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    24 Volt Temperature Sensor Wanted

    If you are attaching the sensor to the outside of a tank, I would recommend getting some thermal epoxy. This is pretty common for attaching...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Feb 21, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Building Code questions

    Here is a link to the MA building code for chimneys. If you can't find something similar for your state, then give the building inspector a call. For...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Feb 21, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Building Code questions

    The following are my understanding, but I am not in the trade. 1) The chimney must terminate 2 feet above any structural element within 10 feet. So...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Feb 18, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Combustion Air for Solo Innova- Advice Needed

    I currently use a motorized damper (Honeywell ARD6) that is powered through a transformer connected to the boiler draft fan power. If the draft fan...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    The great piping fiasco? Need help!

    Reed, How does the Tekmar / Outdoor Reset fit into this puzzle? I thought the outdoor reset would just modulate the temperatures of the oil boiler...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Feb 9, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Propane Furnace and Boiler Thermostat/Control

    I'd look at this from a slightly different point of view... When the house thermostat calls for heat, you should get heat. If the wood temp is OK...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Feb 3, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    New Biomass is finally here and something to smile about.

    Sounds like Mom is a good sport... The Dwyer you mentioned above is a nice unit. I just want to make sure that you realize this is meant to mount...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 29, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    New Biomass is finally here and something to smile about.

    Something like this would give you an alarm: http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/2DBE2?cm_mmc=Google Base-_-Test Instruments-_-Temperature and...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 28, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    considering an indoor boiler

    I have a Jotul insert and if I ran that for an entire day, I would use about the same amount of wood that I feed to the wood boiler for a day. The...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 26, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    expansion tanks

    There is an on-line calculator that will tell you how much expansion tank capacity you need for given system sizes:...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 26, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    The great piping fiasco? Need help!

    There is a good set of articles on the Caleffi site. This one deals with closely spaced T's. The maximum distance between the pair of taps (center to...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 26, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    automag

    Hayrack, You gave me quite a fright with that post. My Automag is getting 24V AC power... Automag makes several series, the RI series which is the...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 23, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Need help with DHW design

    Steve, The pump I pointed you to has a thermistor strapped to it's output. If you leave the controls intact it will occasionally turn itself on and...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 22, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Need help with DHW design

    Steve, You have the circulator pump correct in the diagram. One thing to note is that the circulator needs to draw water out of the DHW tank before...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 21, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    UPS questions ..

    Are you considering buying a complete UPS like and APC used for computer back-up, or building your own setup with a battery charger, battery and...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 20, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Need help with DHW design

    I am guessing that the upper right label "cold water supply selector" is really hot water to the house? You might consider running the wood boiler...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 20, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    New guy, lots of questions.

    Patrick, I recommend using the full kwh usage for the highest month for 2 reasons. First, most of the electricity consumed in the house is eventually...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 20, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Dumbest thing I've seen in a while.

    Seems insane that anyone would operate a saw without eye protection!
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 19, 2010 in forum: The Gear
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    Best isnsulation under radiant tubing.

    Can you give some guidelines on calculating the BTU/hr delivered by PEX at various temperatures. I read through that thread on radnet. My vote is...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 18, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Best isnsulation under radiant tubing.

    I have a question about how the foil faced bubble wrap insulation is applied under the radiant tubes. The stuff I have seen is in rolls about 4 feet...
    Post by: sbleiweiss, Jan 18, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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