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    Chain Questions???

    I'll put a chain on the saw and sharpen it with a file guide until it's either used up or stretched out of adjustment. Take a sharp file or 2 with...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jun 3, 2012 in forum: The Gear
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    DC Draft Blower - speed control

    AC inducton motors that are run as "conitnuosly" variable speed are typically 3 phase. With a 3 phase motors it's pretty simple to vary the voltage...
    Post by: dirttracker, Apr 3, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Questions on draft requierments for gasifiers

    I have my Tarm 40 in an outdoor shed with 9ft of insulated and ~2ft of non insulated 6"dia chimney. The eaves on my shed are only 8 ft, even with...
    Post by: dirttracker, Feb 25, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Any reason to run bigger than 1" pex to water to air coil

    To put what BackBurner said another way..... You are probably limited by the air side of the HX, not by the water flow. At higher water temperatures,...
    Post by: dirttracker, Dec 3, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    W/A HX question

    I have an older Lennox pulse with a 1/3 hp blower and water to air HX and AC coil installed. I have to blower set up to run on high speed for both...
    Post by: dirttracker, Nov 21, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Newbie with question

    If you are cutting green wood, you'll have a problem with either one. Lots of OWBs advertize the ability to burn green wood. I doubt it's practical...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jun 27, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Newbie with question

    I've had both, based on my experience I would recommend a gasifier. As with most things there are good and bad points to both types, I strongly...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jun 24, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thoughts on my plan for DHW

    I believe I have a 16 plate (maybe a 20, it's been a while since I got the HX) setup as a demand system for DHW. I can get a reasonable shower down...
    Post by: dirttracker, Apr 29, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Moving the boiler into the shop....... Need some chimney recommendations.

    I have mine near the edge of the roof, of course my shed isn't very wide so nothing is far from the edge of the roof. I centered the penetration on a...
    Post by: dirttracker, Mar 24, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    The hardest lesson to learn

    YEp, I have learned the same lessons. I've found using larger splits on the top and near the wall of the firebox with small splits/branches in the...
    Post by: dirttracker, Feb 26, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Econoburn fan controls issue -

    Small motors like these blowers and circ pumps do not have a switch, the start capacitor is permanently connected to the motor windings (called...
    Post by: dirttracker, Feb 19, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    In the market for another Stihl Chainsaw.

    In my opinoin, I would go for the 441. I have a 310, dad has a 360 pro. I don't have a 441 (or similar), so take this for what it's worth. I've found...
    Post by: dirttracker, Feb 10, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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    Handling Huge Rounds

    If the wood can be split, use the maul & wedges to 1/4 the rounds. If it's elm or some other nasty stringy wood, bring some extra gas and 1/4 em up...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jan 29, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    frozen elm still wins

    I like elm. It's been keeping me warm and keeping the propane man away for the last 8 years. Sometimes you wrestle with it a bit to split, but thats...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jan 26, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    any opinions on 3 point splitter vs self powered?

    I have something in between - a 3pt splitter with it's own engine. I did not figure my old tractors would have enough output and the others are...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jan 25, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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    I hat this @#$% EKO

    I've found that the "steam" in the exhaust can stick around fro quite a while especially if the air is cold and the wood is on the high end of MC. If...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jan 8, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Troubleshooting Tarm temps.

    How much pipe (and what kind/size) do you have between you boiler and storage? You should be getting significantly less idling now as opposed to the...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jan 7, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    I hat this @#$% EKO

    Just a thought for what it's worth....try getting a bag of charcoal and get a good bed of coals going under your wood with that. I've been close to...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jan 7, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Timmmmbbbeerrrr! Oops!

    In addition, watch your hinge carefully on those dead trees. I've had more than a few come back the other way when the hinge broke because the wood...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jan 7, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Troubleshooting Tarm temps.

    The termovar works the same way as the Danfoss. There is no shut off of the bypass flow ever. The termovar element is set up to throttle down the...
    Post by: dirttracker, Jan 6, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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