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    EKO 40

    I have an EKO 25 with 500 gal. of storage and am very happy with it. There are gasserers out there that are sexier, and have more bell's and whistles...
    Post by: timberr, Jan 9, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Anyone ever test their no-power dump zone purposefully?

    I used 3/4", after about 20 min. there was a steady 50* difference between the supply and return side but temps kept climbing. Maybe I should have...
    Post by: timberr, Jan 6, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Anyone ever test their no-power dump zone purposefully?

    Well this AM I did the wiring for my dump zone, gt the boiler running got storage to 172 on top and 150 in the middle, the wood box was half full and...
    Post by: timberr, Jan 6, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  4. timberr
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    Another Dump Zone design

    Dogwood, I just finished putting my dump zone together. I tested it and I would say it was a failure, I had 32 ft of 3/4" slant fin in a loop above...
    Post by: timberr, Jan 6, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  5. timberr
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    Quietest Circulators.........

    I use Grundfos UPSP15-58 FC 3 Speed circs (4 on my system), I have to touch the motor to tell if they are running. Way quieter then the Taco that was...
    Post by: timberr, Dec 23, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  6. timberr
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    Adding aquastat to EKO

    Thanks, I have a bunch of fin tube left over from upgrading my baseboard. 30 feet makes a nice loop but I am really curious how this will work, guess...
    Post by: timberr, Nov 25, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  7. timberr
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    Adding aquastat to EKO

    Hartkem, What size copper fin tube did you use and how many feet? What is the output of your boiler? Have you tested this setup and were you...
    Post by: timberr, Nov 25, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  8. timberr
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    EKO 25, seal doors help?

    Rick, I had the same problem with mine. If you look and the hinge assembly, the post threads into 2 nuts welded to sheet metal. I tried to loosen...
    Post by: timberr, Nov 25, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  9. timberr
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    Dump Zone design

    Hi All, Been busy in the woods deer hunting, sorry I have been absent in the conversation seeing as I started it. Lots of good stuff has been...
    Post by: timberr, Nov 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  10. timberr
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    Dump Zone design

    My system is in the basement and the return runs from the bottom of storage up to the 1st floor joist and then down to the boiler so thermalsiphon...
    Post by: timberr, Nov 15, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  11. timberr
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    Dump Zone design

    Finally getting around to adding a thremalsyphone dump zone to my set up for a failsafe incase my back up power has an issue or if the circ on the...
    Thread by: timberr, Nov 15, 2012, 23 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Best shower of my life!!!

    Sorry guy's but the best thing is when the wife thinks that is the best hot shower she has ever had! 4 years ago when I convinced my wife to ditch...
    Post by: timberr, Oct 13, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Dump Zone Question

    I have the parts for my dump zone, I am going to run baseboard in the basement and use an auto-mag type zone valve (thermalsiphon). My question is...
    Thread by: timberr, Aug 26, 2012, 1 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  14. timberr
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    EKO 40 silicon door seals and the new refractory brick

    I have i 1/2 seasons on the silicon gaskets (upper & lower doors) and they are holding up well. Both my original lower blocks came apart during the...
    Post by: timberr, Jul 11, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  15. timberr
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    Hearth "summer over" crew. :)

    Still burning for DHW, want to get to May 15, that will mark 8 months of using wood. This is by far the longets I have burned since I installed my...
    Post by: timberr, May 10, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  16. timberr
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    EKO 40 is on its way and I still don't have a plan

    Welcome to the boiler room and congrats on yuor EKO 40. I am running a 25 with pressurized storage. I installed my system, took about 4 months, it...
    Post by: timberr, Apr 20, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    The Wifes Knows Better

    I came home once and and storage was 185+ but the fire box was 3/4 full, she just kept on chucking wood in. When I got up the next morning there was...
    Post by: timberr, Apr 10, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pex Expansion Concern

    I have over 100' of 1" PEX in my system it is all exposed in the basement and I have seen no evidence of such expansion. Most of the PEX is from...
    Post by: timberr, Apr 6, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  19. timberr
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    Getting a new electric meter

    Is the new meter one of those SMART meters? I got a letter a month ago informing me we will be getting SMART meters installed this summer. I did a...
    Post by: timberr, Mar 27, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    To turb or not to turb - an EKO observation

    Stee, I have made the same observation, if you are running good wood and have storage some fly ash is about all I see in my HX. Seems the folks...
    Post by: timberr, Mar 25, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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