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    Green, Whole Tree Chip Boiler - Feasibility

    Local university district heats with green chips. They buy loads from woodland contractors chipping for pulp. I think in the winter they burn about...
    Post by: slowzuki, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:18 PM in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    hydronic staple up floor for efficiency.

    The problem with long runs is while you run out of heat, the long pipe also cuts the flow severely. I've got some waaaaay too long of runs in my...
    Post by: slowzuki, Mar 28, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    The Gremlins Strike Again

    I guess I'm lucky, burning softwood we rarely have embers 10 minutes after the fires out. I curse it in the winter because you have to light 3 fires...
    Post by: slowzuki, Mar 25, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Losing water part II - sacrilegious question

    Isn't because the crystals carried in the fluid used to plug the leaks also are abrasive?
    Post by: slowzuki, Mar 11, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Did a heat loss.....does this seem right

    Err, its not the water in the fuel that a condensing boiler is condensing, its the water produced by burning the fuel with air. Gas fuels are...
    Post by: slowzuki, Feb 18, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Passive solar house in Maine

    Re the ACH, modern furnishings foams and plastics produce a huge amount of off-gassing to the interior. Lots of people are becoming sensitive to...
    Post by: slowzuki, Jan 29, 2013 in forum: The Green Room
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    Did efficiency really go up when switched from stove to boiler?

    Even running an old pre-epa woodstove going to an efficient boiler I figured my wood use would increase. Why? Because I'm going to keep it evenly...
    Post by: slowzuki, Jan 29, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Passive solar house in Maine

    Bret, just over the border in NB, I don't quite follow your sheathing discussion above. Most houses here of the 70's/80's had much lighter roof...
    Post by: slowzuki, Jan 25, 2013 in forum: The Green Room
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    Problems with Pellet Boiler Installation

    Sounds like an outdoor reset thermometer, the outside thermostat can't be in the sun or it will make it go bonkers. There is an indoor thermostat...
    Post by: slowzuki, Nov 6, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Jetstream Rollcall

    Yup! Good to hear from you! I sadly assembled the boiler, plumbed it all up, got it all ready to go, then its been sitting on a pallet in my shop...
    Post by: slowzuki, Oct 25, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Jetstream Rollcall

    I'm not on here often anymore but I had 3 Jetstreams, now down to 2. One is a good one, the other is a neglected prototype Hampton with a huge fuel...
    Post by: slowzuki, Oct 24, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Hybrid populars for a renewable fuel

    I burn a lot of poplar, both the the lombardy/hybrid stuff that is free from everyone that planted it 20-30 years ago as soon as the first one falls...
    Post by: slowzuki, May 8, 2012 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Cordierite didn't Last Trying Corelite now?

    I've always wondered, given the different expansion rates of ceramic and steel, the needles must also generate cracks in the refractory too while...
    Post by: slowzuki, Apr 17, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    I have a stove that can burn green pine and not get creosoted! Check it out!!

    Sounds like the Seton type BS. How'd they work out eh?
    Post by: slowzuki, Apr 17, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    My progress in building a wood fired boiler based on the design by Richard C. Hill

    Just to add to the thread, the cyclone style chamber was present in the bioburner that was spun off by Woodmizer. The cyclone action helps scour the...
    Post by: slowzuki, Apr 3, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Can you have too much storage?

    Strange, most Jetstreams with storage had a hx with four 1/2" 25 ft coils, designed to give a delta T of 40 F at 10 gpm when dumping the full output...
    Post by: slowzuki, Mar 28, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    VARIABLE SPEED CIRC VS. TEMPERING VALVE FOR BOILER PROTECTION

    I'm a fan of the variable speed circ, with the right controller you can prevent the boiler from dropping under 140 F and simplify the system. Last I...
    Post by: slowzuki, Nov 17, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Flat Panel Radiator actuator vs Zone Valve

    Constant pumping results in more constant panel temps and less noise in the system from expanding and contracting parts. It costs some money to run...
    Post by: slowzuki, Nov 17, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    A Fresh Eko 40 with 500 gal Storage Install

    I've got 10 mil poly then a 12" sandbed topped by my slab. The sand took a while to dry, about a year, but it is dry now (I have a 30x30 access). I...
    Post by: slowzuki, Nov 2, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    What is Dick Hill up to now??

    Good to see an update on what he's doing.
    Post by: slowzuki, Nov 2, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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