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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Global warming, climate change? Article
« on: March 27, 2014, 01:48:38 PM »
I amazes me that the government is worried about the smoke from my boiler, yet when they cleared the right of way that ultimately took our house for a new highway they did not sell the timber off many acres, in fact they would not allow me to cut trees off my place to use for firewood.
Instead they doused them with diesel and burned thousands of dollars worth of timber and enough oak hickory and ash logs to last me 100 lifetimes of burning my owb...
I did manage to snag a few logs and drag them over onto our new place, although without permission. The contractors left some for me to get, but officially I wasn't supposed to.
Instead they doused them with diesel and burned thousands of dollars worth of timber and enough oak hickory and ash logs to last me 100 lifetimes of burning my owb...
I did manage to snag a few logs and drag them over onto our new place, although without permission. The contractors left some for me to get, but officially I wasn't supposed to.
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Fire Wood / Re: White Oak?
« on: March 25, 2014, 05:53:03 AM »
In my strictly non professional opinion Pin oak is a red oak, I think there are several varieties of red and white oak. And the bark on the wood you have a picture of is what I would call a Pin oak.
That is the same kind of tree my Loggy Bayou tree climber stand lost its grip on about 15 years ago and if I hadn't had a safety harness on it would have been bad. As it was my face smacked into the side of the tree and bloodied it up a little.
I don't climb those any more especially after a rain.
That is the same kind of tree my Loggy Bayou tree climber stand lost its grip on about 15 years ago and if I hadn't had a safety harness on it would have been bad. As it was my face smacked into the side of the tree and bloodied it up a little.
I don't climb those any more especially after a rain.
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HeatMaster / Re: How much wood do you burn?
« on: March 21, 2014, 01:01:51 PM »
I have cut and burned wood for over 40 years. And never "locally" heard of wood referred to by a cord. It was always a rank or a rick. Which was defined as 4'x?'x 8'
I know the only legal measure of wood is a cord, and I know it is 4x4x8.
I know the only legal measure of wood is a cord, and I know it is 4x4x8.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Has anyone done a comparison on the cost of wood vs electric for DHW for summer?
« on: March 21, 2014, 05:46:06 AM »
I also think it saves me about 50.00 a month, I never notice much smoke. In the summer I burn the pithiest, dried out wood I can find. (pretty close to rotten) It wouldn't last 15 minutes in the winter. But in the summer it is like it ignites and just sits there putting off enough heat that the blower never kicks on. I only have to put wood in about every three days, and then not very much.
Part of the long burn time in the summer on mine is that being a Hardy the DHW isn't pumped.
Part of the long burn time in the summer on mine is that being a Hardy the DHW isn't pumped.
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Fire Wood / Re: White Oak?
« on: March 17, 2014, 09:56:03 AM »White oak can be stringy stuff. It will be lighter in color than the red oak and it doesn't smell like cat piss like red does. Pictures will help.
In my personal opinion red oak smells more like fresh dog poop...
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Plumbing / Re: Cleaning Lime
« on: March 08, 2014, 05:28:29 PM »
I got my pump and lines all fixed up, I plumbed it to a square five gallon bucket courtesy of Dairy Queen.
I used 4 gallons of Heinz cleaning strength vinegar, it chugged a while, I guess boiling in the lines until it finally settled down.
It probably took me 2 hours, but I shut it off and let it sit for a lot of that time. The vinegar turned a pale green for some reason.
I am back to full strength water flow now.
I probably had a 1/2 inch or so of sediments in the bottom of the bucket. That after only 1 and 1/2 years of running.
I used 4 gallons of Heinz cleaning strength vinegar, it chugged a while, I guess boiling in the lines until it finally settled down.
It probably took me 2 hours, but I shut it off and let it sit for a lot of that time. The vinegar turned a pale green for some reason.
I am back to full strength water flow now.
I probably had a 1/2 inch or so of sediments in the bottom of the bucket. That after only 1 and 1/2 years of running.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Robins
« on: February 28, 2014, 01:30:37 PM »
I saw a few misquided robins last night when I fed the cows, evidently they missed the weather forecast calling for a winter storm advisory saturday night thru monday
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Plumbing / Re: Cleaning Lime
« on: February 27, 2014, 01:02:01 PM »
Hot vinegar won't cause a catastrophic nuclear explosion will it?
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Plumbing / Re: Cleaning Lime
« on: February 27, 2014, 01:00:10 PM »
I think I am going to try cleaning strength vinegar first.
If I figured right 100' feet of 3/4" copper will hold about 3 gallons.
That tankless cleaner stuff is about 15.00 quart.
Does anyone see any reason I can't do it hot?
