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    Wood fired swimming pool heater?

    Brian, Did you build the unit and if so can you offer some information about its internals. Thanks, Hugh[/quote]End quote No I did not...
    Post by: SciGuy, Feb 21, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Wood fired swimming pool heater?

    Brian, Did you build the unit and if so can you offer some information about its internals. Thanks, Hugh
    Post by: SciGuy, Feb 19, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Is this pipe junk (see pic)

    Brad, Even if the insulation was adequate (it doesn't look it) the fact that the two tubes are right next to each other creates a pretty good...
    Post by: SciGuy, Jul 12, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Stratification Report

    Jim, How does the hot water enter? Is it entering straight down? this would cause a great amount of mixing and therefore little stratification....
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 24, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    To Garn or Not to Garn

    We obviously need someone with realife experience with such an animal to respond. My bet is that the losses would be very small and annual...
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 23, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    To Garn or Not to Garn

    Since we're talking sealed system, the remaining gasses have no where to go but stick around in the expansion tank. With a home water system (open...
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 23, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    underground piping

    Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you're pumping 5 gallons per minute with a 10 degree F. delta T that works out to ~ 25,000 BTUs per hour loss. Pumping...
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 23, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    To Garn or Not to Garn

    Garnification, Over time all of the oxygen from the expansion tank will be consumed as it reacts with iron in the system. Once that is done, no...
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 23, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    To Garn or Not to Garn

    Garnification, Over time all of the oxygen from the expansion tank will be consumed as it reacts with iron in the system. Once that is done, no...
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 23, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    My Tank construction and experimental Hex

    sparke, All of the "plastic" types seem pretty consistant in regards to their conductivity. Cross linking is used for strength purposes not heat...
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 8, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    My Tank construction and experimental Hex

    That 3 times number just doesn't seem correct to me for conduction. If the the link I've attached is an indicator it would seem like they vary by...
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 8, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Ceramic tile over radiant in slab heat problems

    Bob, Why would you think that 90 or 95 degree surface temperatures would "pop" the tiles? The thinset mortar certainly will not be the least bit...
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 6, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Storage Liner

    I think that this may be the link that Eric mentioned. I always worry about cracks in concrete....
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 3, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Ceramic tile over radiant in slab heat problems

    Eric, Would you describe the makeup of the floor system? Are the tile in thinset mortar on some type of cement board screwed to 3/4 plywood or are...
    Post by: SciGuy, Mar 2, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    No talk about Geothermal heat pumps

    I think that your decimal point is off one place. Since a therm = 100,000BTUs, then 150 therms equal 15,000,000BTUs. Divide that by 30 gives...
    Post by: SciGuy, Feb 25, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Oversized Storage Tanks

    For equal temperature change, the water will store 2.5 times as much energy per pound or about 3 times as much per unit volume compared to oil....
    Post by: SciGuy, Feb 20, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Oversized Storage Tanks

    The specific heat (amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a given mass a given amount) of liquid water is the highest of all earth...
    Post by: SciGuy, Feb 20, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Oversized Storage Tanks

    Even better yet at 834 BTU's per gallon with a 100 degree delta T;) Hugh
    Post by: SciGuy, Feb 17, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Slab as a heat storage

    [quote author="ISeeDeadBTUs" date="1202784152"]The water going in to my basement slab is generally 80-90* depending on the outside control and...
    Post by: SciGuy, Feb 11, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Slab as a heat storage

    Beno, If you heated the slabs of your extremely well insulated house to 80 degrees, you would find the house temperatures hovering near 80 as...
    Post by: SciGuy, Feb 11, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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