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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: The 101 test kit instructions?
« on: October 26, 2018, 07:05:31 AM »
How about this kit? Anyone use it.
I'm a little disappointed in the other kit and that it would expire that quick.
I know it's a small amount to pay to insure our boiler water is corrosion free. Seems they need to put some preservative in thier preservative test kits. LOL

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: The 101 test kit instructions?
« on: October 25, 2018, 08:14:17 PM »
I believe I will take your advice and trash it. Any suggestions on a simple inexpensive kit that is accurate.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: The 101 test kit instructions?
« on: October 24, 2018, 03:19:11 PM »
Kit expired March of 2017. I went ahead and tried it and the water never changed from the pink color up to 40 drops. I assume it's a spoiled kit. The little bottle had pink big bottle had a yellow color. Is that right?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: The 101 test kit instructions?
« on: October 24, 2018, 06:02:51 AM »
Thier website doesn't help. Maybe I missed something. My kit is only a year old. I have added a little water since that time. Changed pumps and accidentally lost some water so I feel I need to add treatment. RSI I will follow your instructions, thanks.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: The 101 test kit instructions?
« on: October 23, 2018, 05:39:45 PM »
I can't type. I need help with instructions on using this kit.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / The 101 test kit instructions?
« on: October 23, 2018, 04:05:49 PM »
I seemed to have lost myosin structures on how to use the drop kits. Can you guys bring me up to date on the way to check for nitrates?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Fired up!
« on: October 21, 2018, 07:03:40 AM »
We named our boiler Buford the dragon. we fired ole Buford up about a week ago and am very pleased with the start up. Got down in freezing range last night and about a half a firebox of seasoned red oak got me 12 hours easily. Gonna be a long winter I'm afraid.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Goodbye aquastat
« on: September 27, 2018, 06:23:15 AM »
I just realized another feature that would be helpful. The high and low temperature limit setting would be nice when something goes wrong it would automatically shut everything down. My power comes from a cord that iruns thru my insulated pex water pipe and plugs into an outlet by my air handler. I could mount one of these in a box by the outlet and let it be a main controller with hi and lo temp spikes and falls. Also it has an alarm feature that could also be incorporated into this. These are handy little devices. I'm gonna order 5 or 6 to allow me to have backups in case of failure. Now if I could find a cheap wifi monitoring system

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Goodbye aquastat
« on: September 27, 2018, 05:54:54 AM »
What if I wrapped that probe end up in my supply line with some foil tape?
Insulate it good and control that temp rather than the temperature in front of boiler. My water temps are hard to monitor because of the mixing problem I have.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Goodbye aquastat
« on: September 24, 2018, 07:43:11 AM »
I special order a probe fro it that allows it to be semerged in liquid. So it should hold up ok. I'm wandering if the Chinese tariffs will affect these controllers? I should buy 10 or so for future needs. I may put another one in  for emergency low temp for when fire dies or damper door sticks to shut the combustion fan off . Seems like a good idea??  These things are only 12.00 - 15.00. Great value

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Goodbye aquastat
« on: September 23, 2018, 07:06:47 PM »
I'm gonna change my boiler from the aquastat to an ink bird temperature controller. I have been using one in an incubator that I hatch baby chicks out with this year and am very happy with the way it performs. I decided to mount the thermostat on the side of my boiler to get away from the smoke and heat. It will be mounted inside a electrical box with a clear cover allowing me to still see the temp and keeping the weather out of the electronics. My question concerns the probe. I bought an extra probe that is designed to be submersed. Should I run it down the vent pipe at top the tank and down into the water to get a more accurate reading? I have a mixing problem in my boiler and wander if submersing it would help get more accurate water temps. What's your thoughts on this project.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: what happened???
« on: June 30, 2018, 06:37:36 AM »
I still very much enjoy this site. Keep the wisdom coming, it's how I learn.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: what happened???
« on: June 30, 2018, 06:23:48 AM »
 :thumbup:

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Moving estimate?
« on: May 31, 2018, 08:30:32 PM »
Thanks for the tips. Ill keep you posted

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Moving estimate?
« on: May 31, 2018, 06:15:05 PM »
That recirculating pump is coming off. When I hook the boiler back up the return line is coming into that side at the bottom. I'm having mixing problems with temps being inconsistent. The Armstrong pump was over kill to the problem. Ended up costing me an arm and leg in extra electric bill.
Back to the pad. So you feel I should not pour around the pipes that come up out of the ground. But let the pad come right up to the edge?

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