I've got the cash this week and am planning to order my EKO 40 next week! Christmas comes early. I've been reading and reading on this site. I've learned a lot. My current plan is to couple the EKO 40 to an HX for my forced air furnace and (2) 500 gallon propane tanks for storage, piped in parallel, stacked. I've got a BOM from Cozy Heat with all of the expansion tanks and gear that they propose I need. My question is more on the control side at this point.
The EKO controller has the ability to control the main circulator pump and a mixing valve. But that's it. If I use only what comes with the EKO will I not be running all of my hot water supply through the HX in my furnace even when I'm charging the tanks and have no demand on the heat zone? It seems like I need to add more controls to stop the flow through the HX and direct it all to the tanks when the house is up to temp, correct?
My BOM from Cozy includes a main circ pump as well as a second circ pump for the storage tanks. Can I control both with the EKO? I have done some searches but it seems like most people have oil fired burners here instead of a forced air setup. I feel like the minority! The schematics are always just a touch different than what I'm looking for.
Last question - Is it possible to use a new room thermostat installed for the boiler operation to both control when water flows through the HX (vs when it goes to storage) as well as kick on the fan of my forced air furnace? I would think "ON" should turn on my forced air furnance fan as well as direct hot water towards the HX. When it's off and the boiler is still burning the water should all go to storage. Seems simple but I can't get my mind around controlling this with the EKO and only two outputs.
One thousand appreciations for any help here.
The EKO controller has the ability to control the main circulator pump and a mixing valve. But that's it. If I use only what comes with the EKO will I not be running all of my hot water supply through the HX in my furnace even when I'm charging the tanks and have no demand on the heat zone? It seems like I need to add more controls to stop the flow through the HX and direct it all to the tanks when the house is up to temp, correct?
My BOM from Cozy includes a main circ pump as well as a second circ pump for the storage tanks. Can I control both with the EKO? I have done some searches but it seems like most people have oil fired burners here instead of a forced air setup. I feel like the minority! The schematics are always just a touch different than what I'm looking for.
Last question - Is it possible to use a new room thermostat installed for the boiler operation to both control when water flows through the HX (vs when it goes to storage) as well as kick on the fan of my forced air furnace? I would think "ON" should turn on my forced air furnance fan as well as direct hot water towards the HX. When it's off and the boiler is still burning the water should all go to storage. Seems simple but I can't get my mind around controlling this with the EKO and only two outputs.
One thousand appreciations for any help here.
