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    Econoburn annual tube cleaning fun

    Thanks for the replys, I now believe the deposits to be mostly ash based on the way it flakes, tnks WWFW . A search of McMaster Carr's catalog...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Oct 15, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Econoburn annual tube cleaning fun

    I just finished cleaning the tubes on the EBW 150, a dirty job if there ever was one. After 3 seasons I have a small amount of deposits in the...
    Thread by: mtnmizer, Oct 14, 2011, 11 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Can I use a Wood Boiler instead of solar to charge batteries?

    The wastewater treatment plant in Helena MT installed a stirling generator,35-40 kw that runs off of methane from it's...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Feb 2, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Can I use a Wood Boiler instead of solar to charge batteries?

    The little amount of study I have done with biogass generation lends me to think that cleaning the initial outflow could be as simple as using...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Feb 1, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Can I use a Wood Boiler instead of solar to charge batteries?

    I've been casually looking for a wrecked Toyota Prius for a homestead powerplant. Supposedly a fully charged hybrid battery will run an average home...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Feb 1, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Life's Good, but You Would Like to Know ...

    I ponder the same question every day as I pass thru miles of dead trees on my daily commute. The next Bill Gates will be the person that...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Jan 7, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Safe operation

    Just saw a local news report of a shed that burned. Said to be caused by a wood-boiler which led me to googling *wood boiler fire*. Some of...
    Thread by: mtnmizer, Dec 18, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Spoke too soon-Econoburn fan issue

    Some interesting issues to take note of in this thread. My 150 had the overheat circuit go dead leaving the overheat zone open. A call to the...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Dec 13, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Econoburn 150- first burn -need help!

    Not a pain at all I got lots of helpfull info here getting started. Ok, your aquastat is on the correct side of things...the top number on the...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Dec 8, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Econoburn 150- first burn -need help!

    I have an EBW 150 , my aquastat is installed on the output side of the boiler. That explains why your fan never shuts off. My fan is a 2...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Dec 7, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Mendota pilot problems

    I have a Mendota DXV 45 direct vent fireplace on LP, installed new in fall of '08. Worked great until the other day- the pilot went out. Tried to...
    Thread by: mtnmizer, Apr 3, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: It's a Gas!
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    Wait til the politicians get ahold of this

    After watching the politicians over the years and given the current state of the economy, one might conclude that they couldn't find their fanny with...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Feb 26, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Local borough has introduced ordinace to ban ALL hydronic boilers in Fairbanks, Alaska

    Yep drove thru Gary Ind in the 70's when the steel mills were running, mills are long gone now. Note that steel making here in the US is now all...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Feb 24, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Local borough has introduced ordinace to ban ALL hydronic boilers in Fairbanks, Alaska

    From the news article it appears you would be grandfathered in. That's usually what happens in these deals. Here's what happens over in our capital...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Feb 23, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Local borough has introduced ordinace to ban ALL hydronic boilers in Fairbanks, Alaska

    This happening all over the west. A local municipality started regulating wood stoves over 20 yrs ago. They have exemption's for low income...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Feb 22, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    12V circ pump

    Thanks, nice looking pump, but yep it's expensive. I wonder if I could make this work with a gravity style system and not use a pump? MM
    Post by: mtnmizer, Jan 13, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    12V circ pump

    Can anyone recommend a 12V DC circ pump for a off grid application? I have a need to thaw a culvert that has a build up of ice and am building a hot...
    Thread by: mtnmizer, Jan 13, 2010, 3 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    wood fired steam boiler for electric genny?

    My tech school shop partner is a certified steam engineer and is in demand at the old time steam engine gatherings. Not rocket science but they can't...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Dec 20, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Wood pile critters

    Bogydave--Nice rug-- Maybe someday I'll pursue wolverine, I have a nice badger skin from trapping days years ago. Lots more of those around, I remove...
    Post by: mtnmizer, Dec 13, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Wood pile critters

    Animal tracks in the snow have always been a source of fasination for me. At times they can tell a story. So anyway the woodpile has become home to...
    Thread by: mtnmizer, Dec 12, 2009, 6 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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