Just finished a 14 hour test of my Eko 40 battery backup system. I loaded up my boiler at 8:30 last night ( it was running at 184deg ) closed it down and at about 9pm the power went out. So after about 15 min and realizing the power wasn't coming back real soon ( it had flickered 3 times during the day due to a major ice storm followed by heavy winds and dropping temps) I went down to the garage/ woodshed/boiler room to check the boiler. The controller said 170 deg the blower fan was off ( I have a relay that kills power to fan when main power goes out) and pump was running ( 750 watt dirty sine wave inverter- charger and walmarts biggest of the shelf 12v deep cycle battery). Perfect except boiler is full of wood. I went to bed. At 4:30 am still no power boiler is 167deg pump still running. At 8:30 am I notice that the battery indcator lights on inverter say LOW BAT. So I open the boiler and pull out 8 pieces of wood 2 - 5 gal pails 4 black and 4 charcoal like (coked). Boiler still at 165 - 170 deg. Power is restored at 11am. Reflections!!
1, I am real pleased with my backup system but want to fire the operator;
2, why would anyone fill the boiler during an ice/wind storm knowing that there is nearly a 100% chance of a power failure.
and 3, why did i leave all that wood in the boiler at 9pm. I don't like handling burning firewood in my skivies.
1, I am real pleased with my backup system but want to fire the operator;
2, why would anyone fill the boiler during an ice/wind storm knowing that there is nearly a 100% chance of a power failure.
and 3, why did i leave all that wood in the boiler at 9pm. I don't like handling burning firewood in my skivies.