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Central Boiler / Re: Unplug taco pump in off season?
« on: March 14, 2024, 09:36:53 PM »
I also unplug mine for the summer.
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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.
« on: October 27, 2023, 02:38:15 PM »
Fired up the boiler today with no issues. Vahooo!!
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Plumbing / Re: Underground piping
« on: October 27, 2023, 02:37:15 PM »
When I first installed my pipping I use Shark bites but have since replaced all but 2 of them with crimp rings. The 2 still in the system will also be replaced when the leak.
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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.
« on: June 01, 2023, 05:20:31 PM »
Had a trouble free season. I learned how to shut it down for a week due to warm weather and start it up in a couple hours. There is a tiny air leak someplace and the fire just keeps smoldering if I throw in a chunk or 2 every couple of days. Only a couple shark bites still in the system only because they have not leaked like all the rest.
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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.
« on: January 27, 2023, 08:03:13 PM »
Burning a fair amount of iron wood this winter. If dry it burns very nice.
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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.
« on: March 27, 2022, 07:02:17 PM »
It seems my water lever float has cracked at the neck like the one before it. Should have gotten a spare or two.
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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.
« on: May 01, 2021, 08:26:38 PM »
5/1/21 I shut "Little Smokey" down for the season. I replaced all but a couple "Shark Bites" and had almost no drips while cooling down for this summer. This last winter was a very trouble free season!! Now to get to work on next seasons wood pile and there is a new bull at the farm that I need to spend some time with to know how he thinks. So far all he seems interested in are where the cows are. Go figure!!
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Central Boiler / Re: Firing her up this week.
« on: October 21, 2020, 06:42:47 PM »
Started mine yesterday.
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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.
« on: October 21, 2020, 07:29:00 AM »
Replaced all but a couple shark bites during the summer. Fired it up 10/20/20 and it went pretty well as the couple remaining shark bites only dripped a bit until they got warm. The last ones are the ones that hook up to the heat exchangers so next summer I will pull them out and solder on something better. Just need to come up some kind of a coupler so if need be I can pull the heat exchangers without cutting PEX to do it. Off to a pretty good start.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Water filter
« on: June 07, 2020, 07:13:31 PM »
Thinking of adding a filter but it seems the need is questionable??
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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.
« on: April 27, 2020, 07:28:03 PM »
Made it thru the winter with no issues and shut it down today. I have a few more shark bites to replace before the next first fire but other than that it was a trouble free winter as far as the boiler goes.
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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.
« on: November 11, 2019, 09:41:10 AM »
The old float cracked where the threaded rod went into it. I maybe should have picked up a spare?
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Portage & Main / Re: pump runs but not moving water
« on: November 03, 2019, 07:24:44 PM »
My boiler sits higher than my work shop and house. My pumps are in the shop and house, I assume this means less air bubbles being trapped because the bubbles will rise given time. My house is the lowest and I have started the pump for a couple minutes and shut it off for a bit to let the bubbles rise. I then re start the pump and I can hear that the bubbles have moved up and away to the boiler. My pumps now run quiet for the rest of the heating season on the low setting with no issues. May not be good for everyone but it seems to work for my set up.
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Portage & Main / Re: pump runs but not moving water
« on: November 02, 2019, 03:30:24 PM »
Is the pump location above or below the boiler, or is it pulling or pushing the water? Not sure I said that correctly??
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Portage & Main / Re: BL 28-40 blower fan making some noise and float level float.
« on: October 28, 2019, 05:37:20 PM »
I got the new float and is has a little different neck set up on it. Started the boiler today and everything seems OK so far. Only issue is a wood pile that needs a bunch more wood in it. Come spring and shut down a few more shark bites will be replaced.