Solid Fuel Stove and Oil Stanley Cooker heating water at the same time: Good Idea?

Comer1

I have a solid fuel stove and and an oil Stanley cooker heating rads and water. I use them separately with each having it's own circulating pump. I was wondering if I could use both at the same time. The solid fuel stove would surely reduce the time that the Stankey oil cooker has to burn as it's on a thermostat and would only cut in if the water from the solid fuel stove dropped below the temperature set on that thermostat. This would reduce the amount of oil being used but give me more control and a much quicker initial heating of the system at startup.

I would need to remove a non-return valve from before the oil cooker and allow the circulation pump for the solid fuel stove to do all the work as the two pumps pull in different directions.

Would this be a good or a bad idea?

Thanks

Dtp1979

Comer1 wrote: »

I have a solid fuel stove and and an oil Stanley cooker heating rads and water. I use them separately with each having it's own circulating pump. I was wondering if I could use both at the same time. The solid fuel stove would surely reduce the time that the Stankey oil cooker has to burn as it's on a thermostat and would only cut in if the water from the solid fuel stove dropped below the temperature set on that thermostat. This would reduce the amount of oil being used but give me more control and a much quicker initial heating of the system at startup.

I would need to remove a non-return valve from before the oil cooker and allow the circulation pump for the solid fuel stove to do all the work as the two pumps pull in different directions.

Would this be a good or a bad idea?

Thanks

There's no problem having both systems working together if they're plumbed correctly. Most people use the oil for an hour and leave the solid fuel burning away for the rest of the evening to keep the system ticking over.
Don't remove the non return valve as all you'll be doing is increasing the amount of water the stove has to heat. It'll probably effect the performance in the rads too as the cooker will steal the heat from them

Comer1

Dtp1979 wrote: »

There's no problem having both systems working together if they're plumbed correctly. Most people use the oil for an hour and leave the solid fuel burning away for the rest of the evening to keep the system ticking over.
Don't remove the non return valve as all you'll be doing is increasing the amount of water the stove has to heat. It'll probably effect the performance in the rads too as the cooker will steal the heat from them

Thanks for the reply.

I have to remove the non return valve or the pump for the solid stove will not pull water through the Stanley cooker. I could put a stop valve where the non return is and close it when using the solid fuel stove on its own.

Dtp1979

Comer1 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply.

I have to remove the non return valve or the pump for the solid stove will not pull water through the Stanley cooker. I could put a stop valve where the non return is and close it when using the solid fuel stove on its own.

Unless your a plumber I wouldn't go messing with things that are potential very dangerous