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General Discussion / Re: Crazy stuff near me taking place
« on: May 09, 2013, 06:47:05 AM »
On that note does anyone out there want to get involved in helping me with the project that I am working on, if I can make it work I will be producing 5000 to 7000 watts of clean power with my gassification wood boiler while heating my home and shop this next winter. Back on the subject of preparedness, I personnally would rather fight that fight now than leave it to my son 21 years old as we have all left them with over 60,000 in debt to our federal overlords without their permission, because we did not pay attention.I am so happy that more Americans are getting prepared and listening. Get to know your neighbors people, talk politics to them as I do with my potential customers at the shows,sometimes it turns them off but o- well those people would probably hurt themselves with a boiler anyway

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General Discussion / Re: Perseverance
« on: May 09, 2013, 05:34:29 AM »
Great story, I've been trying to quit smoking cigars for years now.

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Equipment / Re: Kilns
« on: May 08, 2013, 07:27:12 AM »
Hey Coolidge it's me Richard, I do have a customer in Mass that bought one of my show boilers I think 2 years ago for just that purpose. Last I heard it worked out well, he used an insulated shipping container and hot air units. Call me or come on down and we can contact him for advise.

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Portage & Main / Re: optimizer 250 nozzle
« on: May 08, 2013, 07:12:31 AM »
Check to see if it is the newer version with the replacable nozzle, if it is simply smack it with a hammer and chisel on the side where it is thin and it will break free from the mortar, take out the peices and replace it with the new drop in nozzle, no need to remortar it. you may very well have gotten a poorly mixed batch of cement as they typically do not wear out for about 30 cords of wood. if it is one of the older units then PM me with your contact info and I can explain your options

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Portage & Main / Re: ML30 Shutdown for the summer. What to do?
« on: May 08, 2013, 07:03:25 AM »
Clean out the ash, spray down all the interior steel as best you can with a mixture of 30% heating oil and 70% transmission fluid, draw off a sample of the water and send it up to Brian at Portage and Main, they will test the water and let you know how much boiler treatment to add, after adding the solution let your pumps run for at least 2 days and leave the boiler full of water. Note the pumps will last longer if you occasionally turn them on for an hour or so during the summer months. If you need Brians address you can E-Mail or PM me.

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Plumbing / Re: Underground pipe options
« on: May 08, 2013, 06:50:00 AM »
 Double tile is a waste of time and money in my opinion and the only pipe that I use is Logstor, it has a really thick outer layer of black plastic as well as a membrane to keep the foam from gassing off, it is a full 1 inch inside diameter for added flow rate and has 1/2 degree heat loss for every 100 feet of run at only 10 gallons of flow per minute rather you have dry soil or you run it through a pond.

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Plumbing / Re: plate exchanger diagram
« on: May 08, 2013, 06:40:46 AM »
I am waiting on a shipment of 50 plate heat exchangers ( should be in today ) I am going to build up a manifold that makes sense for adding water to the boiler from inside as well as purge ports for future cleaning without removing the plate exchanger and it also has a port to inject air to blow out the lines in case it has to be shut down in the cold season. I should have one done this week and will post a picture of it. note I don't cheap out on parts, copper and brass only.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Cleaning OWB
« on: May 08, 2013, 06:08:42 AM »
Wow are you guys really having that much trouble with the creosote, I just get a ripping fire going with dry kindling to burn out any residual creosote in the primary firebox, let it go out, hit anything left with a torch then give it it's regular cleaning and then spray it down with fuel oil and transmission oil, done. I'm going to go and get some fresh wood chips today and fire up my new demonstation wood chip boiler. Running it beside the state highway right out in front of my home sure does attract a lot of interest, my show trailer is almost ready for the Bangor Maine logging expo. I will run it at about 20 shows this year ,shut it down between the shows and at the end of the season just scrape out the ash,( NO CREOSOTE ) it is impressive. I can't wait until next heating season as I will be burning wood chips next year instead of firewood, cleaning is simple, brush out the tubes and empty the ash pan, loading is once every 3 to 7 days and it's done with a small tractor instead of my back, almost as easy as burning oil or gas without the feeling of guilt

Is the Optimizer 250 a "gasser" or the older style?  The reason I ask is I'm reluctant to build a roaring fire in mine due to the fear of hurting the seal on the by-pass door.  The by-pass door on the CB Eclassic 1400 (i.e. gasser) is at the top of the back wall of the firebox.  Plus, along each side and across the back of the firebox are air holes for the primary air combustion.  The only way to keep those holes open is to poke them with a very special tool (It's a screwdriver I bent to 90 degrees).  Due to the idle time between cycles creosote collects in those holes, the walls, ceiling, etc...  The firewood I've been using is 2 to 3 years old with about 13% moisture.  I think that's considered rather dry.  Perhaps I'm going a bit overboard cleaning it but that thing cost a hunk of change and I don't have the cash to pay for another one.  If I have to spend 4 to 5 hours once a year to be sure it is nice and clean for the summer, I'll spend a bit of sweat equity to reach that goal.  Who makes the wood pellet boiler?  I don't have the money for one now but if I hear of someone whose looking for an alternative heat source, I'll push them that way.  Roger

