Ode to a Poco and Hydronics
Posted: Tue. Nov. 23, 2010 7:05 pm
I am full of admiration for the incredible hydronics set ups I see on this board. Second hand boilers may need boiler, base, covers, rebuilt blower and pot assembly, new bushings, tubes, augers, gaskets, coil, motor, timer, aquastat, pumps etc. Rust is setting up from day one setting up between the copper and iron due to a potential difference. The cost and complexity ahhh - all this is great but not for me. So I thought I would describe my Poco set up for you so you can be in awe of my technical prowess.
Stick stove on concrete garage floor (used to be a garage not now and no flammables - I am untrained but not stupid), take two pieces of el cheapo Lowes pipe in hole at top. Insert baro and two more cheap pieces of pipe. Saw hole in wall and insert powervent. Take coaltrol controller and a bit of cat 5e cable and stick on wall. Plug in stuff, you know really hard like yellow to yellow. Shove in coal in big hole in the top. Shove in mouse and light with a handful of coal. Cook frozen pizza and grab some cold ones. KIck cat off dirty old chair in front of stove and enjoy, well that part is a lie, cat gets good chair I get the crappy one. LOVE this stuff. Waiting for the wind to start howling. Can you tell I am not an engineer????
Stick stove on concrete garage floor (used to be a garage not now and no flammables - I am untrained but not stupid), take two pieces of el cheapo Lowes pipe in hole at top. Insert baro and two more cheap pieces of pipe. Saw hole in wall and insert powervent. Take coaltrol controller and a bit of cat 5e cable and stick on wall. Plug in stuff, you know really hard like yellow to yellow. Shove in coal in big hole in the top. Shove in mouse and light with a handful of coal. Cook frozen pizza and grab some cold ones. KIck cat off dirty old chair in front of stove and enjoy, well that part is a lie, cat gets good chair I get the crappy one. LOVE this stuff. Waiting for the wind to start howling. Can you tell I am not an engineer????