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  1. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    Do you think the two bottom flue pipe clean-outs are necessary, or would just a drain for any condensation that occurs be good enough? I,m thinking...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 19, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  2. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    Thanks Garnification. Are both inlets the same size or primary bigger for this type of setup? Did you go by an exact area and split it in two? Thanks
    Post by: Wade, Mar 18, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  3. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    How long of burn can you get with a box that size? I want at least a six - seven hour burn if needed. I don't want to babysit a furnace like my...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 15, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  4. Wade
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    wood gasifiers are like...

    I'm sorry but wood gasifiers are like a spoiled women, when you don't give them exactly what they want, when they want it and in the perfect...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 15, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  5. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    Hey Allan, I hope your project goes as good as I hope mine does. I got 60' of 4" boiler tube from another junk yard for $2 a foot. You said you are...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 15, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  6. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    Well, here is the tank that I am using, it works out to 3450 gallons, but I figure once the firebox and all are in it should be around 3000 which...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 14, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  7. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    Garnification that is truly one great piece of work. If mine looks like a fraction of your set up I will be happy. Those pictures were great and your...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 14, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  8. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    The way I'm going to try to recover more heat is to have the return water which is very cold after it goes through the concrete floor,enter in a tube...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 13, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  9. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    The one thing I don't like about the final pass of the GARN is that it is so high up on the unit. Even if all the heat is taken off, that final pass...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 12, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Garn fan

    the garn fan is pretty much the same fan i have, and mine is from a samona 4" dust collector which pulls 500 cfm a minute. If there is a nail in the...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 12, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  11. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    Thanks foxt, I'm a cabinetmaker by trade also, working with metal is something to do to get away from the wood on the weekends. I'm definately going...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 12, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  12. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    Thanks Jim K! Good idea to keep input and output a fair distance from one another. What would the sight glass be used for? Water level, or do you...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 12, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  13. Wade
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    building a garn,what would you change?

    I'm starting this years project of a 3000 gallon garn like boiler. I'm using my tank from my homegrown "Galeforce gasification furnace". The...
    Thread by: Wade, Mar 12, 2009, 36 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Garn fan

    Thanks for the responses guys. It looks like my fan on my homegrown furnace, but I have no ring on the outside of the fan.Is there any purpose to...
    Post by: Wade, Mar 11, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Garn fan

    Is the Garn fan or draft inducer an air pusher or puller? Is it an axial fan with curved blades or a squirrel cage fan. One guy said he thought it...
    Thread by: Wade, Mar 11, 2009, 7 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Garn heat transfer to water

    I was just reading some posts at the garn site,and one post that caught my attention was that the heat exchanger inside the garn is 60' of 6" pipe....
    Thread by: Wade, Mar 9, 2009, 6 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Is the Garn really a gasifier?

    I dont think the garn is a true gasifier as a really good secondary combustion unit. A gasifier requires air drawn through the red coals to strip the...
    Thread by: Wade, Jan 25, 2009, 5 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Wood gas - for more than just a boiler

    Thats going to be next project, converting an old chevy 1 ton crew to wood gas. Cant afford real gas for something like that. Im also going to try...
    Post by: Wade, Jan 23, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Finally got the pyrometer

    Thanks sdrobertson. Here is my heat exchanger inside my 3000 gallon tank. The boilers end cap is still off for final cleaning.
    Post by: Wade, Jan 23, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Finally got the pyrometer

    Its our homemade furnace. To take the measurements i installed a thermocouple in the secondary chamber which has a digital readout. Its interesting...
    Post by: Wade, Jan 23, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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