Cool, nearly pointless IR pictures of my boiler

[binfordw]

Grayscale pic of the front of boiler



Hotiron scale pic of same



Pic of exit stack, right above rear access box on boiler

(broken image removed)

Pic of the rear access box, you can see the temp diff plainly through the door. (Divider plate inside, directing first pass air to front, then back to rear access box)



Rad in house, early in heat cycle




Another rad




Fuzzy, but its a pic of my firebox in grayscale, I snapped this when i cam home to fill it in the morning. You can see the 2 airtubes along the sides, and the hot mass in middle is coal bed.



Last is a fuzzy but cool one of the ceiling in my bedroom. Easy to see I need better insulation in attic! You can easily spot the ceiling joists- sucking cool air from attic.

 

[GENECOP]

Cool....

 

[ED in CO]

What camera did you use? I want a Flir One for Christmas!

 

[binfordw]

I got a FLIR TG 165, basically the cheapest they sell. It's pretty awesome! I would recommend a little better if your budget allows, I'm already itching for a better one. Mine is basically a very fancy thermometer, the images are pretty low resolution as you can see.

 

[BoilerMan]

I've been trying to talk my boos into buying one for over a year now, can you say WRITE-OFF! They are fun to play with, I was snapping pictures with one at the supply-house last week, unfortunately they wouldn't let me "try it" at home.

TS

 

[binfordw]

What camera did you use? I want a Flir One for Christmas!

I just noticed you said specifically a FLIR one iphone cam. I actually bought one, and an hour afterwards it dawned on me a iphone 5C is not a 5/5S lol. So I ordered the TG 165 and sold the ONE on ebay.

I tried to compare stats, not alot is listed for the FLIR-ONE, but I did notice the temp range on the FLIR ONE was listed as 32 to 212F, while the TG 165 was -14 to 716F.

The price is nice on the FLIR ONES currently, on sale for $249.

 

[hiker88]

Plot twist - he works for NSA and can send you pictures of your boiler too

 

[salecker]

Hi binfordw
Cool pic's.
Now about your rads.....it looks like they are plumbed with the hot going in the bottom and cold coming out the top on the opposite side.At least the heat picture looks like that.If that is the case I'm curious as to the reasoning behind that configuration.
I'v been heating our loft with rads for a month or so and by feel the temps mirror your pictures,other than my rads are plumbed opposite of yours,maybe.
I was told hot in the top,cold out the bottom.The way it was explained to me was in the event of a power outage the rads will thermosyphon and you will still get some heat in your rooms.
Anyhow i hooked 2 10 row rads to each supply line controlled by TRV's,so far we haven't had any cold weather and so far there is little to no heat left in the water by the time it leaves the first rad.Maybe this will change if we get some winter weather and the room calls for more heat.
I wish i had your camera to confirm the feel test I've been doing.
Thomas

 

[ED in CO]

I got the iphone 5s just so that I could eventually get the Flir one. Plus I got the 64MB thinking that the camera would take memory. I keep thinking that since the iphone 6 the Flir One will be discounted again after Christmas--but they might just sell out and then I would have to go to ebay. I would like to monitor the boiler temps with it so don't really need the larger temp differential. Also want to check for thermal leaks in the house. I was hoping I would just open one on Christmas day so I wouldn't have to decide.

 

[binfordw]

Hi binfordw
Cool pic's.
Now about your rads.....it looks like they are plumbed with the hot going in the bottom and cold coming out the top on the opposite side.At least the heat picture looks like that.If that is the case I'm curious as to the reasoning behind that configuration.
I'v been heating our loft with rads for a month or so and by feel the temps mirror your pictures,other than my rads are plumbed opposite of yours,maybe.
I was told hot in the top,cold out the bottom.The way it was explained to me was in the event of a power outage the rads will thermosyphon and you will still get some heat in your rooms.
Anyhow i hooked 2 10 row rads to each supply line controlled by TRV's,so far we haven't had any cold weather and so far there is little to no heat left in the water by the time it leaves the first rad.Maybe this will change if we get some winter weather and the room calls for more heat.
I wish i had your camera to confirm the feel test I've been doing.
Thomas

Thomas,

No idea as to why they are that way, I imagine the fellow who installed them is likely dead by now. All the rad's were in the house, I just removed the fuel oil boiler in basement and plumbed in my boiler feed lines to the existing ones.

I would think the power outage issue would be minimal, the rad's seem to hold heat a very long time. Plus, we live on the electric companys main lines a few miles north of town. If our powers out, ALOT of peoples power is out, tends to get fixed quick.