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    Electric Backup

    I used a hot water off peak electric system for 15 years until the electric company pulled the special rate and it was awesome. No maintenance, the...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Mar 7, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    New Home Construction

    I am surprised that passive solar is only mentioned once in this thread. When I built my house in 1990, without spending ANY extra money I made it...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Feb 5, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    UPS Battery Backup Problem

    That circuit I used may be trouble with some units because the switching time is relatively long due to the mechanical relay. My Biomass doesn't care...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Feb 3, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  4. dpsfireman
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    UPS Battery Backup Problem

    The manufacturers of inverters should not be allowed to call the output "Modified Sine Wave". The waveform they put out is closer to a square wave...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Feb 2, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Starting a Fire in 5 Minutes or Less

    This week I "discovered" a different way to start a fire in my Biomass 25 and it takes about 5 minutes start to finish! With the storage I have, in...
    Thread by: dpsfireman, Jan 25, 2012, 17 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    TARM 502 Circulator battery backup

    One of these would work well but it is overkill to run a circulator....
    Post by: dpsfireman, Jan 23, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    How many cords do you burn

    2 to 3 cord per year Heating 1800 sq ft raised ranch including fully insulated basement built in 1991 in northeastern Pa at 1650 ft elevation Passive...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Jan 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Fine Tuning BioMass

    The Danfoss valve works by opening and closing the port where water returns from the storage tanks heading toward the boiler. The port that connects...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Dec 21, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Fine Tuning BioMass

    Here are the settings I am using on my 25: primary air 9.5 mm, secondary air 8 mm, blower 80%. Note that I am using storage so some of these...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Dec 18, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Fine Tuning BioMass

    Are you sure it's smoke and not steal coming out of the chimney?
    Post by: dpsfireman, Dec 18, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Fine Tuning BioMass

    I have found that I can just about eliminate bridging by picking and choosing the size and shape of the pieces of wood that go into the bottom of the...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Dec 16, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pressurized verse Unpressurized Storage

    Another consideration, correct me if I'm wrong but the non-pressurized designs I have seen have the inlet and outlet at the top of the tank. With...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Mar 24, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Anthracite Test

    I experimented with a bucket full of anthracite last winter. Don't know the type but there were pieces large enough to bridge the nozzle so that's...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Mar 22, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    can only heat my storage to 182 F

    It takes some time for the tank temperature to approach the boiler temperature. I have found that, at least the way I run my boiler, modified...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Mar 15, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    can only heat my storage to 182 F

    I added an 82K resistor in parallel with temperature sensor to increase max temperature on my Biomass 25. At 194 F adding resistor changed indicated...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Mar 13, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    can only heat my storage to 182 F

    Do you have enough flow between the boiler and tank? Where are the sensors on the tank, near the top or bottom? At any rate the tank temperature will...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Mar 12, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    1st real test of battery backup setup

    Good point. I work at home and fire the boiler in the evening so it would be a rarity for me to not be there when the boiler is running. BTW, I...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Mar 10, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    1st real test of battery backup setup

    Nice unit. A bit overkill for my system but nice. I power only my boiler and the charge loop circulator. If the power goes out the zone valves open...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Mar 10, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Condensation in Temperature/Pressure Gauge

    This evening when I fired my boiler I noticed that there was moisture on the inside of the glass of the gauge on my storage tank. It's about 15 years...
    Thread by: dpsfireman, Mar 10, 2011, 0 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    1st real test of battery backup setup

    timberr, I tried to find a unit like you described but couldn't so I settled on the inverter and built my own relay/transfer switch. I have also...
    Post by: dpsfireman, Mar 10, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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