Hello again,and greetings from the north.
I've so far had a great winter with the EWB-100 that i installed last fall.Wood consumption has sure gone down .
I am however planning on moving the unit out of the house to a outdoor situation. Under roof of coarse and perhaps in a room with no insulation value. Keep in mind that I am in northern canada above the 60th. Temps here get fairly cold at times -40 to -45 for weeks . Although with global warming less and less frequent . But still we are getting cold snaps. I bought the Econoburn because of its rugged build and the fact it has simple off the shelf electronics. My only concern with putting it outside is the electronics at cold temps. They are pretty simple basically relays and a digital temperature sensor and control. I would think the electronics would be fine when the boiler was running ,or having been run recently. But if your running with storage which I plan on doing then sometimes it might not run for 2 days at warmer times. Most likely though I would be running it every day . The pump on the circulation loop would have to be insulated somehow as well I guess.
Does any one have any experience with a similar situation? Or perhaps any thoughts on this move?
I've so far had a great winter with the EWB-100 that i installed last fall.Wood consumption has sure gone down .
I am however planning on moving the unit out of the house to a outdoor situation. Under roof of coarse and perhaps in a room with no insulation value. Keep in mind that I am in northern canada above the 60th. Temps here get fairly cold at times -40 to -45 for weeks . Although with global warming less and less frequent . But still we are getting cold snaps. I bought the Econoburn because of its rugged build and the fact it has simple off the shelf electronics. My only concern with putting it outside is the electronics at cold temps. They are pretty simple basically relays and a digital temperature sensor and control. I would think the electronics would be fine when the boiler was running ,or having been run recently. But if your running with storage which I plan on doing then sometimes it might not run for 2 days at warmer times. Most likely though I would be running it every day . The pump on the circulation loop would have to be insulated somehow as well I guess.
Does any one have any experience with a similar situation? Or perhaps any thoughts on this move?