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    Wood Burner's need a universal testing/rating method..... What should it be???????

    Igor Kuznetsov, the Russian stove designer ( stove.ru ) says that in his opinion, the fair, practical, real-life-meaningful way to test a stove or...
    Post by: cguida, Feb 7, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Advantage of longer wood in an Eko?

    Yes indeed I like it. We are getting much more milage out of the junk wood. And when we load up with real fuel wood, the whole place is warm. We...
    Post by: cguida, Jan 6, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Advantage of longer wood in an Eko?

    About choosing either an EKO40 or EKO60 I had to make this decision not too long ago, and chose the '60. I have (potentially) about 7000 sq feet to...
    Post by: cguida, Jan 6, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Ekoster 2 Questions

    Thisd is not a firmware update. But about the inability to adjust the pump turn-on temperature..... If you are sure that there really is no way to...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 10, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Relay basics, tutorial

    On the subject of relays, check this link from WoodNotOil -- a board with 4 solid-state relays, 4 to 32v dc input; 50-240vac out, 2amp. Quite alot...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 10, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Arduino as a heating monitoring and control unit

    The Arduino requires a PC for programing, but once it is loaded up via the USB cable, you can disconnect the USB cable and run it as a stand alone...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 9, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Bridging in EKO-60 -- Causes, Cures, Prevention -- any ideas?

    CRS Syndrome? Sorry -- I don't know what that means. Is that Polish? Good point about the 50-60 cycles issue. Makes sense. I'll move the Fan...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Ekoster 2 Questions

    Wondering off topic... Did you read the comments on the UWaga link? Hilarious. The guy was trying to take nice, thoughtful pictures, and this...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Arduino as a heating monitoring and control unit

    This is from a link supplied by WoodnotOil about the Dallas Semiconductor digital thermometer/thermostat. Souinds pretty cool -- and cheap! 3 or 4...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Bridging in EKO-60 -- Causes, Cures, Prevention -- any ideas?

    Being too cheap to burn real firewood this time of year, I am using thin splits of standing dead Cedar and such. My wife calls this "Balsa Wood," --...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Ekoster 2 Questions

    That bit about the program/fan etc coming on when the boiler temperature crosses the Operating Threshold (e.g. boiler set for 80C; dt 10deg; program...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Bridging in EKO-60 -- Causes, Cures, Prevention -- any ideas?

    Title of this thread pretty much says it all. No doubt about it: bridging is a real pain in the neck. Make a nice fire before bed, and wake up to a...
    Thread by: cguida, Nov 8, 2009, 6 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Attn EKO-60 Owners -- Stack Temperatures -- What should they be and what do they indicate?

    Thanks all for your responses. I guess I will take NoFossil's comments and data to heart -- chalk it up to measurement error, and just not worry...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Arduino as a heating monitoring and control unit

    The Arduino literature says the contoller was developed to be a cheap, simple way for non-technical people to do digital logic control. The two key...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Ekoster 2 Questions

    Just this morning I had the eko-60 manual out and was trying to answer the same questions. That crazy syntax doesn't help. But in fairness to the...
    Post by: cguida, Nov 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Attn EKO-60 Owners -- Stack Temperatures -- What should they be and what do they indicate?

    Can someone explain gasification boiler Stack Temeratues -- what they are typically, and what they indicate? I am a new (and inexperienced) EKO 60...
    Thread by: cguida, Oct 28, 2009, 9 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Wood Gasification Boilers -- Are they 'too expensive,' or are they 'free'?

    Fall 2009 Update: As to the original question -- Is a 10-15 thousand dollar gasification boiler "worth it" -- research here continues. I don't want...
    Post by: cguida, Oct 28, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Overheat Advice

    As long as this subject (overheated boilers) is at the top of the thresd list, allow me to offer this not very well-considered thought and tell me...
    Post by: cguida, May 31, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Atmos on Ebay

    Isn't a wood boiler a biomass stove? I read somewhere the tax credit applied to "appliances of 76% or higher efficiency, which would include all...
    Post by: cguida, May 16, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Atmos on Ebay

    Maybe -- but put in for it anyway. There should be a generic letter available if IRS requests it. Try it, and see what happens. Worst they can do...
    Post by: cguida, May 15, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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