If I buy an outdoor wood boiler and it is to large for my house is there any adverse effects? Burns wood to quick? Doesnt burn wood offten enough?
What happens if i get to large of a boiler?
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Idles a lot, smokes a lot, is less efficient. Wood burning appliances run most efficiently when they burn flat out. Bigger is not better in this particular situation.
Even oil & gas boilers should be sized properly. Too large a boiler & it will short cycle which = efficiency loss. The Only exception to what nofossil said I think would be if you had a lot of storage. You would get up to temp faster but you should calculate all of that out & get what you need. I don't see any benefit to oversizing
I'm thinking 5000 gallons of well insulted pressurized storage, and in January I'll only burn once a week. Is sarcasm allowed on this site?
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