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Empyre / Re: How are the Empyre boilers running?

« on: February 09, 2015, 04:34:20 PM »

Empyre has a 1 year warranty on ALL electrical parts. I have to eat the blower fan. I'm so glad that I can bank on spending 170$ every year to year and a half on a  blower.

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Empyre / Re: How are the Empyre boilers running?

« on: February 07, 2015, 10:41:40 AM »

Yea, Its all but toast. Don't know how long it will last. It howls like crazy. The bearings are shot. I jump started the capacitor with my volt meter and it kicked on. Im def on barrowed time. I ordered one off of wood furnace parts. Prob won't have it until wed. Sucks I spent 10 grand on a fookin boiler that I have to work on all the time 

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Empyre / Re: How are the Empyre boilers running?

« on: February 06, 2015, 04:07:40 PM »

Not only has my boiler draft fan broke but no one will return my calls 

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Empyre / Re: How are the Empyre boilers running?

« on: February 06, 2015, 03:27:01 AM »

woke up this moring at 4 to a 62* house. Went down and the fan took a crap on the blower  I can't win for loosing with this thing.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 31, 2015, 05:47:34 AM »

I have a very nice heat gun. I have some time today so I'll take some readings. I woke up this morning and it dawned on me what I used in the splice. It was two long, very nice brass shark bite fittings. Same ones I used in the basement. I know there not leaking. I left them uncovered for a good month to make sure. The hole ended up filling up  with dirt durning a rain last winter and then I just pushed dirt on top after it froze again. Im going to find the splice this spring and just water proof the ends of the pex at the splice. Temps coming out of the boiler pex was 157*. In the house before the first pump it was 153* Im not loosing much. It is 15* outside right now too.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: ......Just spent another $5K to support my wood-burning addiction

« on: January 31, 2015, 05:30:43 AM »

I hear you guys lol
Boiler- 12,000 with msc tools
Tractor with FEL and BH-27,000
New utility trailer to pull tractor and wood-1500
3/4 ton diesel truck to pull all said above-50,000 invested
1986 1/2 ton to pull said above because diesel truck is to nice to get all dirty and scratched up. 4,000
Chain saw- 1,000
Log splitter- 4,600
WOW. Don't like the looks of those numbers but wouldn't take back all the fun and toys for the world.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 29, 2015, 02:29:29 PM »

That way I can get my service truck down  to the boiler and draw a vacuum on the boiler water so I don't loose much

Don't you have valves at the boiler? If not, I would put them on while you are working on the pipe. I would be very careful putting a vacuum on the boiler. It could easily damage the water jacket.

Did you use the stainless cinch clamps with the ear that gets pinched with a tool? If so, are there any marking on the clamps? (something OET 29.6)
What brand of tool did you use? There are a lot of junk tools out there now that don't squeeze the ear properly. Also some require calibration and if not set right can either cause the clamps to break it too tight or leak if too loose.

I shouldn't be able to vac it down enough to ever hurt it. If so every cooling system and hyd system I've done would be ruined. No. Basically a fancy hose clamp that I accidently got and used. I went to menards and bought a really nice band clamping tool with those brass clamps and used them in the house. The tool is a master force with a bunch of different dies. I think the water table isn't real low here. I wonder if I should have went 2 feet down instead of 3.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 29, 2015, 02:25:36 PM »

I do remember someone getting badgers splice repair stuff but I didn't remember it being you.  Have you noticed a big increase in wood use.

Yea, It was me. No, That's whats crazy. As you can see in the pics its roughly 80 feet that's unthawed. You would think it would be using more wood. Its also been really cold. I've been burning swamp elm, cherry, ash mixed. Not the best wood but also not the worst. The only thing ive noticed this year is the hot water is lacking. Takes along time to catch back up but I think my plate exchanger is plugging up and I just need to take it out this spring and soak it in something to get the scale out of it.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 29, 2015, 02:21:19 PM »

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/ecc_33/media/boiler%20melting%20snow%205_zps3gkalvx6_1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 hope that worked

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 29, 2015, 07:47:03 AM »

