Drolet Eco 65 with a Crosslink conversion Kit

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As promised here's my install of the Crosslink kit on an Eco-65.
Looking at the picture, return is on the right and Hot on the left.

Running at setting 3 on the pellet stove and my fan (HVAC) running constantly
which has the effect of cooling the water constantly i'm getting 110F out and return at 90 which proves me
that my taco pump running in Delta mode(20F)
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is doing it's job.

I powered off my furnace fan and the water got up to 140F, then I turned on my fan
and the temperature at the register was showing 100F compare to 80F when I'm on the heat pump.

An aquastat is in the mail so that I will turn the fan On at 130F and off probably at 120F and
see how I'm doing.

when I was running the fan constantly with a 110F OUT the entire house was more balance in heat
than when I ran the pellet Only and the Fan ON.

I'm convinced that I can keep the house warm entirely but will continue to experiment for the best solution ..
 

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When you turned the fan off & the water went to 140 - did the pump increase its speed to maintain the 20dT? I.e., did the return go to 120?
 
When you turned the fan off & the water went to 140 - did the pump increase its speed to maintain the 20dT? I.e., did the return go to 120?
return had gone to 120F and the pump increased it's speed for a short time only
as starting the fan lowered the OUT temperature...

Running with the fan ON constantly gives me 100F return and 120 Out and I saw the pump increasing
it's speed so I decided last night to increase the default delta to 25F on the pump and saw my out reaching 128F and
not increasing my pump speed as much which seems more efficient that way..
 
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