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Central Boiler / Re: Cycle rate??

« on: December 17, 2013, 08:18:37 PM »

Beer could be more fun!

My house is insulated fairly decent..  I may be trying to out think myself.

I was just checking what others results were.

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Central Boiler / Cycle rate??

« on: December 17, 2013, 10:14:11 AM »

Just curious how often does your wood burner cycle??  I have a CB6048 that cycles about every 2-2.5 hour... I understand it depends on heat load. This is the rate@ 20f outside

What i'm heating: 3000 sqft house
1000sqft pole barn spray foamed

What's your rate??

FYI: i moniter with an X300

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Central Boiler / Re: Going from classic to eclassic

« on: February 21, 2013, 08:39:33 PM »

Jack & b-man thanks for the replies, alittle reassurance always helps.  Maybe by the time i get around to purchasing one, the technology will be so far ahead it will clean itself .  thanks again and look forward to the video.

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Central Boiler / Going from classic to eclassic

« on: February 21, 2013, 05:36:36 PM »

I bought a used CB-6048 a couple of years ago, and have been very happy with it. Today i was in an area for work that had a central dealer nearby.  I was amazed at how small the fire box is on the 1450 and 2400 e-series. I load my classic every 12 hrs  with only a 5-6 pieces of wood, do to it being over sized for my application, but couldn't pass up a good deal .

I was just curious if anyone has posted a youtube video of weekly cleaning in their e-classics? Looks like there is definitely a little more labor involved compared to what i currently do.

I would some day like to switch to a gasser but i am sure thats a few or many years away.  Just searching for a little feed back.

Currently heating:

1000 sq pole barn with radiant heat.
3000 sq ft house forced air and dhw average insulation
 
Thanks!
 

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: now that its getting warmer ?

« on: March 12, 2012, 08:35:48 PM »

What hapens when you shut down for the summer the?

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Plumbing / Re: insulated pex

« on: March 08, 2012, 06:50:56 PM »

Interesting thread.

I only soaked for a couple of days. Marty i'd be curious to know if you find anything with your pipe when you dig it up.

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Plumbing / Re: insulated pex

« on: March 08, 2012, 01:32:27 PM »

I don't want to start a pi$$ match , logostor is made from closed cell insulation.  Closed cell insulation won't soak up water.   I actually took some of the insulation when i was trimming mine and put in a bucket of water because i was curious about this also. No weight change.

All that set aside we are all trying to accomplish the same thing minimal heat loss.

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Plumbing / Re: insulated pex

« on: March 07, 2012, 07:51:06 PM »

I saw Logstor true 1" closed cell at the farm show that looks a lot like Thermo-Pex, only bigger. That stuff looks incredible! Over 13$/ft.

I put in 140ish feet of logstor. $10.50 ft  but i don't regret it.  Very little heat loss.

When house isn't calling for heat i have about a 3 degree heat loss from supply to return @ woodburner from the following:

140 feet of logstor= 280 ft
60 feet of 1" pex in house
Side arm dhw
Water to air H.E.

All being pushed by taco 007 which will be switch out by something more efficient when it dies.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Woodmaster Update

« on: January 24, 2012, 10:12:57 AM »

What's your return line temp to owb?? What type of pex did you use underground?  Sounds like you could be losing some heat there if your boiler won't come up to temp with no demand.

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Central Boiler / Re: blower fan on CB

« on: January 19, 2012, 05:10:55 PM »

I have one.  I got this really cool thermostate off ebay, all digital, 240VAC input option so I can tie it right to the pump power(never operate without flow).  I just installed a dry well in the pump plumbing and stuck its sensor down in there.  Used some of that blue wall putty to seal it in.  Seems to work really well.  This activates a zone valve to start heating.  Only bad thing is it is only in celsius so it is hard for me to interprete real-time.
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C=F

double it and add 30

Ex. 20*C  20*2+30=70*F


Not perfect but close enough

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General Discussion / Re: Message Board - How To

« on: January 18, 2012, 07:16:36 PM »

How to post pictures  with Ipad???   

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Central Boiler / Re: Taco vs Grundfos

« on: January 14, 2012, 08:19:25 AM »

Just got my electric bill the other day..used 575 KWH .1800 sq ft house.. Bill $105.26

That is impressive.....

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Central Boiler / Re: Taco vs Grundfos

« on: January 12, 2012, 06:51:25 PM »

Mtjag and Willieg thanks for the great info. I believe thats the route i'm Going to go i'm trying to lower my energy usage.  I'm still not sure how you guys are using areound 1000kwH .  The last month for me was 1600khw, But that sure beats when i was heating with electric.  Average with taxes $.096/kwh

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Central Boiler / Re: Taco vs Grundfos

« on: January 11, 2012, 07:48:31 PM »

Sorry to hijack thread but i have a question along the same lines.

Getting ready to hookup radiant floor pole barn in the next month,   My run is 15 feet from owb and 3 runs of 300 feet pex 1/2" tubbing. Looking @ the drawing on cb's website they use (2) taco 007 pumps(1 on the owb and 1 on the water to water heat exchanger thermostatically controlled).  However i really like the thought of energy savings of the grundfos.

  Any thoughts or comments would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks newmanab

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Central Boiler / Re: Taco vs Grundfos

« on: January 06, 2012, 06:51:36 PM »

Pics please