So Monday night the weather said it was going to be spring-like in NY, so I fed the GW a partial load of hard maple and closed the door. Tuesday AM, after the Truck Chick had her shower (DHW MUST be at the 145* max for optimal WAF) I turned the oil boiler loop off. I did not open the GW door until Wed 7 AM. At that time I carefully stirred the hidden coals, removed some ash, placed a layer of houshold paper waste (aka credit card offers) on the few coals, a few handfuls of tinder found on the floor on top of that, a piece of 1" X split into strips, and lastly a 5" ash split into 1" pieces on top. An hout later three 3" of oak and a couple pieces of hard maple. I expect to reload this evening.
So, the GW went about 34 hours. This was greatly lengthened bu the fact that it was +60* here yesterday, and that I let the oil fire over night last night because I didn't want to get smoky before bed time.
But the issue to me is controls. Yesterday when I turned the inside loop of the HX off, I would like to have been able to
1)close the air flap on the GW
2)shorten the circultion on the GW, as in possibly into a 1-gallon tank within 5' of the GW, then back to the GW instead of 70' to the HX, through the HX, then 70' back to the GW.
I imagine that reducing all the controls in this system to an algorithm - and give it learning ability - will either turn this into an awesome system that I can control from the net . . . or make it totally inoperable :smirk:
One zone has a 'programable' thermostat, and it doesn't work worth it's cost. . . pretty simple. . . yeah, you tell it what kind of heat system you have, but the stupid stat don't know how cold it is outside.
going to write some code . . .
So, the GW went about 34 hours. This was greatly lengthened bu the fact that it was +60* here yesterday, and that I let the oil fire over night last night because I didn't want to get smoky before bed time.
But the issue to me is controls. Yesterday when I turned the inside loop of the HX off, I would like to have been able to
1)close the air flap on the GW
2)shorten the circultion on the GW, as in possibly into a 1-gallon tank within 5' of the GW, then back to the GW instead of 70' to the HX, through the HX, then 70' back to the GW.
I imagine that reducing all the controls in this system to an algorithm - and give it learning ability - will either turn this into an awesome system that I can control from the net . . . or make it totally inoperable :smirk:
One zone has a 'programable' thermostat, and it doesn't work worth it's cost. . . pretty simple. . . yeah, you tell it what kind of heat system you have, but the stupid stat don't know how cold it is outside.
going to write some code . . .
