Hi everyone, I figured I would get on here for help. I bought a new heat max from family farm and home brought.it home and everything is hooked up and working, except anything electronic. No damper function what so ever no blower. I burned a nice fire with door cracked for about three hours and still nothing. Im lost here. Any ideas would be awsome.
Introducing Brand New Wood Furnace to Market - The Drolet Tundra!
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So with the electrical cord hooked up there is no power? That's weird. Call or email SBI, I'm sure they will help."Tech SBI" <[email protected]>
Yes nothing works at all and it is a good outlet where do i find any. Contact info.
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I just noticed a fair amount of rust all over the front, painted black areas of my almost year old Drolet Tundra. This is in my basement about 4' from my dehumidifier which was set at 50% all year. My last stove never had this issue. Has anyone else noticed any rust on your stove?
I honestly haven't noticed any rust on mine and my basement was pretty wet until I got the new gutters put up.
laynes69, I have not disconnected the last 3 wood furnaces I have owned and it has never been a problem before. I can't see how warm air can go down a flue. My basement is pretty cool and warm air should rise.
I don't disconnect mine either. Before I got the gutters put on my humidity level was about 80% in the basement, now its down to about 55%. Maybe some bad paint they put on.
laynes69
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Our basement has a dehumidifier and I keep it at 75%, otherwise our basement pegs at 100%. It's an old home with a very leaky basement. There's been numerous times when the wind had hit the chimney in the summertime and the air would pour down our 32' chimney and into our basement. The old furnace had it so bad there was a puddle under it from the condensation. Since then I cap the top of the chimney for the season and disconnect the fluepipe. I use a dessicant in the furnace just for my peace of mind.
My drolet is fine but I do use a dehumidifier , it's. Not rusty at all and we even had some flooding issue this spring too , in fact my old Englander has had far more light surface rust than the heatmax does
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The electric circuit on these is very simply from a troubleshooting point of view. There is even a full wiring diagram in the manual.
I'd take off the small back panel on the electrical box, plug in the furnace and change the damper override switch position ever 10 seconds or so. Watch the damper control wheel to see if it turns about a 1/4 turn back and forth. See if the rod has fallen out of one of the holes in the wheel. My unit was bumped around when delivered and my control rod fell out. I couldn't get the draft to open at all. Guaranteed, without that draft open, you didn't get the firebox hot enough to trigger the fans.
Oh, and as an overall update, the furnace is fantastic. Maybe a bit cheap in construction, but for the price fantastic. I still haven't hooked up any duct work and it heats my two story house. I burn a lot of dead, standing ash and elm. Half punky and almost soft. It pulls heat out of the worst quality wood as long as it's dry...
I agree they put out amazing heat. I originally had back draft dampers in my heat ducts because I run mine into my LP furnace plenum and the diagram says to put them in, but I started thinking if the power goes out then the heat wont go anywhere because they only open if the blower blows. So I took the dampers out and now the heat will rise up through the ducts all the time and now it will keep the house 70 degrees for 15 to 17 hours normally.
