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forced air to baseboard
« on: October 28, 2014, 06:08:20 PM »

I am currently running a pretty standard set up into my existing forced air furnace. I have a 700 square foot camp connected to the front of my house that is currently not regularly heated. I am thinking about hooking up a couple runs of baseboard radiators to the return side of my system. I would split the return line, and place a pump inline to the radiators. I would tie a thermostat to that pump and place it in the camp. My question is whether or not this sounds like a good idea. I realize I will have colder water going to the stove.
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Re: forced air to baseboard
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2014, 06:18:26 PM »

Could you post for us a drawing?
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Re: forced air to baseboard
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2014, 07:08:46 PM »

Here is a drawing
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Re: forced air to baseboard
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2014, 09:55:16 PM »

That looks like it should work. Use a pump with internal flow check if you have the connections that far apart.
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Re: forced air to baseboard
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2014, 04:55:27 AM »

RSI is right on the spacing, can you get the tees close together, less than 6 inches apart?
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Re: forced air to baseboard
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2014, 04:50:05 PM »

I should be able to run the t's as close as needed. Thank you for your help.
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Re: forced air to baseboard
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2014, 04:56:00 PM »

As you have the drawing, that heat loop will want to ghost flow, if you truly want to control your heat then keep the tees within 6 inches of each other.
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