Another Garn comes online!

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bpirger said:
Now, we typically burn in the morning....so it's been 20 hours since the fire is out. If we fired in the late afternoon, morning DHW would likely be not an issue....though late morning laundry may be....

Stating the obvious..... If you are going to burn once a day, Wouldn't it make sense to store the BTUs prior to the coldest use period, i.e. Night Time. We usually burn once a day, as weather dictates. If that is the case, it is always in the evening. That then provides a fully charged system for the coldest part of the day, Hot water for all the morning showers, and then we let the Sun do it's job with some passive solar heating during the day if needed.
 
flyingcow said:
It really is nice once your burning wood. We've kept our house much warmer since we don't hear the oil boiler running. Fire the oil unit up a few times a winter(just for 30 minutes), or let the tank cool so the aqua stat turns on the oil burner. Just to make sure it's there and everything is still ok.

Than shortly after getting the wood boiler online, I found a tractor with enough lifting capacity for a pallet of wood. Stack right off of the splitter, move to dry, put next to boiler room in the garage. Love being spoiled.

goosegunner---love the idea of the shopping cart. I use a wheelbarrow, but the cart would be better.

I use one of those garden wagons with the mesh floor and sides. I put a piece of scrap shingle material for the bottom that keeps the debris from falling through. The air filled tires work great for trips to my wood pile especially when we have snow on the ground. If we get more than a couple inches or have drifting I just use the snowblower to make a bath to the wood pile. I like the pallet/tractor idea also to reduce handing but one would have to be wary of bringing mice into your building.
 
flyingcow said:
looks good. nice clean area too. Thumbs up.

Cleanliness is next to godliness when it comes to wood burning. Keep the floor swept up. No bark or chips laying around in front of the boiler. etc. I seems like such basic common sense but you can't believe how many I see that have debris a couple inches thick on the floor in front of the loading door. That scenario is just like a bug in search of a windshield.
 
bpirger said:
You'll find a good number of threads on the Garn stratification and the fact that the front sensor will read anywhere from 10-20 degrees off the actual water supply temperature hours after a burn finishes. During the burn, and immediately after, they agree quite well (due to the mixing driven by the fire). But as the fire ends and the stratificaiton begins, it seems very typical for the actual supply temp to deviate substantially from the front sensor temp.....growing larger as time passes...until it starts to grow closer as the whole thing gets down toward 120 or so (my experience anyways).

Many folks go 24 hours...all depends on your load. The one "issue" I have with my 1500, some mornings, making DHW can be very slow...or not possible. Now, we typically burn in the morning....so it's been 20 hours since the fire is out. If we fired in the late afternoon, morning DHW would likely be not an issue....though late morning laundry may be....

You will quickly learn what you need. You may also consider droppign your DHW setting.

Enjoy!

I find a lot of Garn users, depending on their schedule of course, will end up firing somewhere between 4-8PM. That tops things off for what is usually the coldest part of the 24 hour period and leaves enough "steam" for satisfactory dhw production in the morning.
 
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A new garn, 28 replies AND no one asked for pics?
 
mikefrommaine said:
A new garn, 28 replies AND no one asked for pics?

Mike,
I respectfully disagree! I asked for PICs at #8. :-)

I do agree it's no darn good without PICs.
 
OK, ok, I get it, you want pictures. I'll post them soon. Right now the area is a bit, shall we say, disheveled. I'll clean things up a bit and post some pics so I don't have to be too embarrassed.

Chris
 
cmittlesteadt said:
I'll clean things up a bit and post some pics so I don't have to be too embarrassed.

Chris

Dude,

There is nothing to be embarrassed about. You have got 3000 lbs.(With out H2O) of fire breathing USA steel heating your humble abode! You have kicked the Sultan of Arabia to the curb! No matter the state of completeness that is a thing of beauty, and something to be hold. Be proud, hold your head up high, you have taken one more step on the road to energy independence! ;-) :vampire: :snake: :lol:
 
cmittlesteadt said:
OK, ok, I get it, you want pictures. I'll post them soon. Right now the area is a bit, shall we say, disheveled. I'll clean things up a bit and post some pics so I don't have to be too embarrassed.

Chris

Cmittle, Yah, congrats on the near finished project and your move to get foreign fossil off your back. It must have a "feel" that you only know if experienced. I'm just finishing up my little lightweight project and have had a couple of "experimental" burns in a pellet boiler with fossil (backup only). Mostly been fixing leaks, a new one seems to pop up daily out of nowhere. Again, congratulations on your new freedom and I'll be anxiously waiting to see those "pichers".
 
It really did happen! Nice clean photos and application Chris. All you need now is a recliner, flat screen TV, high speed internet, and a refer and you are set.
I wish I had the new controller system but I hate to throw out mine while it is still working at the price of the new one.

Enjoy your efforts!
 
Very nice!

But I still want to see it in person.

gg
 
Well GG, you're just going to have to come on over. I think that were no more than a half hour from each other. Let me know when.

Chris
 
Chris,

Looks, Great. Very nice. Now I'm embarrassed with how my boiler room looks. ;-)

All joking aside, it looks as if you have done a real nice job. I really like that tekmar controller.
 
Sawyer said:
It really did happen! Nice clean photos and application Chris. All you need now is a recliner, flat screen TV, high speed internet, and a refer and you are set.
I wish I had the new controller system but I hate to throw out mine while it is still working at the price of the new one.

Enjoy your efforts!

He George,

I've got cable TV and internet access cabling pulled out there already! Actually, the other side of the wall from the boiler room is a piano studio and guest house so it's not much of a stretch. You can be assured that there will be some beers drunk while firing the beast and watching some Packer games!

Chris
 
A super "Man's Cave" with a "Man's" heater. You can throw a stick in the Garn on every first down. :lol:
 
deerhntr said:
bpirger said:
Now, we typically burn in the morning....so it's been 20 hours since the fire is out. If we fired in the late afternoon, morning DHW would likely be not an issue....though late morning laundry may be....

Stating the obvious..... If you are going to burn once a day, Wouldn't it make sense to store the BTUs prior to the coldest use period, i.e. Night Time. We usually burn once a day, as weather dictates. If that is the case, it is always in the evening. That then provides a fully charged system for the coldest part of the day, Hot water for all the morning showers, and then we let the Sun do it's job with some passive solar heating during the day if needed.

I don't have a garn, but for me it works better to fire in the morning. I Then have no trouble meeting DHW demand
threw the day and for night baths. The DHW then has all night to recover for morning showers. I don't need real hot water to heat my house at night though. I think it just depends on your systym and schedules and the best time will vary for person to person
and possiby for the same person depending on weather, guests etc.
 
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