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    Chip Feed Jam - Looking for Ideas

    This is a common issue in the bio-mass industry. I have seen electric and / or pneumatic thumpers mounted on the side of the bin(s) to help encourage...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Oct 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    copper bulbs for thermostat dry well

    Perhaps you could get a standard 4" dry-well (or 6" ?) and weld / braze a brass rod onto the end of it to extend the sensing surface.
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Oct 16, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    I know they say not to but why?

    So, if you are not worried about modifying the furnace and effecting your insurance, you could relocate the motor to outside the furnace and...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Oct 16, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Why won't my new radiant circuits work?

    I helped a fella some years ago with a similar problem. He had such long in-slab lines and a small-ish pump that we ended up disconnecting the plugs...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Oct 7, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help with Propane tank fittings

    Thanks. I should have checked for other threads first. Yup, truck is great. Takes a beatin, keeps on keeping on. I will weld in a fitting for temp...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Sep 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO Install Complete - UPS Selection

    You could replace the SLA (or VRLA) type batteries inside the UPS with larger batteries, of the exact same type and get extended run time. The...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Sep 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help with Propane tank fittings

    Hey all; I just got some 500 gallon propane tanks and am curious what has been done by others with the square fitting at the side of the tank. Looks...
    Thread by: thecontrolguy, Sep 29, 2012, 13 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  8. thecontrolguy
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    Non bladder expansion tank

    I have filled a few hydronic systems over the years and usually fill the entire system (cold), add chemicals, and circulate. This is for the...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Sep 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  9. thecontrolguy
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    Will Water Burn Under Extreme Temperature?

    Water vapor will react carbon to become burnable hydrogen gas and burnable carbon monoxide gas. And water will react with carbon monoxide to...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Mar 13, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Anyone else doing a DIY oil to pellet burner conversion?

    Interesting, out of the box thinking. I know there are MANY types of sprinkler heads, but I would recommend the types that have a flat circular...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Feb 5, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Lambda controlled boilers

    Yes! I am an electrician, electronics technologist, and power engineer. Figure the number of old controllers I've tossed out and and then had to...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Feb 4, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  12. thecontrolguy
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    Relief valve blow-off.

    I also agree from an engineering perspective, that the relief is required at or near the device that is providing the heat or otherwise causing...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Feb 4, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  13. thecontrolguy
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    Efficiency misconceptions........

    If I might add to the mix, after a LOT of reading, industrial bio-mass experience, and an old farm-house heated with (a lot of) wood in a modified...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Feb 2, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Giving a Jetstream base new life.

    Allan; I think glass (silicon base) melts in the 2100 degF range. This is very incandescent yellowish-white. The oxidizer in the power plant...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Jan 31, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Giving a Jetstream base new life.

    OOoooh yah! Great Info. Why don't you live up North (mainland) so I can visit? I want one of these old gasser boilers in a bad way, but have...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Jan 31, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    PID controller

    In looking at this myself for the addition of a forced-draft fan to my big wood furnace, I tried a blower, pulled from a scrap bin (of course)...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Jan 30, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Beginning New Install for PB105 ---- Some Early Pics

    I would not disagree with others, it is a nice looking job. However, as a suggestion, you might consider putting isolation valves before the flex...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Jan 25, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Anyone else doing a DIY oil to pellet burner conversion?

    A bimetal disc might work, however a high-limit controller with remote bulb like a Honeywell L4008 might also work. The devil is deciding if you...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Jan 24, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Anyone else doing a DIY oil to pellet burner conversion?

    Sounds pretty cool, except I'm more interested in the details of the waste oil burner. Anyway, in the interest of safety, you might consider what...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Jan 23, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Expansion tanks options?

    If you are using a non-bladder tank you SHOULD be using oxygen-scavenging chemicals with inhibitors like molybdate or sulfate- based chemicals. When...
    Post by: thecontrolguy, Jan 23, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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