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    TACO Bumble Bee

    I'm still waiting for Taco to update the bumblebee so it has reverse acting capability.....
    Post by: kuribo, Jun 2, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    What wire do I need?

    The underground run is about 50 feet. I will need to send control signals to the pumps and zone valve (for heat dump). I have a roll of cat 5, sounds...
    Post by: kuribo, May 27, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    What wire do I need?

    Thanks for the replies, but what I am asking about is the low voltage, non-power wiring for thermocouples, valve and pump controls. What kind of wire...
    Post by: kuribo, May 27, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    What wire do I need?

    I am about to begin construction of a small outbuilding that will be the home for my Econoburn boiler. I will be trenching and foaming the pex lines...
    Thread by: kuribo, May 25, 2013, 6 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Taco HEC-2 Bumble Bee Reverse-Acting Control

    Talked to taco today and they confirmed that the new bumblebee will have reverse acting control and be more powerful. Estimated to become available...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 19, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Taco HEC-2 Bumble Bee Reverse-Acting Control

    I have a call in to Taco as well about the bumblebee running in a reverse acting mode. They told me they would call back last week and I have yet to...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 18, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    The Best-Built, Most Advanced, Lambda Controlled Wood Gasification Boiler On The Planet!

    Watching the video, I kept expecting the coyote to pop out.....
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 15, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    Since I would be at the far end of the curve with 20gpm (with a 20F delta T through the boiler), I am looking at 16 gpm with a 25F delta T. The 005...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 13, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    Technical support at Taco said to use the submittal document info...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 13, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    [ATTACH] Here's the graph I am using from the Taco circulator selection document....Indeed, seems the graph is different....Guess another call to...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 12, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    If I look at 0 gpm, the 007 curve crosses the Total Head axis at about 11feet. If I follow a horizontal line to the right from 9 feet of head on the...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 12, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    Really? I calculated a bit over 8 ft of head at just under 5gpm with 1" pex. It looked to me like I was right on the 007 curve....???
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 11, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    Thanks for the info....Yes, around 250 feet equivalent....I'm thinking the 1" pex should do it. I talked to Taco today and they said the bumblebee...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 11, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    What flow rates to storage are you seeing? How far is your boiler from the storage tank and what size pex do you use? Seems I can return the...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 11, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    I will talk with Taco tomorrow about the bumblebee. If that is a no go, I will end up going with the pid. I did notice in the instructions for one of...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 10, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    Yeah, those 00 taco pumps with variable speed and set point would be the ticket but really expensive... So, do I understand correctly how this...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 10, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    So basically, one of these controllers would be wired to the pump through a relay and set to turn the pump on and off to control a temp sensed by the...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 10, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    Thanks, I will look into PID controllers...Do you have a commercial product in your system you could recommend?
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 10, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    If I move the sensor for P2 to downstream of P2, then if the boiler starts to output too cool of water, P2 will pump less and return temp at the...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 10, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing a circulator

    Thanks for the reply.... I see what you mean about the TCV. Have to rethink that. I thought the taco bumblebee would control to a set...
    Post by: kuribo, Mar 10, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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