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    Is cleaning Turbulators really important?

    Cleaning the tubes definitely lowers the stack temp, but suppose you cleaned the tubes and just shook the loose stuff off the turbs. The...
    Post by: ohbie1, Feb 22, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Is cleaning Turbulators really important?

    Since the role of turbs. is to cause turbulation in the air flow, is it really necessary to brush them clean, or maybe just shake the loose ash off....
    Thread by: ohbie1, Feb 22, 2012, 12 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Oak nozzle erosion on EKO 40

    Mr. Fixit, I saw your post in Sept. and my nozzle was pretty worn. Following your idea, I lined the bottom of the upper chamber with fire brick....
    Post by: ohbie1, Feb 14, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Temperatures in the gasification chamber

    The Tarm has a sight glass in the bottom chamber door. I replaced it with a 12" capped piece of 3/4 black pipe filled with high temp cement. The K...
    Post by: ohbie1, Dec 8, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    How about coal?

    I have a half ton of Anthracite in the backyard. I figured I'd give it a shot in the gasser. I bought a long cast iron grate, put it over the...
    Post by: ohbie1, Dec 1, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    hot stack temps

    From my experience, the best first step is to check the accuracy of the thermometer/sensor you are measuring stack temp with. Yrs. ago I was...
    Post by: ohbie1, Oct 26, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Stack temperature meter with alarm

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190286130870&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:1123 This is nice, has an alarm and other nice features,...
    Post by: ohbie1, Oct 16, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Anyone use/combine different fuel other than cord wood?

    Last year a couple of guys were talking about burning some coal. I have about a half ton in the yard so I thought I'd give it a shot. I bought a...
    Post by: ohbie1, Oct 9, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Repairs down the road

    I used an avg of 900 gal a yr (9-10 gal now). Loading once per day and forgetting about it is not realistic during the actual season. It's more...
    Post by: ohbie1, Oct 6, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Repairs down the road

    I can't speak about the Froling, but I have 3 yrs. experience with the Innova (no problems yet). I'm not an engineer, just a DIYer, electronic...
    Post by: ohbie1, Oct 5, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    How many cord of wood are you burning?

    West Central NJ - 3600 sqft + 231 sqft greenhouse. - 8 cords (2 of which are low BTU Poplar). Greenhouse sucks a lot of heat at night.
    Post by: ohbie1, Sep 19, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Heat exchanger clean out Tool??

    I'm an old guy, so pushing the oversized tube brush (supplied by Tarm) up and down 4 - 6 times per tube got pretty tiring. Thanks to someone's idea...
    Post by: ohbie1, Sep 15, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Aquastat Controls

    I use an aquastat in my storage tank to turn on my backup oil boiler and it works fine. My oil boiler heats the house directly and not the storage...
    Post by: ohbie1, Sep 14, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    to store or not to store

    Storage is especially great in moderate cold like 30,40,50 degrees, which you have a lot of. You run your boiler at peak efficiency, no on and...
    Post by: ohbie1, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Anthracite Test

    I have a 1/2 ton of coal and I was thinking of putting a shallow bed in the upper chamber using a small coal grate. There would be draft ( top to...
    Post by: ohbie1, Mar 20, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Draining & Filling Boilers

    Amazing! I have the same oil burner & boiler. My setup looks almost exactly like yours. If you look at the tag on your pressure reducing valve, it...
    Post by: ohbie1, Feb 27, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pyrometer Fine Tuning

    When I first got the boiler, I wasn't so positive that I had the best settings, just from looking through the sight hole at the flame. I embedded a...
    Post by: ohbie1, Feb 17, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    700 degree flue temp

    Initially I thought I was getting 600 deg. readings. The internal gauge that came with my Tarm was way off. Thanks to Jebatty's recommendation, I...
    Post by: ohbie1, Feb 13, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Oil Boiler Turning on whenever there's a call for heat???

    [I actually have it unplugged now too, but would like to have it as an 'automatic' backupas in if the wood boiler goes out when I'm not home, the oil...
    Post by: ohbie1, Oct 18, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    running cold???

    Check to see that your tank thermometer/sensor is working.
    Post by: ohbie1, Oct 10, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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