Now after 2 months of operations there are several clear lessons that I have learned.
1) Every Gasser boiler newbie should start up with a chord of seasoned wood, even if it means buying it. Had I started with a chord of seasoned oak which in the total scheme of this project would have been cheap and saved a bunch of time.
2) There should be a System Baseline Database. This would be a piece of cake for you EKO users. If you start the first week of operations with seasoned oak, and 5-6 baselined parameters for an EKO 60, EKO 40, Econoburn ???, etc. this will get you into the 60-70 percent efficiency range which could be called a baseline. Changes made from the baseline can be evaluated THEN you can gage improvement or deterioration of performance. Two months in and I'm not close to that baseline (mainly my bad because I busted rule 1 above).
3) The first 2-3 weeks or operation are critical for one of the most important variables which I'll call the "Momma Satisfaction Parameter". I rate myself more tenacious than most because I've been down the making stuff work road a bunch of times. But the dreaded question none of us want to hear is "You said it would do....". Seeing the system do what you expected in the first several weeks is important to momma and the newbie.
1) Every Gasser boiler newbie should start up with a chord of seasoned wood, even if it means buying it. Had I started with a chord of seasoned oak which in the total scheme of this project would have been cheap and saved a bunch of time.
2) There should be a System Baseline Database. This would be a piece of cake for you EKO users. If you start the first week of operations with seasoned oak, and 5-6 baselined parameters for an EKO 60, EKO 40, Econoburn ???, etc. this will get you into the 60-70 percent efficiency range which could be called a baseline. Changes made from the baseline can be evaluated THEN you can gage improvement or deterioration of performance. Two months in and I'm not close to that baseline (mainly my bad because I busted rule 1 above).
3) The first 2-3 weeks or operation are critical for one of the most important variables which I'll call the "Momma Satisfaction Parameter". I rate myself more tenacious than most because I've been down the making stuff work road a bunch of times. But the dreaded question none of us want to hear is "You said it would do....". Seeing the system do what you expected in the first several weeks is important to momma and the newbie.