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    Cool video of sectional cast boilers

    I have a 140k btu Buderus cast sectional that is simmilar to these. Been out of service for a while now and time to find it a new home. I have to...
    Post by: 700renegade, Apr 10, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 60 - Used

    Hasn't everyone been curious why the EKO 60's and 80's are no longer available from the importer and the 40's are continually "On-Sale"? Perhaps...
    Post by: 700renegade, Mar 2, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thermostatic Mixing Valve rec?

    So in theory, wouldn't having the entire tank at 190F be ideal? Yes whole tank at 190* is great whether stratified or mixed. The difference is...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 25, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  4. 700renegade
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    Thermostatic Mixing Valve rec?

    Somehow when I wrote that post I imagined just that comment appearing! Lets try again: If your system is overpumping and constantly mixing the...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 23, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 60 - Used

    If they didn't use a mixing valve to ensure 140* return water and run boiler chemicals tested regularly, walk away. I bought a two year old EKO 40...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 23, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  6. 700renegade
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    Wiring relay

    A $10 solution from my favorite surplus store: http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=15-1180&catname=electric and:...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 22, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  7. 700renegade
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    Thermostatic Mixing Valve rec?

    You absoulutely do want stratification - it's the holy grail of efficiency in this type system. EWD covered this, but I'll try a different way....
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 22, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  8. 700renegade
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    Headloss thru air heat exchanger and sidearm?

    Agreed. All 1" pipe is different. 1" P-A-P is 1.032" ID, 1" barrier pex is 0.875" ID and flows roughly 1/2 the GPM as P-A-P. My calcs are all...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 5, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  9. 700renegade
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    Headloss thru air heat exchanger and sidearm?

    My numbers with all the fittings and corrections for 40' of 1" barrier pex in my basement ( instead of pex-al-pex ), etc etc comes up to 558' of...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 5, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pipeing question

    kopec, what $ do the FPE valves run and where did you purchase it? The Cv on them is fantastic - I wonder what fluid they used for the charts as...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 4, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  11. 700renegade
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    Headloss thru air heat exchanger and sidearm?

    Anyone here have a guess on headloss thru a standard water-air HX? I'm guessing mine is roughly 18" x 22" or so, 1" headers - but it feeds via 3 or...
    Thread by: 700renegade, Feb 4, 2013, 5 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 40 owner can't get it up.......needs help to keep wife happy

    I'm making progress little by little. Opened up primary to 12mm seems to help. Since there is question about the wood itself and my explanations,...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 4, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  13. 700renegade
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    EKO 40 owner can't get it up.......needs help to keep wife happy

    Well I'm making progress thanks to all the comments here. More primary air is the key I guess. I've opened my primaries to 12mm+ and am running fan...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 2, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  14. 700renegade
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    EKO 40 owner can't get it up.......needs help to keep wife happy

    taxidermist - I'll make the adjustments tonite and report back. too bad primary adjustment can't be done easily like secondary. I appreciate your...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 1, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 40 owner can't get it up.......needs help to keep wife happy

    My return protection is a boiler protection valve. Big 2" brass monster big enough to move a million BTU. If I was choking it for water, my problem...
    Post by: 700renegade, Feb 1, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 40 owner can't get it up.......needs help to keep wife happy

    OK get your minds out of the gutter - my problem is I cannot get the boiler temp up past 160* no matter what I try. After 2 weeks of my first fire...
    Thread by: 700renegade, Feb 1, 2013, 31 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Fix for Eko RK-2001U controller flicker / flashing / blinking / E2 code

    To clarify, the thermistor and a capacitor are two competely different things. The controller uses a temperature probe which is strapped to the...
    Post by: 700renegade, Jan 29, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Fix for Eko RK-2001U controller flicker / flashing / blinking / E2 code

    ihookem, Open up the controller ( 2 screws on case ) and look at my pictures and it will be very obvious which cap I'm talking about. It's right...
    Post by: 700renegade, Jan 24, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Fix for Eko RK-2001U controller flicker / flashing / blinking / E2 code

    I thought I'd start a new discussion for repairs to these controllers, as the information already on the site was embedded in other posts. All thanks...
    Thread by: 700renegade, Jan 24, 2013, 21 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    An option to 3 way mix valves

    A very forgiving parasite however..... Keep in mind the power consumption decreases as you throttle a centrifugal pump. Counter-intuitive to...
    Post by: 700renegade, Dec 20, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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