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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: You know what sucks about having a real relationship with wood boiler customers!
« on: November 07, 2019, 06:24:02 PM »
Seems like I have lost more friends the last couple of years than previously,but maybe it's just the age.
IMHO the sad part is also the fact that the replacements for these folks may not be even close to the caliber of those they are replacing.
Life is truly great but does have its days that just suck!
IMHO the sad part is also the fact that the replacements for these folks may not be even close to the caliber of those they are replacing.
Life is truly great but does have its days that just suck!
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Rehau underground pipe is almost impossible the bend
« on: November 07, 2019, 06:20:05 PM »
Just making bends on the roll PEX pipe is close to impossible. I only needed about 30 feet or so of UG PEX to do my install but I didn't have nearly that much on hand and didn't see the logic in ordering enough to justify the shipping, so I decided to roll my own. Not at all an easy task. I understand the black corrugated version is less dependable underground but for no more actually UG on my system I figured it worth a try.
I used the Sharkbite roll pipe and insulated with slip on pipe insulation that supposedly is good for 19R. Then wrapped with the Frost King insulated wrap for water pipes and sealed both ends of the pipe assy with expanding foam. Also drilled small holes just small enough to get the expanding foam nozzle into and let er rip. After everything set up I scraped off the excess foam on the holes and filled with RTV engine sealant( Which I accumulated from my last years at a GM dealership)
So far it has done well and for the amount of time above ground accumulated snow on top during operation. No ideal but workable.
A heat gun and using hot water helped make the pipe itself more bendable. But even that probably won't help all that much with your situation.
Wt
I used the Sharkbite roll pipe and insulated with slip on pipe insulation that supposedly is good for 19R. Then wrapped with the Frost King insulated wrap for water pipes and sealed both ends of the pipe assy with expanding foam. Also drilled small holes just small enough to get the expanding foam nozzle into and let er rip. After everything set up I scraped off the excess foam on the holes and filled with RTV engine sealant( Which I accumulated from my last years at a GM dealership)
So far it has done well and for the amount of time above ground accumulated snow on top during operation. No ideal but workable.
A heat gun and using hot water helped make the pipe itself more bendable. But even that probably won't help all that much with your situation.
Wt
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General Discussion / Colder weather on the way
« on: November 07, 2019, 04:43:06 PM »
Weather forecasts are calling for the coldest weather so far for my neck of the woods towards the weekend. Looks like the farther North the worse it will be. I put off firing up the furnace through so low 30° to mid 20° nights for just about as long as I could stand it. My old bones don't warm up nearly as quick as they did when I was a teenager. I still haven't gotten the bulk of my better winter wood ready yet as I was sick on and off several times with feet and leg problems and such which put my sawing behind schedule.
I read a post that E Yoder had a picture of a OWB installed in a shed and that made me glad mine is not but I am fairly close to the house.
Less than 25 feet to be exact but the way my area is graded it was either that or on top of a hill and 100 feet of digging to bury the pex. So needless to say I picked closer to the house.
With this first major cold snap in the works, I hope everyone's furnaces hum right along and continue to keep us warm!
Welcome to winter
Wayne on Whitetop
I read a post that E Yoder had a picture of a OWB installed in a shed and that made me glad mine is not but I am fairly close to the house.
Less than 25 feet to be exact but the way my area is graded it was either that or on top of a hill and 100 feet of digging to bury the pex. So needless to say I picked closer to the house.
With this first major cold snap in the works, I hope everyone's furnaces hum right along and continue to keep us warm!
Welcome to winter
Wayne on Whitetop
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Aqua-Therm / Re: Aqua-Therm Bites the dust
« on: November 06, 2019, 10:54:59 PM »
The market seems to have been getting smaller over the last few years. I think some regulation is OK but I can't help but believe the power companies have been complaining which with their political power can get a lot done. With some power bills dropping from $300 to $100 has got them thinking. The way things run around here electrical costs are plenty high enough even with my OWB LOL!
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The Wall Of Shame / Re: Smashed my thumb (warning graphic image)
« on: January 21, 2019, 04:25:29 PM »
He was sure lucky! Wouldn't have been much deeper until it would have been a real problem with the bone and all!
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Merry Christmas
« on: December 27, 2018, 09:44:48 PM »
Hope everyone had a safe and happy Christmas!
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Equipment / Re: Dump Trailer Battery?
« on: December 27, 2018, 09:20:09 PM »
Used to have fairly good luck with NAPA batteries but I've noticed the wifes van which is the last NAPA battery we bought is starting to be sluggish. The van is downright messy now with mud but it's garage kept so it sounds like those rank the same as the majority of the rest!
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Best way to attach sensors to pipe?
« on: November 20, 2018, 07:09:26 PM »
What I did in the past and what I will do here as soon as I can save up for the equipment is mount the sensor directly to the PEX using a bit of white heat sink grease with wire ties then wrapped with foil tape and a piece of the insulation left over from some PAP underground. Seemed to work really well for me at the other house.I will update when I get this home in monitor mode 
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Plumbing / Re: Any Pex B pipe or fitting failures?
