RUNNING EKO IN THE SUMMER/pool ect.

[tug hill rook]

I have one more hurdle before ordering my new eko 60. I will be using two 500 gallon propane tanks in my cellar, along with the wood boiler. I have hot water baseboard in the house. (5 zones) I want to run a zone to my shop 120' from boiler, and put baseboard in my shop with some kind of bypass, so in the summer, I can heat my 20,000 gallon above ground pool. The pool is ten feet from the shop. If I leave the heat on the pool for 24/7 until it reaches 88 degrees, will the boiler run full out or short cycle and affect the life of my boiler. I sure could use some help as this was part of the sales pitch to my wife and carries a huge amount of HDWF. (Heavy duty wife factor) Thanks, TUG HILL ROOKIE

 

[leaddog]

You can run the boiler to heat the pool but you need to be sure and have it set up so that you keep the boiler temp up to 160* to make it gasifiy good. That is done by keeping the boiler temp up and as it gets higher that heat is sent to the zone. Usually this is done with a Laddomate, 4waytemp, aquastat, or other simular valves. this protects you boiler from cold water return also. You will have to keep filling your boiler untill it gets up to heat as that is just like heating up storage for the first time. It won't short cycle unless you don't have a big enough hx as you will be putting a HUGE load on it.
leaddog

 

[tug hill rook]

Thanks, I currently have a 40 gallon hwh oil fired, to heat our pool. unless its warm out, it never gets 88. The pool pump pushe's cold water to the hwh and then a circulating pump helps push the hot water back to the pool. (all 3/4" pipe) any ideas on how to get the most heat into the pool, with my outside shop/pool boiler zone? THR

 

[solarguy]

you need to use a heat exchanger to isolate your pool from your heating system or you'll destroy your Eko boiler

 

[tug hill rook]

I am willing to do anything i need to ,so long as once the zone is in my shop,i can use ball valves to send heat either to the pool or shop baseboards. Once i have a hot line in and cold return line in my shop, can i incorparate the 40 gallon, oil fired hwh, to heat our pool? Thanks, THR