Wood stove run by a thermostat! What?

DexterDay · Oct 27, 2015

I believe Boog has this same furnace. Been running his for some time now.

Woodsnwoods said: ↑

I have a CharMaster wood oil combo indoor forced air furnace that uses two thermostats. One is for the oil gun, which i set at 45 deg while the other controls the combustion inlet air damper on the door. Depending on the delta T between the room temp and the setting, the door opens and closes at set intervals or if I crank it up, it stays open. Door runs using a simple electronic servo that fails close if the power is lost. The other feature that works on this is that there is a damper on the side of the stove that fails open if the power is lost, allowing natural air flows to heat the house and cool the stove metal. It works very well as I have seen a few power outages. I cannot say enough about this furnace as it heats my 3400 plus sq ft home without issue. Granted I used about 8 real cords of wood, but the oil gun rarely ever kicks on so I save $$$ and justify buying some cool firewood toys.
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Wood stove run by a thermostat! What?

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