I think the Froling is the only one close to that.
The Vigas operates that like that.
I think the Froling is the only one close to that.
I guess my understanding of boiler sizing when coupled with storage is wrong. I would think on the nights when you hit -25° a properly sized boiler would be flat out...am I wrong?
On a -25° night? anyway better then" idling" ..I thought the whole idea to adding "storage" was to stop all idling....My boiler isn't even burning at night.
On a -25° night? anyway better then" idling" ..I thought the whole idea to adding "storage" was to stop all idling....
The situation makes sense to me. If my load was slightly more than my storage would handle or if I wanted insurance that I would be warm in the late wee hours and wanted to sleep through the night I would do the same. to hell with the idling taboo. This year has been a real world test for many including myself and perhaps goose knows more of what to expect from his system. Fortunately for me, my storage hung in there through the coldest nights. I took the chance and won. Loosing would have been a good browbeating from the Mrs. after she woke up to a cold house cold shower.Every situation is different. I have Forced air heat and try not to let my tank go below 140. I also work 24 hour shifts. During a -25 F stretch this year the nights before I went to work I would get the tank up to 185. I then lowered the set point to 175 and put in some more wood. This would keep the tank topped off a little more through the night so at 530 am when I would leave for work it was not depleted as much as running off storage only. I then load 60 lbs of wood and top it off again. My wife would do a fire sometime in the evening with 80lbs of wood that I would have in a shopping cart for her.
Now does my boiler run in the night? No this year when it was cold and very windy and I had to work the next day for 24 hours. My normal routine is fire is done by 10pm. The 35 degree weather we had a few days ago I did 1 evening fire with 80lbs one night and 90 lbs the next night. It is now turning cold again so my burning will change. Probably do a 40-50lbs in the am and 60-80 evening. But no night time burning.
On a -25° night? anyway better then" idling" ..I thought the whole idea to adding "storage" was to stop all idling....
The Tarm has 3" firetubes. I did one tube with the brush furnished with my Tarm: three up and down, then turn the brush 90*, three up and down. Then in the adjacent tube I used the 3-1/4" brush. Fits snugly, and since the brush is round, just three up and down. This brush did a noticeably better job at cleaning the tube than the Tarm brush (which has been in use since 2007). Then in the same tube I used the 3-1/2" brush. This brush fits quite tightly, the fiberglass rod would bend and fair effort was needed to push and pull the brush through the tube, but it certainly is workable. It cleaned better than the 3-1/4" brush. The fiberglass rod I bought from local hardware, like that used for chimney cleaning brushes, male and female ends...."flue brushes" from Zorotools on eBay.
Probably would work, and may try that tomorrow.What do you think about putting them on a drill?
Can these tools get too aggressive? You want to get down to bare metal, but not gouge? A brush as mentioned before sounds gentler, but will it do the job? The boiler mfrs supply a tool, no?
Hey look at that, four questions.![]()
Well, I can use tin snips. I thought the metal was thicker than that.
Well, I can use tin snips. I thought the metal was thicker than that.
I found some wide strapping like what is used for lumber.It has a bit of spring in it which works good for pressure against the tubes.I will take a picture of the sheet metal sometime this weekend. I bought like a 1' x 2' piece at Home Depot. Think it cost about $7. I will post what the gauge is. Not the finest gauge stuff, but a little heavier. Got through it with the tin snips. Heavy enough gauge though that is easily retains shape so you can make tighter or looser by bending. You actually want some flex so that is conforms to the shape of the tube with pressure on sides.
I Binged it. Beautiful place.
Do you know what's going on with that place in Berlin that has all those logs stored? I drove near there, but further down 22 and didn't get a good look.
probably same gauge steel I used. Flat piece to start with probably easier to form and retain shape from the start.I found some wide strapping like what is used for lumber.It has a bit of spring in it which works good for pressure against the tubes.
Thomas
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