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Electronics / Re: New to OWB communtiy: No heat.
« on: May 08, 2013, 05:56:59 AM »
Single thermostats can be used to control hot air gas or oil burners without going through all the trouble of running another tt wire but you will need to use and understand a switching relay but by doing so the burner can be controlled seperatly from the blower using just the one thermostat.

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Electronics / Re: Did my pump fail if so do I need a bigger one?
« on: May 08, 2013, 05:45:07 AM »
The right way to solve your problem is by installing a plate exchanger below your boiler water level and the problem is gone. These circs are not designed to push water uphill and again not designed for use in a non pressurized system, regardless of the circulator sizing you will always have the issue of air being trapped at the high point and that air will make the water pretty nasty for your circ.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Cleaning OWB
« on: May 07, 2013, 05:03:23 AM »
Wow are you guys really having that much trouble with the creosote, I just get a ripping fire going with dry kindling to burn out any residual creosote in the primary firebox, let it go out, hit anything left with a torch then give it it's regular cleaning and then spray it down with fuel oil and transmission oil, done. I'm going to go and get some fresh wood chips today and fire up my new demonstation wood chip boiler. Running it beside the state highway right out in front of my home sure does attract a lot of interest, my show trailer is almost ready for the Bangor Maine logging expo. I will run it at about 20 shows this year ,shut it down between the shows and at the end of the season just scrape out the ash,( NO CREOSOTE ) it is impressive. I can't wait until next heating season as I will be burning wood chips next year instead of firewood, cleaning is simple, brush out the tubes and empty the ash pan, loading is once every 3 to 7 days and it's done with a small tractor instead of my back, almost as easy as burning oil or gas without the feeling of guilt

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Water heater
« on: May 03, 2013, 05:48:36 AM »
When properly instaled on an electric gas or oil fired hot water heater the wood boiler will heat all your hot water during the heating season and after the heating season it will automatically switch back over to the original fuel. Suggestion if you are buying a new tank go with a good quality, well insulated tank such as a Marathon as you will not want to do the installation all over again in 3 years when the cheap tank fails, also you should install purge ports and ball valves on all 4 ports of the sidearm in order to clean the minerals ( the same stuff that destroys the elements on electric heater) from the sidearm as it will eventually plug up, If properly installed it can be thoroughly cleaned by the home owner in about 15 minutes without taking anything apart.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Water heater
« on: May 02, 2013, 06:43:17 AM »
May be none of my concern but why in the world would you install a new electric hot water heater and not install a sidearm heater on it Heat all your domestic water with the wood boiler during the heating season, it is simple to do and a great investment, I have all the hot water My family wants for long showers or filling up the tub and it is heated entirely by my wood boiler during the heating season. Doing this also prompts my adult children to feed the wood boiler occasionally.

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Hey guys the question on temp for water depends first on do you have a tankless coil within your oil boiler or an indirect tank, either way the low setting on the aquastat is for domestic water temp protection.We could get into a whole conversation about controls but there is a very simple and inexpensive way to do what you are trying to accomplish without adjusting anything on your boilers and they will talk to each other to determine where the heat comes from and the temp will be constant. This can be accomplished using a simple honeywell strap on aquastat attatched to the incoming wood boiler line, the R and B terminals will break on rise and this gets wired to interupt power to B-1 on the oil boiler, by doing this the added aquastat will interupt power to the burner any time that the wood boiler is up to temp and when it is not the oil boiler will kick  on with a call for heat and run up to the oil boiler aquastat setpoint, by turning down the oil boiler aquastat to say 140 during the winter months to keep the oil boiler from coming on you may need to readjust it to supply enough heat if your wood boiler goes out. If you need help with part numbers or wiring diagrams PM me with your contact info and I will try to help.
       Richard @ PM

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Portage & Main / Re: optimizer 250 nozzle
« on: April 29, 2013, 06:10:43 AM »
No you should  be getting far more than one year out of the nozzle. chech with your local dealer to find the problem before you go to the trouble of replacing it. usually when the nozzle goes bad that soon it is caused by scraping out the nozzle with metal when the nozzle gets plugged, leave it alone and it will burn itself clean, if it does not then you have another hidden problem and that is moisture. Is your wood dry, do you have any air leaks around door gaskets or at the back of your distibution box (this will create lots of moisture within the firebox), creating wet ash that then plugs up the nozzle.

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