Gooday folks,
If anyone of you have any information that could lead me in the right direction I would be enormously pleased, I have been sitting for days in front of my stove, praying for it to jump into the right gear.
Last year I bought a 53' Bruce Roberts that had been standing on land for 4 years. She is fitted with a Kabola E5 diesel stove and a 12 v circulation pump for the heating system of 12 radiators.
I removed the pot and cleaned it, as well as the regulator. The inlet pin was jammed in the bottom, the spring not lifting it. Thought this was the problem. Remounted everything and poured 5 cl of T-red (the fuel for a camping stove, mostly consisting of etanol) in the pot and lit it. After 10 minutes I turned the regulator on. The flame is a blue ring but its very weak. I also cleaned the pipe between the regulator and the stove, changed the hose between the diesel tank and the regulator and connected an overflow pipe to this outlet that was previously left to drain the the spill tray below the stove.
The temperature gauge on the front of the stove shows just around 20 degrees celcius after an hour, for the water going out of the heating coils. The pressure is at 0 out of 4 bar on the pressure gauge.
The boat doesn´t get warm at all. The pipes within a meter of the stove are comfortably warm and I can sence the water is flowing because there is a slight increase in temperature even further down the system.
I read somewhere that the seal has to be tight around the peep-hole-hatch. It is. I also read it has to be tight between the pot and the frame to where it is mounted with 6 or 8 screws. There was no gasket of any kind here and I suspect a small leak of air but I can´t imagine this would have the mentioned effect.
I have tried adjusting the screw mounted below the cap that you turn on top of the regulator, screwing it in maximally, not helping. Tried unscrewing the "high fire screw", not helping. Still the same weak but blue flame.
The chimney goes through a 45 bend and then vertically 2m. There is a damper on the chimney 1 m above the stove. When I keep this open I get a slightly better flame but not enough.
Do I proceed correctly when starting the stove? Does it seem like the problem is too little diesel is entering the stove? Most people I read about have a problem with excessive heat, not the other way around.
Thank you!