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  1. deerhntr
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    Garn Tank and Supply Temp ?????

    [ATTACH] Deere, I'm with heaterman. If you are at the end of your cycle, you are seeing stratification. Here is a pic of my cycle temps yesterday....
    Post by: deerhntr, Jan 28, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  2. deerhntr
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    For the Data Logging Crowd - Realtime Garn H2O Operating Temps via Pachube

    Dave, That is one serious little machine. I kind of think a 700 Mhz ARM is a little overkill for polling one-wire temp sensor. I would also wait...
    Post by: deerhntr, Mar 4, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  3. deerhntr
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    Help me control it

    Sparky, You can find a BOM for starting up here. You could skip the breadboard, and holder if you don't want a prototyping platform, but I found...
    Post by: deerhntr, Mar 3, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  4. deerhntr
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    Help me control it

    Sparky, If it is just temps you are looking for, then check out my Pachube feed. Basically, I have temperature sensors connected together on a...
    Post by: deerhntr, Mar 3, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  5. deerhntr
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    Another Garn comes online!

    Chris, Looks, Great. Very nice. Now I'm embarrassed with how my boiler room looks. ;-) All joking aside, it looks as if you have done a real nice...
    Post by: deerhntr, Feb 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  6. deerhntr
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    Another Garn comes online!

    Dude, There is nothing to be embarrassed about. You have got 3000 lbs.(With out H2O) of fire breathing USA steel heating your humble abode! You...
    Post by: deerhntr, Feb 27, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  7. deerhntr
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    Another Garn comes online!

    Mike, I respectfully disagree! I asked for PICs at #8. :-) I do agree it's no darn good without PICs.
    Post by: deerhntr, Feb 27, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  8. deerhntr
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    Another Garn comes online!

    Stating the obvious..... If you are going to burn once a day, Wouldn't it make sense to store the BTUs prior to the coldest use period, i.e. Night...
    Post by: deerhntr, Feb 27, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  9. deerhntr
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    Another Garn comes online!

    Chris, Keep in mind that 165F on the dial does not mean a homogeneous 165 throughout the entire tank. Remember you are stuffing cooled return H2O...
    Post by: deerhntr, Feb 27, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  10. deerhntr
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    Another Garn comes online!

    Congrats Chris! I know the feeling. I just can't imagine going back to "feeding that Arab elixir" to my oil burner in the basement. Our winter here...
    Post by: deerhntr, Feb 25, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  11. deerhntr
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    For the Data Logging Crowd - Realtime Garn H2O Operating Temps via Pachube

    Bruce, I'm not sure why your usb dongle keeps "fryin" itself. Hopefully it doesn't damage the sensors. Since they are one-wire, all you would...
    Post by: deerhntr, Feb 16, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  12. deerhntr
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    For the Data Logging Crowd - Realtime Garn H2O Operating Temps via Pachube

    By all means, put at least a couple of runs of that cat6 in the conduit. You will be glad you did. At the very least you could put a couple of...
    Post by: deerhntr, Feb 16, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  13. deerhntr
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    For the Data Logging Crowd - Realtime Garn H2O Operating Temps via Pachube

    The temp sensors are Dallas 18B20 One-Wire devices. A one wire bus requires 3 wires, Power(5V), Ground, and DQ(Data). Many One-Wire devices can be...
    Post by: deerhntr, Feb 16, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  14. deerhntr
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    For the Data Logging Crowd - Realtime Garn H2O Operating Temps via Pachube

    It has been a while since I had anything worth while to add to this very informative forum until recently. I added an ethernet shield to my Arduino...
    Thread by: deerhntr, Feb 15, 2012, 17 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  15. deerhntr
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    not your grandpa's garn

    Guy's He already posted a couple of plots. Check this thread.http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/88701/
    Post by: deerhntr, Jan 16, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  16. deerhntr
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    not your grandpa's garn

    Tom, How are things going? Looks good from here. Very impressive! Of course I have a couple of questions. Why did you decide to bypass the stock...
    Post by: deerhntr, Jan 16, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  17. deerhntr
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    My Garn Corrosion Fiasco Part 1

    Boy Jim, For someone who goes out of there way to state "not to disparage the users", you are doing a pretty darn good job of bashing users,...
    Post by: deerhntr, Feb 7, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  18. deerhntr
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    Newbe needs a little advice.....

    Marshall, I really like the garn. We are now in our second year of use with no problems. Let me back up a bit, and describe my situation before I...
    Post by: deerhntr, Jan 16, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  19. deerhntr
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    Newbe needs a little advice.....

    Marshall, Welcome, and Congrats on the GARN! Sounds like you are going to have a pretty good load on your unit. Your distances and load might be...
    Post by: deerhntr, Jan 15, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  20. deerhntr
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    My Garn is finally fully operational.

    George, Great to see that you are online!. Your install looks very impressive. You will need a bit of time to dial things in, but I'm sure you...
    Post by: deerhntr, Dec 22, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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