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Pools & Hot Tubs / heating pool
« on: May 02, 2014, 03:26:16 PM »
Soooo..ive have first year under my belt heating house hot water and garage...when I put in the system I ran pex to the pool to heat that also but im a bit concerned when I see posts about 3 way valves and aquastats and what not... is there a way to just run it similar to how I heat everthing else ? does it have to be so complicated?
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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / draft door stuck open
« on: March 04, 2014, 05:32:34 PM »
So the other day I come find my stove boiled over....sees the flap stuck open..was concerned because the stove was just put in service in late oct. 2013....so looked at the selonoid and it was free of rust and has been oiled a couple times since I started. Contacted Graig at Ridgewood and he said some of the stoves have done that and he felt the door needed a little more weight. They are working on a fix that will most likely be a small plate you bolt to the door.
I went ahead and welded a small piece of threaded rod to the bottom of the door and it has been fine since then. My thought was if it needed more I could just thread on a couple of nuts to get the weight right. Craig even sent me another batch of water treatment since I lost about half my water....any way not putting down the stove just wanted to give a heads up to anyone who might have same issue. You should always have a spare selonoid on hand because they can go bad but in this case it wasnt.
I went ahead and welded a small piece of threaded rod to the bottom of the door and it has been fine since then. My thought was if it needed more I could just thread on a couple of nuts to get the weight right. Craig even sent me another batch of water treatment since I lost about half my water....any way not putting down the stove just wanted to give a heads up to anyone who might have same issue. You should always have a spare selonoid on hand because they can go bad but in this case it wasnt.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / hot water tank size
« on: February 17, 2014, 07:43:00 PM »
considering replacing my natural gas water tank for electric one. its a 40 gallon size and was wondering if there would be any benifit in going to a smaller tank. would it keep the water hotter?...I notice sometimes if there is a large time gap in between hot water uses...just wife and I...the water isnt quite as hot....just wondering.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / toasty but.....
« on: December 12, 2013, 11:52:11 AM »
Iset the t stat in my home to 74 and it heats it to that but it must be cooling down real quickly.....it runs about every 10 mins..stops for 10 then starts back up....Now at night ill cut it back to 65 and it wont come on for a couple of hours. house was built in 1901 and has new windows but im guessing the insulation isnt up to par? other than that its making plenty of hot water ad keeping my uninsulated pole barn at 50. was 08 degrees outside this morning.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / ridgewood problem quick fix
« on: November 27, 2013, 08:05:00 AM »
Since there isnt a ridgewood dedicated thread on here Ill post this here. The other night I woke up house was cool furnace blower(forced air) was blowing cool air out of the vents. of course it was 2 am. 
..went out to the stove and temp was 100 degrees with the flap closed...thought the selonoid might have went bad but geez its only a week old....got to looking and saw a wire had slipped off the connector...put it back on and it slipped on way to easy so i used a pair of plires and crimped it down a bit then put it back on checked the other wire and it was same way so I fixed it to. plugged stove back in and all is well again. Really wish Id got one of these years ago. Thanks again to all who have answered questions along the way hope this helps someone down the line. chuck
..went out to the stove and temp was 100 degrees with the flap closed...thought the selonoid might have went bad but geez its only a week old....got to looking and saw a wire had slipped off the connector...put it back on and it slipped on way to easy so i used a pair of plires and crimped it down a bit then put it back on checked the other wire and it was same way so I fixed it to. plugged stove back in and all is well again. Really wish Id got one of these years ago. Thanks again to all who have answered questions along the way hope this helps someone down the line. chuck
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / register or floor vent temps
« on: November 08, 2013, 07:40:58 AM »
on a natural gas forced air furnace what would be the normal temp of the air coming out of the duct work? does a OWB deliver a hotter temp? 
just wondering.
just wondering.
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Plumbing / battle with pex
« on: November 08, 2013, 06:33:53 AM »
so after fighiting with a 100 ft roll of 1" pex last night trying to finish up my hookups in the basement...i was wondering why i.couldnt just use 3/4" heater hose for everthing instead of trying to get the pex straightned out .that stuf kicked my arse!
Here's a pic of the back of my ridge wood with one pump hooked up for house and dhw. Other will be for pole barn and pool.
