 11:15 am

It makes it real nice when you can have the coal right there all clean and dry. Not to mention the cost savings if you buy bulk as opposed to bagged.

 
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Post by xandrew245x » Thu. Dec. 08, 2016 11:58 am

Yeah I love having it in the basement, no more going out into the snow and bad weather to get coal :D

 
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Post by xandrew245x » Thu. Dec. 08, 2016 8:24 pm

29 degrees out right now, 72 in the house, keystoker is only running at 56% feed and has maintained temp. So far so good.

 
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Post by xandrew245x » Fri. Dec. 09, 2016 10:11 pm

Reading through the manual it says about the stoker running continually when the thermostat calls for heat. When mine calls for heat, the stoker does not run constant, it cycles on, pushes some coal then shut off for a bit then repeats. My stove does ramp up and down, but it seems to take a very long time (hours) to reach max feed then drop back down. Is this how its supposed to be? The manual is confusing me a bit.

 
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Post by McGiever » Fri. Dec. 09, 2016 11:37 pm

xandrew245x wrote:Reading through the manual it says about the stoker running continually when the thermostat calls for heat. When mine calls for heat, the stoker does not run constant, it cycles on, pushes some coal then shut off for a bit then repeats. My stove does ramp up and down, but it seems to take a very long time (hours) to reach max feed then drop back down. Is this how its supposed to be? The manual is confusing me a bit.
Which manual?

Coal-trol or Keystoker?

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Fri. Dec. 09, 2016 11:50 pm

He has a Coal-trol. So cycles are based on either 100 second cycles or the newer ones run on 120 second cycles. So max feed is a percentage of the given cycle time depending on the firmware of the Coal-trol. The Keystoker manual does not refer to Coal-trols at all.


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