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    The Electric Bill

    Most types of chicken can handle the cold surprisingly well as long as the wind doesn't blow through your coop. Just make sure you back the temps...
    Post by: Sizzler, Feb 12, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Externally adjusted primary control modifiaction on new EKO40 resulted in best burn yet !!!!

    It is good to use locktight or a jamb nut to keep the plate held snug against the boiler and prevent unwanted movement due to vibration.
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 9, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Externally adjusted primary control modifiaction on new EKO40 resulted in best burn yet !!!!

    Looks good Northwoodsman. I fixed mine up yesterday and am very pleased with how much more control I have over my burns. Now I can see exactly what...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 9, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    How much wood

    We have burned just under five cords since August 1st which puts us on track to use about 10 full cords per year for heat and DHW. We are heating...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 9, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Optimal Wood Length for an EKO 60 = 14"!

    What seems to work well in my 60 are 16-18" pieces all pushed to the back of the chamber and then some odd ends and short length pieces from the...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 9, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    One man's EKO 40 Illustrated Story - Start to Finish

    Wow... Great job. You should be very proud.
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 6, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 60 and smoke

    One tube sticking out 1in futher is not right. If you look at the tubes you should be able to see where the tack weld broke and then line it up back...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 4, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 60 and smoke

    One tube sticking out 1in futher is not right. If you look at the tubes you should be able to see where the tack weld broke and then line it up...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 4, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 60 and smoke

    I will give the firebrick and rear nozzle a try and see how that works. I'll need to pick up a brick for the trial. I closed down my primary air...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 4, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 60 and smoke

    I was looking into the lower chamber during gasification and it appears to be fairly smoke free as I watch the flue gas exit up the rear of the...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 4, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 60 and smoke

    I'm thinking mabe I have potential for a good draft but the cap is there backing everything up. It's an el cheapo galvanized cap. There is no spark...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 3, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 60 and smoke

    Leaddog, I was wondering myself about the cap. As fast as the gasses exit the pipe, the cap almost appears to restrict the flow and force it out in...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 3, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 60 and smoke

    I'm getting a steady stream of grayish smoke out my stack during the first few hours of the burn while the wood is being charcoalized. I've fiddled...
    Thread by: Sizzler, Jan 3, 2009, 22 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    eko-80 running on ONE fan

    Thank you for the advice Cave2K. I will give that a try tomorrow morning. I'm getting real good at removing the front panel if you know what I...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 3, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    eko-80 running on ONE fan

    I figured I'd give it a whirl so this A.M I cut power to one fan and blocked off the rear nozzle before building my daily fire. Been getting lots of...
    Post by: Sizzler, Jan 2, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Overheat Advice

    Sorry to hear about the overheat Eric.. What in the world were you thinking riding your bike in December on the snow covered roads of NYS?? Are you...
    Post by: Sizzler, Dec 31, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Lower chamber refractory brick placement on my EKO

    You want them positioned directly under the nozzle(s) with the "U" forming a tunnel from front to back of the lower chamber....
    Post by: Sizzler, Dec 6, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Chimney caps and stove pipe leakage

    My draft was sluggish during the warm months so I removed my cheapo $6 cap and it definatley improved things. This also seemed to reduce some of the...
    Post by: Sizzler, Nov 26, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Eko 25 heats and smokes up the house

    I've also been having issues with my gasket leaking around the top and corners of the loading door. Put nose over loading door and you can smell and...
    Post by: Sizzler, Nov 26, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Tweaking EKO efficiency

    Interesting as the new instrution manual on the new horizon site has the primary shut off quite abit, depending on model. I'm wondering how much...
    Post by: Sizzler, Nov 25, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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