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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / how long will yours idle without dying
« on: October 03, 2010, 03:57:31 PM »
hi
i built my homemade boiler and this will be my first year.
i fired it up yesterday it ran nice all night too but the next day last time it ran the blower was about 10 am
and by 2pm the fire died.
its about 57 degrees now and the house still on 75 degrees,the house blower hasnt ran since 10 am and i dont heat my domestic water so there was no call for heat and the boiler temp was at 177 and now about 165.
how long will yours stay live without the boiler blower or damper open?
maybe its just not cold enough but at night its in mid 30.
thank.
i burn pine that is cut in spring.
i built my homemade boiler and this will be my first year.
i fired it up yesterday it ran nice all night too but the next day last time it ran the blower was about 10 am
and by 2pm the fire died.
its about 57 degrees now and the house still on 75 degrees,the house blower hasnt ran since 10 am and i dont heat my domestic water so there was no call for heat and the boiler temp was at 177 and now about 165.
how long will yours stay live without the boiler blower or damper open?
maybe its just not cold enough but at night its in mid 30.
thank.
i burn pine that is cut in spring.
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Home Made / clean project parts
« on: January 31, 2010, 07:23:36 PM »
hi guys
new to this great site,gave me confident to start my boiler project
i plan on barrel in a barrel boiler (half 250 gallon propane in half 500 gallon propane tank) as simple as it can be.
how do you guys go about cleaning your metal surface if anything like removing paint and surface rust from the metal?
i would think that the paint from the outside of the 250 gallon tank will chip in time and may couse problems in my system later... is a y strainer will be good enough for that or do i want to sand the tank down?
and one more, can electrolysis method for removing rust will work like shown here http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-remove-rust
new to this great site,gave me confident to start my boiler project
i plan on barrel in a barrel boiler (half 250 gallon propane in half 500 gallon propane tank) as simple as it can be.
how do you guys go about cleaning your metal surface if anything like removing paint and surface rust from the metal?
i would think that the paint from the outside of the 250 gallon tank will chip in time and may couse problems in my system later... is a y strainer will be good enough for that or do i want to sand the tank down?
and one more, can electrolysis method for removing rust will work like shown here http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-remove-rust
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