If I figured right 100' feet of 3/4" copper will hold about 3 gallons.
That tankless cleaner stuff is about 15.00 quart.
Does anyone see any reason I can't do it hot?
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Plumbing / Re: Cleaning Lime
« on: February 25, 2014, 09:00:56 AM »
They are building a Menards near where I work, getting close to being done. I will have to check into a filter. I didn't think a filter worked on lime, but I don't know a lot of stuff....
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Plumbing / Re: Cleaning Lime
« on: February 25, 2014, 08:01:12 AM »
My Hardy is only 35' from the water heater and when the line is clean it is great. The water going in the water heater is hotter than the water in the water heater, and my wife has never been able to run out, although she gives it a valiant try 
When it is stopped up, not so good. We have a serious calcium, lime or whatever it is problem here.
When it is stopped up, not so good. We have a serious calcium, lime or whatever it is problem here.
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Plumbing / Cleaning Lime
« on: February 25, 2014, 07:35:40 AM »
I have asked this before I think..
Anyway, I have an H4 Hardy and the domestic hot water coil is almost completely stopped up with lime.
I ordered a Grundos circulating pump off Amazon and 3/4" flanges so I can adapt it to garden hose fittings.
I also installed tankless water heater cleaning isolation valves so I can flush just the 100' coil of copper inside the boiler.
What I still haven't figured out is what to use to clean it with. White vinegar? CLR? On my old Hardy I used diluted muratic acid, but not going to do that again. My brother in law ate a hole in his coil using muratic acid. Of course knowing him it is hard telling how strong he had it.
I need to fix up some sort of tank to pump the solution back into also, or maybe just a five gallon bucket.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
I was going to wait til spring but my wife broke her ankle, required a plate and screws and in the process has her back messed up and she needs to use the jetted tub and my electric water heater can't seem to handle that load like the boiler did before it got stopped up.
Anyway, I have an H4 Hardy and the domestic hot water coil is almost completely stopped up with lime.
I ordered a Grundos circulating pump off Amazon and 3/4" flanges so I can adapt it to garden hose fittings.
I also installed tankless water heater cleaning isolation valves so I can flush just the 100' coil of copper inside the boiler.
What I still haven't figured out is what to use to clean it with. White vinegar? CLR? On my old Hardy I used diluted muratic acid, but not going to do that again. My brother in law ate a hole in his coil using muratic acid. Of course knowing him it is hard telling how strong he had it.
I need to fix up some sort of tank to pump the solution back into also, or maybe just a five gallon bucket.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
I was going to wait til spring but my wife broke her ankle, required a plate and screws and in the process has her back messed up and she needs to use the jetted tub and my electric water heater can't seem to handle that load like the boiler did before it got stopped up.
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Equipment / Re: Gasoline preference?
« on: February 19, 2014, 06:41:37 AM »Since Stihl says to run 89 in their equipment, I simply use only that in everything. And my oil is the Stihl 6 pack in the black bottles. Have not had any issues. Ethanol free gas is not easy to be found in the Baltimore area. Every so often some 100LL Avgas finds it's way into my stuff as well. At least in the lawnmowers and Farmalls!
When I take the time to go get it I like AV gas in my saws and generator, seems to last a long time without going stale.
I have a small Echo saw that runs fine on av, but will not idle. Can't figure out why. when I switch back it idles fine.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Transfer Switch or Interlock Kit
« on: February 12, 2014, 10:55:41 AM »
My brother in law has mentioned blowing up a few generators that were back fed into the system without the meter being pulled.
When they turn the transformer back on, the 8,000 volts (I think that is right) doesn't do much good for a generator.
He says it doesn't bother them to blow one up if someone doesn't care enough to safely hook them up.
He likes pulling the meter because he says just throwing the breaker isn't always enough, He says sometimes neutrals carry voltage.
Just repeating what I have been told and he has been a lineman for 25 years and works with it every day, climbing poles etc..
When they turn the transformer back on, the 8,000 volts (I think that is right) doesn't do much good for a generator.
He says it doesn't bother them to blow one up if someone doesn't care enough to safely hook them up.
He likes pulling the meter because he says just throwing the breaker isn't always enough, He says sometimes neutrals carry voltage.
Just repeating what I have been told and he has been a lineman for 25 years and works with it every day, climbing poles etc..
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Fire Wood / Re: Coal vs Wood
« on: February 11, 2014, 07:47:03 AM »
Where would a person buy coal in South East MO?
I know my dad talks about burning coal as a kid. But I haven't seen any coal for sale around here.
I know my dad talks about burning coal as a kid. But I haven't seen any coal for sale around here.