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    Simplest Pressurized Storage revisited

    Way back in 2008(!) I sketched up a system plumbing schematic that became a sticky. It's been a while, and I've worked out a few other designs and variations since then. I'd like to take my current thinking and pass it by the collective wisdom of the boiler room wizards. Does this approach make...
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    Gasifier Quick Start

    I always run my gasifier flat-out. I let it heat the house and storage, then let it go out. That means I build fires a lot - every day in cold weather. I've been looking at how to get from lighting the match up to 'safe' inlet temperature, then up to 'usable heat' as quickly as possible. I've...
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    Troubleshooting in bathrobe

    So I'm sitting here with a cup of coffee looking at the snow outside and poking around the Internet when the phone rings. It's the property manager at a site with one of our systems. He says that he looked at the graphs and saw that the Froling pellet boiler was running a lot - more than he...
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    My Summer Vacation - New Controllers

    I've been away for a while, and really didn't post much last year. Hoping to do better this year, especially since I haven't had to spend a lot of time feeding the boiler ;-) Here's what I've been doing during my summer vacation (and Fall, and Winter) - Contracted an Electrical Engineer to do...
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