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Here's a pic of the back of my ridge wood with one pump hooked up for house and dhw. Other will be for pole barn and pool.
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Plumbing / taco bumble bee pumps
« on: October 24, 2013, 12:59:13 PM »
Well ordered two new bumble bee pumps on ebay....getting stove from scott in a few days and will be ready to finish install...as the snow flurries are a flyin already not a second to soon...chuck
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Plumbing / Im I weak ?
« on: October 12, 2013, 07:39:01 AM »
I was making some connections last night using cinch clamps with the appolo tool and it took everything I had to close the jaws of that sucker...it was at eye level so I just had to use pure arm to arm strenghth...nothing to brace against but geez I didnt dream it would be so tuff.1' pex by the way. 
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Electronics / which line volt thermostat????
« on: October 04, 2013, 07:43:08 PM »
Putting together a unit heater for the garage using a standard water to air heat exchanger 19x20 with a squirrel cage fan but not sure what type of line voltage thermostat to get. will this one work?...Honeywell TL7235A1003 Li
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / OWB inside my pole barn...?
« on: August 14, 2013, 08:22:56 AM »
So in checking with my zoning dept. I dont have enough property to instal an OWB....need two acres I only have one. So I was thinking of uttinit it inside my pole barn which I plan to heat also. there is an exsisting block chimminy where my wood burning furnace is now and thought about tying into it. (removing the wood burning stove) the only concern I have is the height of the chimmney..its a 2 story barn so Id guess the chimmney height is 25 feet in total...so creasote would build up in the chimmney and I would guess Id have to clean it more often. the flue from the OWB would have a couple of turns to get into the chimmney so I dont think it would rain back into the OWB.....what say you folks? thanks in advance
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Fire Wood / what size car port?
« on: April 10, 2013, 01:22:23 PM »
I would like to put in a carport this year to cover the wood for the season and would like to have something that will hold 8 to 10 cord . any suggestions on size? Im thinkin 15' wide by 21'long???
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Electronics / Yet another t stat question
« on: February 18, 2013, 11:09:03 AM »
Hello all. been reading and thought I knew how to hook up my tsat but its not working so heres the scoop....
old thermostat is a hunter brand ...two wires that go to rudd silhouette 2 gas furnace...no ac . the wires are connected to terminals R & W no other terminals on old t stat. so I ran a new 4 wire from old t stat to furnace.
I hooked up a jumper from R on old t stat to R on new one Honeywell RTH 11B I hooked up the green from the furnace terminal to the W on the new T Stat.....with new tstat off ran a cycle with old t stat and it works fine.
turned old one down all the way and waited few mins and tried new tstat......nothing......any ideas? thank you in advance. chuck
old thermostat is a hunter brand ...two wires that go to rudd silhouette 2 gas furnace...no ac . the wires are connected to terminals R & W no other terminals on old t stat. so I ran a new 4 wire from old t stat to furnace.
I hooked up a jumper from R on old t stat to R on new one Honeywell RTH 11B I hooked up the green from the furnace terminal to the W on the new T Stat.....with new tstat off ran a cycle with old t stat and it works fine.
turned old one down all the way and waited few mins and tried new tstat......nothing......any ideas? thank you in advance. chuck
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Owb in my pole barn?
« on: October 26, 2012, 08:32:29 AM »
Hello everyone....I am considering an owb i live in ne ohio and due to zoning regulations i dont have enough land..to put one out side. My question is can i put it (a gasser modle )in my pole barn were my woodburner is now and run the flue up the exsisting chimmy which is about 45
feet high..two story pole barn. Or would the exhaust not be hot enough to escape and cause condensation problems? Or should i look at a conventional owb for same instalation. Thanks in advance.
feet high..two story pole barn. Or would the exhaust not be hot enough to escape and cause condensation problems? Or should i look at a conventional owb for same instalation. Thanks in advance.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / how to best spend $5000
« on: October 04, 2012, 07:15:24 PM »
So I have 5 grand to spend on an outdoor wood boiler not including the pipe and exchangers but will get that as I go along. After all my reading I would like a gasification unit mainly for the fact I would burn less wood but they all seem out of my range. any suggestions?
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