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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Why not to put your boiler in a woodshed

« on: April 08, 2014, 05:42:21 PM »

Hi I am new here but not new to OWBs, nor to wood heat.  I had a Adobe that lasted just long enough for the company to disappear and then a Sequoia E-3400.  I will attempt to post a pic of the now gone woodshed and boiler.  The fire inspector could not find the reason for the fire.  He could not eliminate the boiler but could not find a problem with it either.  Best guess was electrical, he could not find anything wrong there either.  He (actually there were 2 and they were there for hours searching) said they have had a lot of rodent caused electrical fires this year.  Also that he has seen some from use of the push in wire holes on the back of outlets and switches.  They did not give me a hard time but you can be sure that the new P&M 250 (I have been told it's the first of the new designee ordered in the north east) will not be under the shed.  They highly recommended a metal car port for over the boiler.  Oh well could figure out how to post a picture.  It took about 15 minutes for a 28' by 30' shed and 5 cord of wood to disappear.  The fire department put 1600 gallons of foam on what was left of the wood pile, it was a foot thick. They were hear for a couple of hours getting everything out.  Aluminum roofing burns real well.

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Plumbing / Re: Double wall flat plate?

« on: March 25, 2014, 05:09:35 PM »

Just put a curculator pump on the sidearm.  You said you can hear it run so is it gas or oil.  If so you can probably use the control for the tank to run it.  Also this setup runs more efficient if you t your cold inlet at the bottom ant then run it into the tank at the cold inlet not at the blow off.  You will be able to control your temp and won't need a tempering valve.