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    designing and building a mega boiler need help.....

    Trying to build a boiler with hot water for a camp would be like building a boiler for a city, only on a smaller scale. Only one or two places on the...
    Post by: overshot, Aug 26, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    designing and building a mega boiler need help.....

    WOW! That is quite a project!. I would start at the heat loads for the buildings. How many BTU’s total? Determine what your needs are before you...
    Post by: overshot, Aug 25, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Programmable Relay/ mini PLC as control for boiler + storage + fallback heat?

    The first thing I would do is - decide what you want your "system" to do. This is how I start all my control designs. If you dont determine what you...
    Post by: overshot, Aug 21, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Oil Burner won't stay running!

    What burner do you have?
    Post by: overshot, May 26, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Systemic dreaming...

    I would rework the heat loss numbers to your finished design specs. If you start at 87,269 BTU/hr loss then add insulation - your loss will go down....
    Post by: overshot, Apr 23, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    WWW.Kotly.com

    5) CUSTOMS AND PAPERWORK – After your boiler is in the container and on the boat, you will receive a original BOL in the mail. The Bill Of Lading...
    Post by: overshot, Mar 24, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    WWW.Kotly.com

    Tips for importing your own boiler. 1) THE COMPANY -- Most, if not all, overseas companies want to be paid in full before they ship the product....
    Post by: overshot, Mar 24, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    PI, PID, Proportional, and outdoor reset control algorithm questions

    Can you put in your code that anything less than set point minus 5° equals full output? Maybe by starting the PID control function closer to set...
    Post by: overshot, Mar 9, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pressure tank help

    If I am following you correctly, you are talking about a air over water pressure system and replaceing it with nitrogen over water. I think you...
    Post by: overshot, Mar 5, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pressure tank help

    If I am following you correctly, you are talking about a air over water pressure system and replaceing it with nitrogen over water. I think you...
    Post by: overshot, Mar 4, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    aquastat, circulator, step down transformer, and relay electrical question

    Relays come with NO (normally open) and NC (normally closed) contacts. It sounds like you have the fan hooked up to NC - this keeps the fan on when...
    Post by: overshot, Feb 25, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    aquastat, circulator, step down transformer, and relay electrical question

    Or try Automation Direct (online)#QM2N1-A120 $4.25 Relay, #SQMO8D $3.25 Socket
    Post by: overshot, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Poor man's variable speed pump

    They appear to be just as you say - PSC with multiple windings. Interesting that this thread resurfaced one year later to the day from its last...
    Post by: overshot, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Poor man's variable speed pump

    How do the Grundfos change speed? Are they PSC motors with additional windings? I never took one apart.
    Post by: overshot, Feb 17, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    aquastat, circulator, step down transformer, and relay electrical question

    The cheapest solution is a 120v coil relay. You use the 120v from the circulator circuit to close the coil when the aquastat turns on the pump. On...
    Post by: overshot, Feb 16, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    aquastat, circulator, step down transformer, and relay electrical question

    Your existing thermostat will get 24v from batteries or the gas furnace transformer, so I dont hink you need the transformer. Use your "fan" wires...
    Post by: overshot, Feb 11, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Head Pressure

    Pump "head" and pump "pressure" are two different things. To give you all that info would take several pages of writing. Try doing a Google search.
    Post by: overshot, Jan 27, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO Blower/Electric Motor Question

    First determine what type of motor it is - then see what is available to control it. Is it a permanent capacitor motor? Most fan motors are and they...
    Post by: overshot, Jan 13, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Attention nofossil: HOBO data loggers

    I used the four channel analog and it worked great. The free software was excellent - has loads of otions and configurations. This product has the...
    Post by: overshot, Dec 11, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    PID as temp monitor and alarm

    PID's are used to collect data then make an adjustment to the system. I think a simple adjustable temperature switch is what you want.
    Post by: overshot, Dec 3, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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