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When to shut down
« on: April 01, 2015, 05:13:02 AM »
Hey guys this was my first year with my boiler and I was wondering when most of you decide to shut yours down for the season ?
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2015, 05:32:07 AM »
I decided it was time to shut down when I went out in shorts and a tshirt to fill it.   :bag:
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2015, 05:43:48 AM »
I started shutting down yesterday
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2015, 05:45:23 AM »
-15c.,,, 2 f.,,,  this morning,,,,early June for me  :D
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2015, 05:48:17 AM »
Seriously ... Shut it down when it starts making more creosote,, than heat .
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2015, 06:02:23 AM »
What KK said.

When a few pieces of wood gets you a 12 burn or more, that or when the fire tries to go out because the idle times have gotten so long.

If the long term forecast holds true here I'll be running for a few more weeks here.
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2015, 06:41:36 AM »
Wonder where A-P lives ;)
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2015, 06:51:55 AM »
Still a bit too chilly for me to shut her down now.  This morning the temps were in the teens with daytime highs in the mid thirties.  Going to warm up a bit tomorrow and Friday but back to the 30's for daytime highs through the weekend.  We may have 40's next week.  I hope we get a least one day in the 50's plus so I can jump on my motorcycle for a short ride around town.  The itch to ride is killing me.  Roger 
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2015, 08:10:04 AM »
I usually shut down around the 1st of May depending on the weather.  When it is constantly above 50 at night is when I will shut down.  It's hard to let go of all that free hot water!
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2015, 08:15:47 AM »
Ayuh,....    I pulled domestic hot water off mine, almost the entire 1st summer I ran it,.....

Now, bein' a Subject of King Cuomo, Governor of NYC, he says I gotta shut it down from sometime in May, to sometime in September,....
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2015, 11:34:43 AM »
kommandokenny im in upstate NY
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2015, 12:15:56 PM »
10-4 A.P. :thumbup:
We will all forget ,by your next post,,, though.
Open your profile and add your location to your signature.
Then when were talkin climate situations,,, everyone will know,,,, and adjust there input around that :thumbup:

Guy in Atlanta is gonna shut down before ATV for instance. :thumbup:



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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2015, 08:17:14 PM »
When it gets in the 50's or I run out of wood  :o
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2015, 08:26:54 PM »
Quote from: Bondo on April 01, 2015, 08:15:47 AM
Ayuh,....    I pulled domestic hot water off mine, almost the entire 1st summer I ran it,.....



Unless you use lottsa hot water ,,,,i worked it out,, to a wash for me.
Running the pump and fan on the OWB = hot water electricity for us.
Gotta get the wife to shower more,,,,, to break even,,, no savings
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Re: When to shut down
« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2015, 03:50:19 AM »
May 1st here for me unless we get some unusually warm weather at the end of April.
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