Re: Baro and manual dampers
Posted: Tue. Feb. 13, 2018 7:45 pm
Joesek look on search forum for a guy called Cole Berner who is Quite An Expert on Gibraltars .Post is in 2008 era .He is an very smart guy about Gibratars .Its worth a look . jack
Using anthracite or bituminous coal for residential and commercial heating.
https://coalpail.com/coal-forum/
You were using the MPD and baro at if same time?
Lightning wrote: ↑Tue. Feb. 13, 2018 7:55 pmYou were using the MPD and baro at if same time?
If you need more draft for faster recover after tending the simple fix is to pin the baro door closed until its lit up. I rarely ever need to pin it shut, actually I don't even do that any more. My fire recovers in 15 minutes with 50 pounds of fresh at -.03 draft. This handicapped heap of scrap metal has no trouble getting the heat output I want at any OAT at that same draft pressure. I find it perplexing that a prestige antique couldn't out run it.
Oh okay, that makes better sense. The baro wasn't in the exhaust stream of the #6 nor was it being used as the primary draft pressure control device. I get it now.Sunny Boy wrote: ↑Tue. Feb. 13, 2018 8:20 pmThe baro is "part" of the chimney system. It's an 8 inch Field Control in the stove pipe of the oil/electric furnace in the same chimney that the #6 is plumbed into. The oil burner is turned off and the furnace is just heating using it's electric plenum, so no need for a baro.
Being influenced by the #6 using the chimney, the baro was making the #6 very slow to respond for refueling, and for any increases in heat demand, so I temporarily blocked it off. Made the #6 much more responsive to damper changes.
Paul
freetown fred wrote: ↑Wed. Feb. 14, 2018 8:13 amI would love to hear how much coal use is being saved using a Baro. compared to not?
I don't claim any coal is saved by either a baro or MPD.freetown fred wrote: ↑Wed. Feb. 14, 2018 8:13 amI would love to hear how much coal use is being saved using a Baro. compared to not?
I'm working on it...
I guess the same question could be asked about the coal savings with a bi-metal t-stat.freetown fred wrote: ↑Wed. Feb. 14, 2018 8:13 amI would love to hear how much coal use is being saved using a Baro. compared to not?