Here is what I have learned in the pass two months of running my pressurized outdoor wood boiler along with some tips u mite/could use ! 1.
load it for the weather , filling it full and letting the AQ-stat do the work will result in a boil over
2. I load my stove with a log on each side and coals in the middle , and any logs I add I stack on either the of the 2 original logs = self feeding ,if I’m a bit lite on hot coals I may add a small stick or two "between the logs" or coal (that works great btw ) to keep up the fire!
3. I added a on –off- on switch , hooked to a AQ-stat on the first 30" of my iron 1.25 boiler supply pipe –to kill the 2 fire air supply fans, when the boiler falls below 130 degs = no more letting the fans blow air on a "non extant" fire/fuel /cause I failed to add enough wood or I was not there to fill ( its a lot easier to get back up to temp from a 130 then say 80 degs or even worst, if we ever have any cold weather this year ! lol I’ll get to test it out even more , no fuel in stove and minus 30 air …it would not be fun! !
4 . bubble wrap is worth less J …here I’ll copy and paste my own post …and what u can do to improve your project >
Quote from: AirForcePOL on December 19, 2014, 01:35:26 PM
I put some of the foil bubble wrap insulation around my plate exchanger.....
bubble wrap is a waste of time an $$ > :Dat a 1.1 r value (IF it is NOT touching said object) it has to be - 1.2 to 2" away from what ever u wrap to get the reflective R-value> best to get some foam and screw and build a box around it and fill with spray foam the "yellow, door and window" is best- as in denser / and many more small air bubbles captured in it.....don't use any water based crap!! do not apply on hot/while hot pipes/whatever, it will not "set", apply cold and it will turn to dust ...have a spray bottle of warm water /set on very fine mist and spray item before u apply the single component cans of foam ,and mist it when done ! = more volume = harder texture= 50+ more useable foam per can !!.......
I have spoken ! lol.......
5. U guys with forced air for the fire I need/help me come up with a system to "cut the fan/s off, once the fire is going, BUT hold the flapper open and let the fire burn naturally –instead off blowing it up the c-pipe ! (I’m working on it!) right now I’m thinking a R.I.B time delay , the AQstat would cut power BUT the flapper would hold off on falling back down for 2 minutes ( and guy mite have to "lower his AQstat temp " to keep from getting to hot! Look at this like you get to keep the heat and not pay .26 cents a KW to run the fans.. like me .
6. I made my own creosote destroyer by using all the MMDS sheets I could come up.... what seems.... the main ingredient is ag lime the kind u farmers use …and NOT the type the masons use …add 1/3 baking soda to 2 parts ag lime and mix I got my lime at a feed store and the baking soda at sams club …works great !!! I will ad more as I think of them , please feel free to add to the list …..well if you done it-and it worked anyway !
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