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Portage & Main / Ran stove all summer
« on: October 15, 2019, 05:08:44 PM »
Just sharing for people who may want info on running stove for domestic water. I was able to knock around 100$ off my electric bill by running my stove instead of water heater. I have an entire circulator that I ran on speed 1 which used 8 watts of power ran stove non stop never once lost a fire. On average I'd use 3 20" oak splits for 24hrs. I've been really happy with the overall performance of the stove. I do have a positive air stop on my draft I believe this helps me have absolutely no condensation in my upper heat exchanger which had been asked by a dealer if I was having any of these issues. Just turned bypass valves back open this morning weather is cooling off here in Michigan. Happy heating

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Plumbing / Sizing copper coil for storage
« on: January 27, 2019, 06:32:17 AM »
I can't find any info on how long (surface area ) or btu rating for copper coil heat exchanger. I'm looking to add 500 gallons of storage to my system. Any input is appreciated

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Plumbing / Side arm poor performance findings
« on: January 29, 2018, 09:35:03 AM »
Side arm has been installed for 2 years and worked ok for first year then this year had to turn water heater on as a helper. I started to look into it farther and side arm was hardly working at all. Decided to investigate and here's what I found

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Portage & Main / New draft stop
« on: January 14, 2018, 04:10:16 PM »
So I have always been disappointed with the constant smoke out of my chimney while idle so I decided to do something about it. The stock draft stop is pretty piss poor even though it is fool proof it doesn't ever 100% seal. I had a throttle body around and was able to get a good buy on the belimo actuator so decided to remount fan and change it up. The actuator is a tfb120 spring return which I wired up an outlet off my aquastat to plug into. So far it's been working great I see less smoke out my chimney and hope to see less creosote as well. A pic of the setup still have some tweaking to do with actuator mounting. I also want to say that I am very happy with this stove this is the second stove I have had at same location and this thing is superior to the other. I believe they all have there pros and cons but I have been happy with my choice in this stove.

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Plumbing / Pump suggestions-
« on: January 16, 2017, 07:23:49 AM »
I have to buy another pump for my garage loop I just installed. I am wanting some input on a pump. I have a grundfos 15-58 now for primary and have that set on low which feeds the house needs fine with DMH and Furnace. I have also ran on medium to do the garage loop while closing purge Tee. I was wanting to know if I move the grundfos to my second loop and get a delta t pump or at least a ecm pump would that make sense price vs what i am getting. I have a 100ft run to boiler. I know there are a lot of people here who have tried all sorts of different setups and am looking for suggestions. Thanks

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Plumbing / Heat loss to ground
« on: December 25, 2016, 11:38:34 AM »
I obviously am losing heat to the ground how much is the question. If anyone has any insight on this it would be great appreciated. My temp gauge shows in losing around 2 degrees for 100ft pump on medium speed. 3wrap zsupply 3.5 to 4 ft down sand/gravel soil. The second pic is reference that is my septic tank.
Is it worth upgrading to log stor or similar pipe? Cost effective ? Thanks in advance for any helpful input

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Plumbing / adding second loop. Question?
« on: November 30, 2016, 11:59:41 AM »
I have a 100' run of pex and about 65 ft of 1" copper with a grundfos 15-58. I am wanting to add a 2nd loop to feed my garage unit heater 50k btu and will have to add additional 150' of pex to make it work. My question is can I put in 2 t's and put in a normally open zone valve between the t's to  make this work or do I need to not put in a zone valve and just do another pump. Right now i can run my pump on low and does just fine keeping up with side arm and heat exchanger. Thanks in advance for any help

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Plumbing / Side arm not impressed any suggestions
« on: February 28, 2016, 05:19:13 PM »
Just got my side arm exchanger hooked up today and with my dishwasher running I got about a 15 minute shower and ran out of hot water. I let tank warm up to 135ish which is what I have elements set to. I shut the breaker off and had dinner loaded dishwasher then jumped in the shower. If this is normal for a side arm then I guess I just wasted a lot of time and money :bash:. I am have heard plate type exchangers plug up and so many people have said there side arms work great. I attached some pics if anyone sees anything that could be my problem please let me know.. Thanks

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Portage & Main / bl34-44 fire going out
« on: February 02, 2016, 09:59:31 AM »
I just installed this unit do to my ridgewood not being able to keep up with 12 hour burn times when dipping below 20 degrees. The unit is engineered very well, great design  but I am having a hell of a time keeping the fire going. I have dif set at 5 set temp at 185. Weather has been warm 30-40 degrees. Burning split seasoned oak heating 4000sq ft. I went with this model do to future demand with pole building. The one thing I liked with my ridgewood was it could be 60 out and not call for heat all day but at night it would always fire back up would light a fire once a year and that was it!! I hope there is something I can do to keep this from being a continuing battle with milder weather.  Any info would be greatly appreciated

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