Thank Scott and once again sorry. I have a photo bucket account and once time allows I will post pics. Ok so the snow is melting in the middle of my yard. From the middle of my yard to the boiler. The pex makes a L shaped jog all down hill torwards the boiler. Im with you Scott. The neighbors boiler boils off way more water than mine. If my memory services me correct, I used those stainless band clamps on the splices when I did it. I didn't bury the line for a few months so I new it wasn't leaking. I would have to split the lines anyways so I could put the right clamps on them. Scott remember you sent me that real expensive roll of black tape for my splice? Looked like electrical tape. I wonder if its got something to do with the splice in the pex line and water getting into that part of the tile from those field tiles leaching up the trench under ground? Either way im not loosing much so i'll wait till spring and dig up the splice. That way I can get my service truck down  to the boiler and draw a vacuum on the boiler water so I don't loose much. I'll be thankful of my little backhoe! I'll be sure to post what I find for future reference. I'll also pay close attention on how much water im putting in the boiler. More I think about it I think water is leaching into the open end of that tile and just riding the pex down to the  boiler.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 28, 2015, 07:23:00 PM »

So lets get to the conclusion. I top off the boiler maybe once every two months and put maybe a couple gallons in. Before I tare the crap out of my yard everyone agrees that's were its leaking? I guess the only way to know for sure is dig it up and look. I hate to do this but don't have very many choices. I thought about waiting till spring and digging that whole section up and back filling with 57's just to help bring it up a little and leach. Now its got me wondering Scott if I used those stainless band clamps I got from that supplier by mistake. hmmmm. I might just get the back hoe out Saturday and go on a adventure.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 28, 2015, 07:18:06 PM »

I have a good pic but this piece of sheet site won't let me post the pic?

I find it ironic that you call this site a "piece of sheet" but you are asking its members for help?  Not too many sites out there with the sheer level/knowledge of outdoor wood-burning furnace professionals and seasoned operators we have here.  Try a more friendly approach my friend and you will receive more responses and information.



-Slopster

I didn't call the people on this site a piece. The site is crap. Plain and simple. Its not the members. I am a member on multiple sites and can post thousand of pics and no one at any time has to come along and delete/ clean up a site so someone can use the attachment option on the site. That's what I meant. I agree Its not to splice a line when using underground pex. At the point when I bought the first roll of pex I thought I would put the boiler close to the house. After changes and further changes for future plans I had to move it farther. Basement was poured around the pex and half the pex was in. I chose to splice and go. Live and learn. Im young and it happens. Sorry Scott again, I truly feel bad for that screw up.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 28, 2015, 07:12:00 PM »

I sold it to you and never once told you it was logstor, you initially ordered around 100 ft of badger 5 wrap and then ordered another 100 feet, I didn't realize you were splicing it and around 8 bucks a foot is average pricing at the time for 5 wrap.  If you'd ordered logstor at that time it would have been 12.90/ft plus shipping

Logstor doesn't even make wrapped products, they only sell foam filled pipe

I'm not sure why you thought you were getting logstor but think you'd known the difference when you buried it? 


Evidently where you spliced it tho is leaking and allowing water into the pipe, where ever the splice is dig it up and see if u can address it or perhaps dig a hole under the splice and back fill with gravel so water doesn't Lay around the pipe and sinks on down


Sorry if I came of blunt but I've never sold a product as logstor that wasnt, I don't even see how the 2 could be confused

First off I want to apologize. For some reason I did think I purchased logstor and didn't. I have the 5 wrap you are talking about after looking at passed emails. Its been a long day and got even longer after I got home with some personal stuff. Anyways, sorry and yes, It is the 5 wrap. I am "retarded" when it comes to most boiler stuff and jumped to conclusions. I didn't know the difference. Was taking your word for it. It was the truth as always and apologize again.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 28, 2015, 05:15:29 PM »

Now I have smoke rolling out my ears as to know what I payed for this sheet! I hope I am wrong and the reputable dealer from this site that sold me all this stuff didn't in fact intentionally screw me.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 28, 2015, 05:04:27 PM »

Thanks Willie. I feel violated!