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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: temp drop

« on: October 31, 2012, 09:30:17 AM »

I don't think you understand do you have it set to 5 10 15 degree temp drop before it fires up again.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / temp drop

« on: October 30, 2012, 07:12:21 PM »

just out of curiosity what does everyone have there temp drop set at on there aquistat?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Homemade insulated PEX

« on: October 19, 2012, 03:49:22 PM »

Thanks for the reply's its good to here that someone else has done it this way with no issues. The reason why i am not going underground is part of the drain field is there and i dont want to mess with it and that was the best spot to put the stove damn those insurance people lol.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Homemade insulated PEX

« on: October 19, 2012, 07:57:47 AM »

I did stuff all of that into a 4 in corrigated sorry thought that was a givin but yea its above ground i will take a pic of what i did and why later today thanks for the reply.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Homemade insulated PEX

« on: October 18, 2012, 08:38:04 PM »

I have been looking at this site for over a year and taking in all that has been posted. I have been wanting an OWB for over 2 years i really wanted to build my own but the time is here and i needed heat and i am refusing to buy propane as many of us are. I try to be a DIYer as much as possible but decided to buy a burner from a local guy that is building them in his garage. It is everything that i would have done, so i bought it. The boiler is 120 gallon and is the burn box is 1/4 in. and so is the jacket i think its insulated good (we will see). It implements the KISS method which i try to live by. 120cfm fan up front with a solenoid connected to a chain which operates a flapper which intern opens and closes a draft door right at the inlet of the fan. It is using a taco pump and every electronic piece i can get at the local grainger outlet. I have also made my own insulated PEX we will see if it works, first i used the double reflective double bubble reflectix from lowes i used 2 48"x25' rolls. I first cut down the reflectix so it was 10"x48" and cut enough pieces for 50ft. i then wrapped each individual piece around my feed line (2 good wraps) and used the Red Green method and used gorilla duct tape (very very sticky) then when i got done with that i duct taped my return to it, i then cut more insulation to 21"x48" and wrapped the both of them with that (3 more wraps) and taped the seams, the seams are butted up tightly. seems to work good so far not been cold yet but not getting any temp drop form jacket to exchanger. Just havent seen it done like this maybe i missed it i dont know very time consuming yes but i think it will work, oh yea im going above ground also. Just wondering what you guys thought if you want more pics of the boiler i can take them tomorrow. I have my aquistat set at 140 started at 120 but 140 seems good and its set to kick with a 10 degree variance, boiler has been recovering without firing up the blower in between furnace cycles, so far.


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