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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 19 years never drained
« on: April 10, 2019, 06:55:29 PM »
My boss has the same boiler, drained once in 15 ish years.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: creosote
« on: March 17, 2019, 06:04:50 PM »
One of the guys on here swore by one of the anti creosote treatments. It came in a bucket and you threw some in every so often . I forget who it was, and what it was. So I guess The am not much help but there than there is a product out there that works. Edit: I am pretty sure it was creosote Destroyer.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Best way to attach sensors to pipe?
« on: November 24, 2018, 05:49:24 AM »
I used a 1/8 NPT x 1/4 tubing compression fitting. You have to drill the fitting a little bigger to let the sensor pass through.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Best way to attach sensors to pipe?
« on: November 23, 2018, 05:58:05 PM »
This is what I used. Installed in a 1" T.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223213701417
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Best way to attach sensors to pipe?
« on: November 22, 2018, 02:09:14 PM »
I used 1"x1/2x1" T's with a short well. The well just bearly protrudes into the flow path. I also have a 1/4" air fitting I drilled out to fit the probe(per a conversation with RSI) that would put the probe right in the water, but I have not tried that one yet.
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Home Made / Re: Home made boiler 2.0
« on: December 22, 2017, 05:55:53 PM »
Do you have pics? With my smaller firebox it could not keep the 450 gallons warm under heavy heat load.
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Home Made / Home made boiler 2.0
« on: December 21, 2017, 07:06:34 PM »
I built the first version and found my firebox too small, I am going to reuse the water jacket(48x72) and put in a bigger firebox. The old firebox was a 30x36 propane tank, I want to ether use a 37x60 propane tank, or build a square box out of 1/4 plate approximately 36x60. I tried the horizontal pipe out the back, and I think I will go vertical with a diverter plate on the upgrade. So the big question is use the propane tank or build out of plate.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Inside fire box > "how clean is clean" ? (summer/storage/no use)
« on: April 19, 2015, 12:11:52 PM »
I got mine clean enough to leak.... 
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Gonna miss her
« on: April 19, 2015, 09:27:46 AM »
I burn all year, but I have 3 teenage girls plus my wife using hot water, propane vs free wood.... Not a hard decision in my case.
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Fire Wood / Re: Name that wood
« on: October 12, 2014, 03:25:45 PM »
I want to know where he got that eye bolt he using.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Summertime Blues
« on: May 18, 2014, 08:32:53 AM »
I guess I am lucky, my neighbor has a tree service and I get truck loads of soft wood delivered all the time for free.
We burn all year round.
We burn all year round.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: PAYBACK TIME FOR YOUR OUTDOOR WOOD BOILER
« on: May 18, 2014, 08:28:53 AM »
I built my own and have been running it for two winters. It heats the house 2400 sqft and the garage/shop/apartment 1400 sqft.
Build and install cost $5500. Propane was an average of $3600 a year(around $300 a month on the budget plan)
This winter would have been over $5000 for propane, so I have to say mine is paid off in two winters.
95% of my wood is free unless you count saw and splitter gas and maint.
On propane we kept the house at 63-65 now wife is lots happier keeping it at 72. And the hot water, ohhh the lovely hot water. We have three teenage girls, so hot water is like gold around here.
I would fill the boiler five times a day if I had to as long as it keeps that dang propane truck at bay.
Build and install cost $5500. Propane was an average of $3600 a year(around $300 a month on the budget plan)
This winter would have been over $5000 for propane, so I have to say mine is paid off in two winters.
95% of my wood is free unless you count saw and splitter gas and maint.
On propane we kept the house at 63-65 now wife is lots happier keeping it at 72. And the hot water, ohhh the lovely hot water. We have three teenage girls, so hot water is like gold around here.
I would fill the boiler five times a day if I had to as long as it keeps that dang propane truck at bay.
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Equipment / Re: Traded a junk lawn mower for a trailer
« on: April 27, 2014, 12:50:07 PM »
Looks like an old pop up camper frame to me, should be rated fro at least 2000 lbs. Our pop up had 8 ply tires and was rated for 3500 lbs.
That tag on the front left corner should tell you what its rated for.
That tag on the front left corner should tell you what its rated for.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Unhappy Campers
« on: April 27, 2014, 12:21:18 PM »
I can bypass my furnace exchanger, we run the boiler year round for DHW.
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Home Made / Re: Homemade "Tank-in-Tank" OWB-Ozarks Hillbilly Edition
« on: November 21, 2013, 05:55:21 PM »
I am currently looking for a solution for my boiler, if I don't cover the flue to some extent I lose a ton of heat. I made a plate that forces the smoke down and out, so far I have burned up a 1/4 plate and have done major damage to a 1/2 plate. I am trying to design a new plate for this winter. My horizontal pipe is 8", a 90 would be expensive.