Boiler Stove :: Issue with consistency

Senan

Hi All

I have just got my boiler stove installed "Olymberyl Aidan" 21KW and I'm happy with the look and heat from the stove to the room but when heating the rads its very inconsistent.

I have the pipe stat set to 45 degrees, the pump comes on and off so often that i dont get consistently hot rads, when it works, it works great but the amount of effort loading fuel every 20 or 30 minutes, monitoring the fire etc... (I bought a magnetic flue pipe thermometer from ebay which is very handy to know how hot the stove is and if your burning at the right temp)

Could I be doing something wrong? My stove has a thermostat (Dial 0-8) and a bottom air vent and a top air vent, does anybody know the optimum air settings when buring a mixture of coal and timber, my timber is seasoned 12 months min and the coal is good quality coal but I just not getting the results i expected from the stove.

Could I have air or something in the system and thats whats causing the wierd inconsistent issues?

My system is a dual system, oil kero boiler outside and boiler stove inside both on an open system, boiler stove is about 10m from cylinder

Please help

Any advice much appreciated

Dtp79

Senan wrote: »

Hi All

I have just got my boiler stove installed "Olymberyl Aidan" 21KW and I'm happy with the look and heat from the stove to the room but when heating the rads its very inconsistent.

I have the pipe stat set to 45 degrees, the pump comes on and off so often that i dont get consistently hot rads, when it works, it works great but the amount of effort loading fuel every 20 or 30 minutes, monitoring the fire etc... (I bought a magnetic flue pipe thermometer from ebay which is very handy to know how hot the stove is and if your burning at the right temp)

Could I be doing something wrong? My stove has a thermostat (Dial 0-8) and a bottom air vent and a top air vent, does anybody know the optimum air settings when buring a mixture of coal and timber, my timber is seasoned 12 months min and the coal is good quality coal but I just not getting the results i expected from the stove.

Could I have air or something in the system and thats whats causing the wierd inconsistent issues?

My system is a dual system, oil kero boiler outside and boiler stove inside both on an open system, boiler stove is about 10m from cylinder

Please help

Any advice much appreciated

After your pump has been going for a while, check the top Pipe on your oil boiler. Is it warm?

kerryjack

I have exact same stove in about a year now and like that i am a little disappointed with the performance or maybe i expected too much, when you go form oil to solid fuel there is a big difference in the heat 1 hour of oil in morning can get house up to 18 degrees , it could take 3 hours in stove going flat out I have used very little oil this year but a lot of coal. biggest problem i think we had was we got climateised to mild winters and cheap oil, and instead of improving insulation we just left on the oil.

shane0007

Welcome to the world of solid fuel!
If a boiler has not got a consistent amount of fuel to burn at a consistent rate, then is will not give a consistent output. The pump is coming on and off due to temperature which is operating correctly.