« on: November 14, 2018, 08:59:02 AM »
Hey there!
We are almost neighbors
I used to use those Grabber brand fittings with Qest but they got hard to find for awhile. My method was definitely not an approved method but thankfully it has held for close to a week. We are so dang far from a Lowes or similar place that when we ran into this situation we couldn't make it to the store and had already cut the pipe
That figures don't it LOL!
Speaking of South Holston I remember several years ago I was called to check a vhf radio in a yacht of sorts, big ole boat anyway
The owner wanted to go out in the lake a ways to verify my repair and I agreed. That was the first time I had ever been so far out in the water where I couldn't see any land and I was nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof Long story short the radio worked fine and I was very happy it did... in case I had heart failure!
We are almost neighbors
I used to use those Grabber brand fittings with Qest but they got hard to find for awhile. My method was definitely not an approved method but thankfully it has held for close to a week. We are so dang far from a Lowes or similar place that when we ran into this situation we couldn't make it to the store and had already cut the pipe
That figures don't it LOL!Speaking of South Holston I remember several years ago I was called to check a vhf radio in a yacht of sorts, big ole boat anyway
The owner wanted to go out in the lake a ways to verify my repair and I agreed. That was the first time I had ever been so far out in the water where I couldn't see any land and I was nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof
Long story short the radio worked fine and I was very happy it did... in case I had heart failure!
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Plumbing / Re: Any Pex B pipe or fitting failures?
« on: November 11, 2018, 10:14:13 PM »I run into PB tieing into older water heaters in double wides, gotta couple to it somewhere. Crimp gently....Ran into a similar problem tieing in to the hot water heater and main cold supply here. It's double wide plumbed with Qest pipe which is totally odd ball to pex. My solution was archaic at best. We heated the PEX and it would slide right on the Qest fitting but no crimp rings I had would work so next best for me was a wide worm gear clamp. I've repaired Quest to Quest in mobile homes for years with clamps and they are still holding. I hope this variation holds for a long time
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Question on pump speed
« on: November 08, 2018, 03:38:36 PM »
I'll check the differential between supply and return when I get it fired up and see what that says.
May also have to change the blower speed providing the motor has taps for this. I'm afraid the standard heat only blower
in this rig runs at a fixed unchangeable speed.
Thanks for the help!
May also have to change the blower speed providing the motor has taps for this. I'm afraid the standard heat only blower
in this rig runs at a fixed unchangeable speed.
Thanks for the help!
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Outside Pipe Reconstruct
« on: November 08, 2018, 03:33:41 PM »
Sounds better than my process.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Outside Pipe Reconstruct
« on: November 08, 2018, 12:49:38 AM »
That is exactly what I plan on doing for the short run from the house to the stove which is 8-10 feet. The price of prefab underground pipe is high but such a short length I figured would be cost prohibitive for me to even consider. I won't have but 2 1" pipes and the electrical in the pipe so I hope the fiberglass insulation don't pose too much of a problem. The plan is to build that up tomorrow weather permitting so I won't have too long to wait for results LOL! And snow forecast in a few days I sure hope it works I'm not ready to freeze to death just yet LOL!
On a side note does anybody have a way to straighten roll pex pipe? I have been using a heat gun and a lot of manual wrestling with it. I hope there is a better way LOL!!
I'm not ready to freeze to death just yet LOL!On a side note does anybody have a way to straighten roll pex pipe? I have been using a heat gun and a lot of manual wrestling with it. I hope there is a better way LOL!!
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Where the heck do ya live
« on: November 08, 2018, 12:34:06 AM »
It definitely is! My first experience with freezing fog was on Holston Mtn down in Tn. It was absolutely beautiful but a little slick that night on the way down
Didn't have much color to the leaves up here this year though. I think it was just too wet!
Didn't have much color to the leaves up here this year though. I think it was just too wet!
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Question on pump speed
« on: November 08, 2018, 12:30:53 AM »
Possible scenario for altering pump speed... My install called for using several elbows due to the air handler location,outside access and such.
The actual piping footage is less than the previous 60 feet. I haven't measured exactly yet but I'm guessing with all the bends I had to use to gain access to the air handler location that it's roughly 30 -40 feet max distance using 1" pipe.
This is a manufactured housing home as in double wide 24X60 so I will probably need all the output I can get,especially considering the climate here which has been downright cold a few nights already
So would it be of any benefit to move to the highest speed ?
Thanks!
Wt
The actual piping footage is less than the previous 60 feet. I haven't measured exactly yet but I'm guessing with all the bends I had to use to gain access to the air handler location that it's roughly 30 -40 feet max distance using 1" pipe.
This is a manufactured housing home as in double wide 24X60 so I will probably need all the output I can get,especially considering the climate here which has been downright cold a few nights already
So would it be of any benefit to move to the highest speed ?
Thanks!
Wt