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Plumbing / Re: Installed new Plate exchanger and have questions
« on: October 09, 2012, 09:17:49 AM »
If there is no hot water being used, the water in the tank will cool. Then you have to push the water heated from the exc. thru the dip tube and thru the cooled water in the tank. If there is no recirculation keeping the water in the tank hot, you may as well put the exchanger above the hot outlet, and use it as an instantaneous heater....
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Plumbing / Re: filter for debris?
« on: October 09, 2012, 08:35:52 AM »
I have a y strainer that I clean out periodically. Don't forget valves on both sides, if you put in a filter or strainer, or both.
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Plumbing / Re: Installed new Plate exchanger and have questions
« on: October 09, 2012, 08:32:23 AM »
If you don't have a recirc. line, you won't be storing any hot water in the tank, the way you have it piped. Also, like the other guys said it looks like the exc. is piped incorrectly too.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: pictures
« on: January 27, 2012, 12:27:21 PM »
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Painting the water jacket
« on: January 27, 2012, 12:14:39 PM »
I painted the outside of the water jacket on my stove with primer....Seemed like a good idea at the time....
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Before you build another we should talk, i'm also thinking of building another with a few changes, but round would not be one of them. If yo're interested i could explain.
You have my attention....Why not?
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nice job, where did you get the design ? i'm a welder /fabricator / millwright also.
Thanks. I kind of borrowed ideas from several stoves. Then I kind of winged it...
If/when i were to do another one, I would change a lot of things....I won't go into that now, but I learned a lot reading this forum...
Using pipe instead of plate would have saved so much time and work, but live and learn...
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Year 2 going great so far....Didn't run it long enough at the end of last winter to know for sure....
This Spring/Summer, I will be adding a domestic recirc line, and piping a HX into the air handler for my upstairs bonus room(800 sq. ft.)...
Rome wasn't built in a day....
This Spring/Summer, I will be adding a domestic recirc line, and piping a HX into the air handler for my upstairs bonus room(800 sq. ft.)...
Rome wasn't built in a day....
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Shaver Furnace / Re: Wiring a 165
« on: December 16, 2011, 04:29:02 PM »
I got both of my aquastats from Grainger. Less than 100$ each...
One is installed on the back of the boiler in a well which reads temp in the water at the stove. When the water temp drops below set point, the a-stat turns on the blower to feed air to the fire....
My other stat is a surface mount, on my supply pipe before it goes into the first heat exchanger. It is wired into my indoor air handler(furnace). The yellow wire from my main thermostat is tied to the a-stat.
When the water temp drops below set point, the yellow is made, and the outdoor unit kicks on...
One is installed on the back of the boiler in a well which reads temp in the water at the stove. When the water temp drops below set point, the a-stat turns on the blower to feed air to the fire....
My other stat is a surface mount, on my supply pipe before it goes into the first heat exchanger. It is wired into my indoor air handler(furnace). The yellow wire from my main thermostat is tied to the a-stat.
When the water temp drops below set point, the yellow is made, and the outdoor unit kicks on...
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Shaver Furnace / Re: Wiring a 165
« on: December 16, 2011, 08:03:57 AM »If you have a heat pump I don't think you need that second thermostat. You need a setup like mine, a AQUASTAT.
See the little gray box on my HX? (hope this works)
http://outdoorwoodfurnaceinfo.com/forum/index.php?action=media;sa=media;in=30
That's the aquastat. It's like a on/off switch for the heat pump only. If thermostat calls for heat the aquastat determines if just the fan or the heat pump/fan should come on. That's determined by the set point of the aquastat. (mine is set for OWB temp of 160*)
Unfortunately, I don't know what terminals they connected it to inside the air handler.EDIT: I don't think this arrangement works on variable speed systems!!!!! (mine isn't variable speed)
I'm pretty sure it's the yellow wire that you break with the aquastat....
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Mechanical wood splitters
« on: November 30, 2011, 10:08:59 AM »
That guy is going to get seriously hurt......
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Home Made / Re: Starting to build !
« on: November 07, 2011, 08:11:30 PM »
Thanks for the pics Newmod...OWB looks good so far... I'm envious of that shop too by the way! 
Keep up the good work, and keep takin pics...
Keep up the good work, and keep takin pics...
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Central Boiler / Re: Chimney who covers in off season?
« on: November 04, 2011, 05:52:31 AM »
5 gallon bucket, broom handle, Done.....Get a snack...
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Electronics / Re: Blower wiring
« on: October 19, 2011, 11:12:58 AM »
Mine's hooked up like Ridgekid.
I have an aquastat connected to the supply and if the temp drops below +or-140 it kicks the outdoor unit on...
I believe the yellow wire is the one that's made by the A-stat to send a signal to the outdoor unit...Simple but effective.
Original thermosatat controls everything.
I have an aquastat connected to the supply and if the temp drops below +or-140 it kicks the outdoor unit on...
I believe the yellow wire is the one that's made by the A-stat to send a signal to the outdoor unit...Simple but effective.
Original thermosatat controls everything.