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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Back on the teet
« on: February 22, 2014, 06:10:01 AM »
How long you gonna be down?
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Crematorium
« on: February 21, 2014, 05:28:34 PM »
I installed a crematorium once. It didn't creep me out too bad till we had too wire up the bone grinder 
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Burning a little coal
« on: February 12, 2014, 04:44:35 PM »
seems like a no brainer. I,ll have try some. I've been fighting short burn times with my h2 in this cold.
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Hardy / Re: auto fill valve
« on: January 28, 2014, 04:52:55 AM »
I have my float wired to a taco valve in the basement for auto fill and it works just fine. I just had to run a pressure regulator in front of the taco valve because it couldnt hold back my domestic water pressure.
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Hardy / Re: H2 reflective plate installed.
« on: January 21, 2014, 03:24:23 PM »
I extended my flue down on my h2 about 6 or 8 inches this year. I kept it even with the top of the door so it didnt take up too much room. Its been so darned cold I dont know if it helped or not
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Im an idiot
« on: January 16, 2014, 07:15:45 PM »
Hmm pump in the basement. I'm an idiot for not thinking of that 
. sure would be easier to change in the winter.
. sure would be easier to change in the winter.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Im an idiot
« on: January 16, 2014, 05:55:32 PM »I've got a hardy h2 and the damper chain has gotten stuck before and boiled over with no ill effects. I have autofill hooked up though. As long as there was water over the top of the tank I myself wouldnt worry. Your pump might be a different story if it got air trapped in it for a while.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: -18 here with -50 windchill. My Heatmaster 10KE is laughing and Im toasty !!
« on: January 06, 2014, 03:37:30 PM »
-9 here right now. Got down to -15 last night and my poor little H2 hardy is not keepin up. It has a hard time with my radiant floor heat in the basement. I may have to abandon the basement so I can have hot water! Glad it doesnt get like this often in indiana.
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Plumbing / Re: sidearm vs plate exchanger and can they used together
« on: December 03, 2013, 04:31:37 AM »
I have both on my water heater just because i started with a sidearm and was running out of hot water. It was only after the third shower or so but still ran out. I installed a 20 plate and have continuous hot water. I run my boiler at 160-170 and my hot water with just the plate runs about 120 or a little less. I now have them both because my wife likes very hot showers and the sidearm runs the temp up quite a bit. I do think i could get away with just the plate if I ran my boiler temp higher. If I were starting over I would just do the plate exchanger.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Govt control of owb quickly approaching, another attack on our freedoms
« on: April 02, 2013, 03:02:16 PM »
considering what the epa has done to other industries it may be time to hit the reset button 
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: STUMP BURNER
« on: March 30, 2013, 06:42:58 AM »
If you build it, They will burn
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Fire Wood / Re: dose any one burn slabs.
« on: February 10, 2013, 08:15:28 PM »
I've found they burn faster too. Cant beat the free wood though. I've burned alot of 2x6 and 6x6 cutoffs and they also burn up faster for some reason.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: The EPA is starting to pound there drum again
« on: February 06, 2013, 03:54:35 PM »
Wow. Epa should be abolished.
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Shaver Furnace / Re: my stove not keeping up
« on: November 25, 2012, 07:37:21 PM »
Warming my basement slab the first time each year puts a pretty good load on my hardy h2. But after its warmed up I dont notice it not keeping up.
My garage slab doesnt seem to do this but Its only 28x29 feet and I didnt load the whole thing with tubing.
You could put a tempering valve in the garage loop to keep the return water from being too cold.
My garage slab doesnt seem to do this but Its only 28x29 feet and I didnt load the whole thing with tubing.
You could put a tempering valve in the garage loop to keep the return water from being too cold.
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Hardy / Re: Bought a Hardy that got a little hot...
« on: January 14, 2012, 06:24:50 PM »
I Kind of did the same thing as you. I bought a cracked H2 and welded it up. Had to make an outside cover and insulate it. I ended up replacing everything on the back with parts not from hardy. Got by a little cheaper that way. I put a PID temperature controller on it and a float and taco valve for auto fill. I run my circulator pump all the time to simplify wiring and cut down on plumbing running to the boiler.
Mine performes fairly well for its size. I heat 1680 sq ft at 75 degrees. 900 sq feet garage at 70 degrees, and 1680 sq ft basement at 72 degrees, and my hot water with a side arm heat exchanger. The basement and garage are radiant in slab heat. the upstairs is heated with a coil in the furnace. On nights that it gets in single digits I get around an eight hour or less burn time but I am putting a pretty big load on it.
Yours ought to work for you. Certainly better than filling that propane tank.
Mine performes fairly well for its size. I heat 1680 sq ft at 75 degrees. 900 sq feet garage at 70 degrees, and 1680 sq ft basement at 72 degrees, and my hot water with a side arm heat exchanger. The basement and garage are radiant in slab heat. the upstairs is heated with a coil in the furnace. On nights that it gets in single digits I get around an eight hour or less burn time but I am putting a pretty big load on it.
Yours ought to work for you. Certainly better than filling that propane tank.
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