I came home to cold tanks. My wife's busy season is now.. So I've let her slack and use up the last of the #2 and Bio mix in the tanks.
SO.. 2 hours ago I had tanks that (assuming an average of high and low temp) were at 120 degrees.
Stuffed the firebox full. Threw in a super cedar.. and let er rip.
2 hours.. using the same average method I gained 51 degrees on 1060 gallons of water. 448k or so BTUs. Boiler is rated at 205k.
Man!! That hemlock is filling up the boiler with a pile of coals. after two hours.. it's full right up to the door when I just opened it up to stir things around (yeah.. I'm still peeking every couple hours)
What's so bad about this shoulder wood??.. One boiler full, and I will be hitting max for sure with still a 4" pile of coals in the boiler. AND... I started with tanks much lower than I normally would.
Not that I'm gonna start cutting hemlock for the boiler.. but they seem to blow down often enough around here. That old groan Irene (the hurricane turned TS that hit last fall) Is sure heating me tonight.
JP
SO.. 2 hours ago I had tanks that (assuming an average of high and low temp) were at 120 degrees.
Stuffed the firebox full. Threw in a super cedar.. and let er rip.
2 hours.. using the same average method I gained 51 degrees on 1060 gallons of water. 448k or so BTUs. Boiler is rated at 205k.
Man!! That hemlock is filling up the boiler with a pile of coals. after two hours.. it's full right up to the door when I just opened it up to stir things around (yeah.. I'm still peeking every couple hours)
What's so bad about this shoulder wood??.. One boiler full, and I will be hitting max for sure with still a 4" pile of coals in the boiler. AND... I started with tanks much lower than I normally would.
Not that I'm gonna start cutting hemlock for the boiler.. but they seem to blow down often enough around here. That old groan Irene (the hurricane turned TS that hit last fall) Is sure heating me tonight.
JP