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  1. steam man
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    How to stop oil boiler from firing unless needed

    My defination of heat loss is heat going anywhere I don't intend it to go. If your basement is in your heating envelope I agree heat loss is...
    Post by: steam man, Dec 7, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  2. steam man
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    How to stop oil boiler from firing unless needed

    I am not sure what we are disagreeing about but I know my oil boiler will not be circulating through my wood boiler.
    Post by: steam man, Dec 6, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  3. steam man
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    How to stop oil boiler from firing unless needed

    I have to rethink what your original problem is. If all your water circulates through both boilers then you will have a heat loss no matter what. I...
    Post by: steam man, Dec 6, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  4. steam man
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    How to stop oil boiler from firing unless needed

    I am just putting a wood boiler this month with storage. I am leaning towards just using a flow switch. If the wood boiler is citrculating hot water...
    Post by: steam man, Dec 5, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    welding ports in pressurized storage tank

    The problem is the fittings you reference I believe are not rated for pressure tanks. They are for hydraulic reservoirs. #3000 class fittings are...
    Post by: steam man, Nov 12, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  6. steam man
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    "Frankenstorm" on the way east coast!!!

    Actually went like the typical trip through the edge of a hurricane. Stuff gets thrown around-including me when i went flying out of my chair a...
    Post by: steam man, Oct 30, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    "Frankenstorm" on the way east coast!!!

    I'll be heading out into the Atlantic on a cargo ship in a few hours trying to go around the east side of it heading south. This is not going to be...
    Post by: steam man, Oct 26, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  8. steam man
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    Best shower of my life!!!

    I make hot water with 100% solar and my wife still questions it. Your wife sounds like a "keeper".
    Post by: steam man, Oct 13, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  9. steam man
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    Septic tank for heat DHW??

    I just remembered when I installed the water and sewer linefor my home, code dictated they be separated horizontally a certain distance and the water...
    Post by: steam man, Oct 9, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  10. steam man
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    black pipe/copper connection

    Certainly the copper tubing (the cathode) can eat away the steel pipe (the anode) if the water conditions (i.e. the electrolyte), are not right. I...
    Post by: steam man, Oct 6, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Torrified Wood plant in Maine - T minus 1 year

    I believe the Millinocket facility is going to export the pellets to plants in Great Britain, or so I've heard. It looks like the benefit of the...
    Post by: steam man, Oct 3, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Comparison of DHW Oil Indirect vs Electric Tank

    The funny thing is I couldn't figure my hot water consumption expense with any accuracy. I heat DHW with a 100 tube solar array year round. I...
    Post by: steam man, Sep 27, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Comparison of DHW Oil Indirect vs Electric Tank

    I think I did this sometime ago but here are my calculations. Correct me if any assumptions/math is wrong. I am not seing the big savings with an...
    Post by: steam man, Sep 27, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO Install Complete - UPS Selection

    I have to think about this but you still have 220-240V if you wire between both legs and a ground. I'd wire it up. Besides, you can use a 110V...
    Post by: steam man, Sep 22, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Torrified Wood plant in Maine - T minus 1 year

    Let's keep up the good work!
    Post by: steam man, Sep 22, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  16. steam man
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    Torrified Wood plant in Maine - T minus 1 year

    Absolutely. LOL
    Post by: steam man, Sep 21, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  17. steam man
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    Torrified Wood plant in Maine - T minus 1 year

    I got news for you guys, anything north of Bangor has always been considered "Northern Maine", especially by those living south of Augusta that...
    Post by: steam man, Sep 21, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Torrified Wood plant in Maine - T minus 1 year

    Actually that plant is here in my town. I looked at samples of the torrified wood and basically it looks like a really processed dry charcoal pellet....
    Post by: steam man, Sep 20, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    DHW. Tank,,Use Ref . Type m or l copper??

    Here you go: http://www.copper.org/applications/plumbing/techref/cth/cth_2select_recom.html That site doesn't address the specifics of selecting...
    Post by: steam man, Sep 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Light from fire

    I am kind of wondering how a fiber optic feed from a fire would work to remote locations. On boilers with flame scanners they use a lense or plate...
    Post by: steam man, Sep 14, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
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