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    If I Died, Could My Wife Run the Boiler?

    Pool boy my ass. Not to say go f*** yourself, but go f*** yourself. I am not quite my wife's pool boy. However, I wonder if the present generation...
    Post by: rickh1001, Dec 22, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    If I Died, Could My Wife Run the Boiler?

    My wife, perhaps not in her most positive frame of mind, challenged me as to if I died, she could never run this complex, and very expensive thing I...
    Thread by: rickh1001, Dec 22, 2009, 28 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    pressure storage flow piping

    jebatty, Thanks. It probably is important to leave some bypass flow, and not to shut the bypass valve completely, if only because I could forget...
    Post by: rickh1001, Dec 17, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    pressure storage flow piping

    I have a quick question about the discussion of the Danfoss valve. I have a balancing valve on the short recirculating loop through the Danfoss,...
    Post by: rickh1001, Dec 17, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Low Temp. Emitters

    chuck, what a great idea! I have been searching craigslist and other places trying to find more cast iron radiators. The Runthal radiator panels...
    Post by: rickh1001, Dec 10, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler or a hot air furnace

    "I am from Central NH and our house was built in 2005 2 story 2800+/- SQ FEET. Currently heated with HWBB and a Crown 120k btu oil burner in the...
    Post by: rickh1001, Dec 10, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    storage and continous burning

    karriON, Yes, I could add more storage, and that is my point. If I try to articulate the problem a little more clearly, it seems there are 3 major...
    Post by: rickh1001, Dec 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    storage and continous burning

    This is an interesting thread, and a subject that I have been thinking about a lot over the previous year's experience with my EKO 60 and 500 gal of...
    Post by: rickh1001, Dec 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Confused About the Various PEX Fitting Types

    Last year I installed my EKO 60 with 500 gal of storage by myself, using rigid copper, except for one underground PEX line running to a second house....
    Thread by: rickh1001, Dec 8, 2009, 17 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    benefits of zones?

    Goose, Thanks for the excellent overview. I am no plumber, and designing a more efficient and flexible heat delivery system instead of the HX in...
    Post by: rickh1001, Dec 4, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    benefits of zones?

    Goose, How would one plumb in a separate supply/return line to each radiator from a single pump? Would one use diverter T's? I ask because I am...
    Post by: rickh1001, Dec 2, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Good Results Reducing Smoke with Draft Inducer and Limit Switch on EKO 60

    Like everyone here, I have had smoke issues when loading wood, with my EKO 60 in the basement. Mark at AHONA set me up with a Jernlund draft...
    Thread by: rickh1001, Dec 2, 2009, 16 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Cast Iron Radiator Project

    Eric, I didn't catch your original post on this, but you are way ahead of your time. These old "radiators" are just that, as in Radiant Heating....
    Post by: rickh1001, Feb 9, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Eko stove pipe fire

    tacoma95 I have an EKO 60 in our basement, and winding up the first winter in service, I wouldn't have it any other way. My wife complained about...
    Post by: rickh1001, Feb 5, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Scientific, detailed explanation of gasification process

    Northwoodsman, In addition to the above, Wikipedia has some nice overviews of the process under wood gas and another under Fischer Tropsch...
    Post by: rickh1001, Jan 31, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    hot air gasifier

    cenzino, Actually, there is. The unit is a Kuuma Vapor Fire. See http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/28964/ I had checked...
    Post by: rickh1001, Jan 25, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Is co2 heat storage tank possible?

    Andrew04039 Why not just weld a 1.5" port into a pressurized tank, and insert a copper-coil HX? You can run fresh water through it, either directly...
    Post by: rickh1001, Jan 12, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Wood Gasification Boilers -- Are they 'too expensive,' or are they 'free'?

    Smee, I think I know what you are looking for, which is are some realistic total installation cost numbers from various members on the group, so...
    Post by: rickh1001, Jan 12, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Optimal Wood Length for an EKO 60 = 14"!

    I have played around with wood lengths from 16 - 24+" for the EKO 60, which has a 30" chamber length. Contrary to the seemingly obvious idea (to me)...
    Thread by: rickh1001, Jan 9, 2009, 5 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    owning a classic wood boiler and home owners insuranse was dumped / scared of smoke lawsuit

    shoeboxlen What is "government", except a community of individuals coming together? By definition, there are restrictions - the examples are...
    Post by: rickh1001, Jan 9, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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