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    Fine tuning EKO

    Eric, I don't think it is much less efficient using the timer to shut the fans down. If I look at the amount of wood/coals in there when the...
    Post by: sled_mack, Jan 26, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Fine tuning EKO

    Eric, I've got a work around for always having a bed of coals for the next fire. I have a timer on my boiler. Right now, it is set for 5 hours....
    Post by: sled_mack, Jan 15, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    eko-80 running on ONE fan

    Well, I just had to try this too. I just tried it last night. My first impression was not much of a difference other than a longer burn time....
    Post by: sled_mack, Jan 5, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO External Primary Air Controller

    Hmmmm.... maybe just one fan is a decent thing to try. There is a flap at the back of the fan, so it's shouldn't allow too much air to escape....
    Post by: sled_mack, Dec 29, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO External Primary Air Controller

    After thinking some more about it, the split fan idea may have an additional downside - if a fan fails, the boiler is down. Right now, I am pretty...
    Post by: sled_mack, Dec 29, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  6. sled_mack
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    Fine tuning EKO

    Pics of what I have now. (The paper is sticking down because I was just about to light a fire when I remembered to take the pics.) I do shut down...
    Post by: sled_mack, Dec 29, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Fine tuning EKO

    I thought the idea was to have more volume for the gasses to combust in the lower chamber? Raising the blocks would do just the opposite of that....
    Post by: sled_mack, Dec 29, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO External Primary Air Controller

    Mine looks a lot like TacoSteelerMan's picture. I set mine to about 10mm (guestimate using an open end wrench as a guide) and had much more room...
    Post by: sled_mack, Dec 29, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    greenwood boiler

    Check the propane boiler again. My oil boiler has an aquastat that controls the water temp of the boiler. In my original setup, I just adjusted...
    Post by: sled_mack, Dec 28, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Hyper active blower?

    I just asked the same question in another thread. Did you ever get to try this? I see Cave's cautions, and they are valid. Maybe a piece of...
    Post by: sled_mack, Dec 28, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO External Primary Air Controller

    Has anyone considered trying to baffle the back of the front cover such that one fan provides primary air and the other provides secondary air? It...
    Post by: sled_mack, Dec 28, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Anybody's boiler just heat the storage?

    My system is setup to heat only the storage tanks. But I do have a valve that allows me to send heat right to the house. My system has a 3000...
    Post by: sled_mack, Nov 26, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Wood feeding freqency

    SWF, I have a similar sized house, but not well insulated, and a bigger storage tank. I have my EKO on a timing relay. It burns for 4 hours, then...
    Post by: sled_mack, Apr 21, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boom!.sssssss.....Dont leave a damper fan running

    I'm curious - did the relief valve blow before the pex? Seems like the relief should protect the PEX, too, unless the PEX was too weak from the...
    Post by: sled_mack, Mar 30, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Stratification Report

    Same thing with the return - if it pulls down you may want to add a fitting there. Also, where are the supply/return fitting relative to each other?...
    Post by: sled_mack, Mar 24, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    fiberglass heat storage tank

    I do have an FRP tank. But, mine did contain hot oil in it's previous life. As jebatty said, it all depends. If you can get a nameplate off the...
    Post by: sled_mack, Mar 24, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Refractory - anyone make their own?

    The bottom refractory in my EKO is shot. Next time I move it to clean the bottom out, all I will have left is chunks. I've got some Ideas that I...
    Thread by: sled_mack, Mar 22, 2008, 2 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    cant find draft fan thread...

    Are you going to use this all the time, or only when loading wood?
    Post by: sled_mack, Mar 14, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    spring report; wood use

    I had 8 rows ready for winter. By the end of this week, I'll have 3 rows left. Each row is about 6 ft high and 10 ft across. Pieces are cut to...
    Post by: sled_mack, Mar 11, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Question About New Emissions Regs

    My controller does have the puff feature. But, the timer cuts power to the controller entirely, so it is disabled. The purpose is to save a bed of...
    Post by: sled_mack, Mar 5, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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