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Plumbing / Re: Keep your baseboard plumbing a closed system!

« on: January 06, 2009, 05:28:15 PM »

Thats the way I have mine.. going on my 6th winter.  atmospheric (open) loop outside with the wood furnace and 12 psi closed loop inside.  When I installed my system, i tied it into the existing oil fired boiler as another circuit.  I don't run antifreeze, and I have not had any corrosion issues with my regular steel unit using just water.

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Fire Wood / Re: outside wood boilers--How much wood so far ?

« on: December 27, 2008, 07:49:42 AM »

I average 10 cords here in Upstate NY.  I have been burning pallets mostly for the last 2 seasons as the wood is free and I do not have my own wood lot.  6 seasons now with my OWB.  I only use it from appr. mid October to early April.  need a break in the warm months to enjoy the swimming pool i put in with the money i saved from not buying oil.

Johnson- Little John

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Johnson / Re: any johnson owners

« on: December 27, 2008, 07:42:14 AM »

New member here.  Just wanted to add that i have been a very satisfied Johnson owner for 6 winters.  Little John heating a 3,800 sqft older home with a hydronic system.  I hooked up the heat exchanger as a zone to the existing oil boiler in the basement.  Took a season to get used to the differnt way the house heats up, but compared to paying for on average 1800 gallons of oil a year....  I put in a swimming pool with the savings.
I don't own a wood lot, but have been very succesful scrounging for wood during the year.  Mostly I burn pallets that i get from a couple of sources.  they are always well seasoned and mostly oak.  Burning pallets rarely smoke.  If I could do it all over again, I would buy a Johnson again!  easy to clean out the ashes, easy to stoke,