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Central Boiler / Re: Wiring issue.
« on: October 26, 2013, 08:31:14 AM »
Your OWB thermostat kicks on the AC? Does it also control the valve properly?
Does the other thermostat create the same symptoms?
Neal
Does the other thermostat create the same symptoms?
Neal
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Site Suggestions / Re: Posting pics
« on: October 25, 2013, 12:44:16 AM »
Are you talking the Attach button?
Neal
Neal
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Site Suggestions / Re: What part of the country?
« on: October 25, 2013, 12:41:48 AM »
Mitchell and/or Wallace South Dakota. 
Neal
Neal
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Electronics / Re: thermostat wiring
« on: October 25, 2013, 12:36:31 AM »
I wonder - has anyone made a simple solution to this with an OR gate using two 24VAC coil relays? Seems to me it would solve all the world's problems with dual thermostats kicking on the fan. .pdf schematic attached.
Buy two of these relays and a little soldering and you are all set:
http://www.amazon.com/PACKARD-PR290Q-Relay-Coil-Contacts/dp/B0015XK0VA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382681427&sr=8-2&keywords=24vac+relay
Neal
Buy two of these relays and a little soldering and you are all set:
http://www.amazon.com/PACKARD-PR290Q-Relay-Coil-Contacts/dp/B0015XK0VA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382681427&sr=8-2&keywords=24vac+relay
Neal
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Electronics / Re: Thermostat help
« on: October 23, 2013, 08:04:01 PM »I need help hooking up two thermostats.Which wire colors go to what points on your forced air system, or are both ends not connected?
First one is round honeywell type I want that to control my propane forced air
next one is a digital LUX 1500e I want it to control blower only when using outdoor furnace and to controll my ac
The wire ports I have in the lux are G, (RH RC they are jumped) Y W C
In the round Hineywell I have R W
I have six wires green, white, black, red, yellow and blue
You will also still want to turn on the fan with the Honeywell, it has no G ?
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Plumbing / Re: Noob looking for some tips
« on: October 21, 2013, 10:09:22 AM »Wow, I think you are severely overthinking it, it does not need to be complicated, Storage tanks/ blending tanks ?Well the idea behind that is to blend the geothermal and wood systems together. The most important heat point is the output of the tank, not the boiler or pump direct output. That way the systems have a simple path of combination, and buffering, where one system can spool up while the other spools down.
As far as the complications go, I hope to do some serious SCADA control of the system, so that the entire house is easy to maintain, tracks usage, predicts zone settings, ect.
This way I can tie in the entire energy systems (I hope to have 5-10kw of wind turbine installed, and possibly some solar), along with all the other home automation controls and monitors.
That said, how can I have both systems, and simple it down?
Neal
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Plumbing / Re: Noob looking for some tips
« on: October 21, 2013, 10:03:40 AM »Man, all my friends are telling me to dump that pesky wood burning boiler idea and go all geothermal heat pump!geothermal is far better than a heat pump sitting outside your home
Even when it costs 4x as much!?
To me geothermal is the biggest joke ever... When it first came out my parents bought one, it cost about $7500 to do there home, now the same job is in the 22k range.
There is heat pumps now that have crazy high seer ratings, some 22 seer or higher, geothermal is normally 17 seer
With that being said though, technically geo should be better for heating because its heat source is warmer than the winter air. From what I've saw, a heat pump here in ky quits working and keeping up on most homes around 40 degrees, the geothermal takes that number down to probably 28-30 before we start seeing the heat strips come on. My parents electric bills aren't bad, $240 in winter, but there house doesn't feel warm at all, even when it reads 73 it doesn't feel the same as the owb heat
The geothermal would be more important for summer cooling than winter heating.
Neal
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Plumbing / Noob looking for some tips
« on: October 20, 2013, 02:49:07 PM »
Hello all!
Looks like a great forum here! I am looking at building a new home (hybrid living quarters/garage/cold storage from a 120' x 60' building), and am interested in feedback ideas on my energy systems. Obviously those included a OWB. I travel quite often so I thought that perhaps a combination of a geothermal heat pump and a boiler would be best, just incase there was a failure to fuel the boiler. I have attached a basic overview of what I would like (I think...
) to do. Suggestions, ideas, comments?
Neal
Looks like a great forum here! I am looking at building a new home (hybrid living quarters/garage/cold storage from a 120' x 60' building), and am interested in feedback ideas on my energy systems. Obviously those included a OWB. I travel quite often so I thought that perhaps a combination of a geothermal heat pump and a boiler would be best, just incase there was a failure to fuel the boiler. I have attached a basic overview of what I would like (I think...
) to do. Suggestions, ideas, comments?Neal