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    Extruded Aluminium Plate Install

    A 3 1/2 inch right angle grinder would do it, kinda slow an no fun probably. Maybe a heavy duty vibrating saw like in the infomercials, but for real.
    Post by: ewdudley, Jun 11, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Build your own patio?

    Got some manufactured faux-slate pavers that turned out nice. The nominal thickness was 1.5", but they varied by plus or minus as much as an eighth...
    Post by: ewdudley, Jun 11, 2013 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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    Would like to heat a hot tub from storage?

    Got the hot tub hooked two years ago this July. Just teed into one of the jet hoses and into the drain hose. Stainless steel pump draws from the...
    Post by: ewdudley, May 9, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Welding Propane Tanks [Be Carefull!!]

    Can you plug everything, fill with oxygen-free gas, weld on a fixture, and drill the hole afterwards?
    Post by: ewdudley, May 9, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler protection valve or not?

    With thermostatic mixing valve you normally only need one pump between the boiler and storage. It can be placed be on the return side between the...
    Post by: ewdudley, May 6, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    any way we can tell if we are getting neighbors runoff septic?

    "Flush twice, it's a long ways to Lexington!"
    Post by: ewdudley, May 6, 2013 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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    Plow Day

    Stan Rogers, The Field Behind the Plow. "... So ease the throttle out a hair, every rod's a gain, there's victory in every quarter mile." [media]
    Post by: ewdudley, May 6, 2013 in forum: The Perfect Picture
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    who sharpens chains good?..lets make a deal

    Or sharpen them yourself one at a time as needed. The trick for me was to get a magnifying visor so I can actually see what I'm doing. Once you...
    Post by: ewdudley, May 6, 2013 in forum: The Gear
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    Boiler protection valve or not?

    It sounds like the Econoburn controls are not set up right for heating storage, and as gg says a thermostatic mixing valve would be about the...
    Post by: ewdudley, May 6, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler protection valve or not?

    I think the way they intend it to work is that the 'near boiler pump' boiler-recirculation-flow is supposed be voluminous enough and hot enough to...
    Post by: ewdudley, May 4, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Huskavarna 372 xp

    http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/66562.htm
    Post by: ewdudley, May 4, 2013 in forum: The Gear
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    Boiler protection valve or not?

    Are you saying your system does not have what is labeled as 'near boiler pump' in the diagram?
    Post by: ewdudley, May 4, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    flywheel energy storage

    Oh all right, if you lift one gross stone up two rods it takes one thirtieth of a horsepower hour.
    Post by: ewdudley, May 4, 2013 in forum: The Green Room
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    Picked up an Echo CS-346, from CL $60

    Acquired one of these along the way years ago, discovered it in the barn last fall. Fortunately I had stored it with no gas and it took right off...
    Post by: ewdudley, May 4, 2013 in forum: The Gear
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    Introduction and expansion tank questions

    I'm confused, above it was a Water Pro, now it was a Well-X-Trol. How do you know what she gave you if you don't know which it was?
    Post by: ewdudley, Apr 27, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Drawing From Storage - Pulling Through Boiler?

    The key is that the water in the boiler is cooler than the water in the tank. As long as the relative buoyancy of the tank water column is...
    Post by: ewdudley, Apr 27, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Drawing From Storage - Pulling Through Boiler?

    It says so right in the 'simplest' theory of operation. When heating from storage, "There is no flow through either boiler.".
    Post by: ewdudley, Apr 22, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Introduction and expansion tank questions

    Actually the Water Pro is a superior tank. It has stainless steel fittings and is lined with poly, so is immune from corrosion, unlike the cheaper...
    Post by: ewdudley, Apr 18, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Introduction and expansion tank questions

    If it was a lot cheaper you could work around the temperature limitation by locating the tank a fair distance away and using small copper line to...
    Post by: ewdudley, Apr 17, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Tempering/Mixing valve for DHW

    You've got it, and of course the circulator needs to pull the mixed water out of the mixed port.
    Post by: ewdudley, Apr 15, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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