It's Alive!
- freetown fred
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Nice. So this is what all this stealth mode is about.
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Wow Rob, my hands got warm just holding them near the screen. very impressive set up.
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I think he's been working on making it even quieter than it was in the hope that his wife won't notice when he moves it to the living room.
Mike
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- Rob R.
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She already told me just because I have it dressed up and quiet doesn't mean it can change locations.Pacowy wrote:I think he's been working on making it even quieter than it was in the hope that his wife won't notice when he moves it to the living room.
Mike
- CoalHeat
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For some odd reason it is very difficult not to video our boilers running.
Nice job!
Nice job!
- Rob R.
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Added a piece of 1" thick ceramic insulation "blanket" to the inside of the fire door. It fit so well that I did not even have to glue it. So far the results are pretty encouraging. There is a noticeable difference in the amount of heat coming from the door when the stoker is running. Cost for the insulation was $24, and there is enough left to do my brother's EFM as well.
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- lsayre
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Nice!
All of our T-Stats were turned on today. No heat calls from any of them yet though. So at this end I'm still waiting to be able to say "It's Alive!". Soon though, I reckon.
All of our T-Stats were turned on today. No heat calls from any of them yet though. So at this end I'm still waiting to be able to say "It's Alive!". Soon though, I reckon.
- Rob R.
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I am only running the EFM for domestic hot water until the drum is empty, then I need to shut it down and clean the fines out. I also have a clean out tee to replace the 90 degree elbow currently on the flue outlet of the boiler.
- lsayre
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The T-Stat for our bedroom zone loop just made a heat call, and in response the bedroom loops zone valve opened and the circulator turned on. And soon after that the boiler fired up. It's alive!!!
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The insulation on the fire door is a good idea. Without it, the fire door can get very, very hot. It's nice to be able to accidentally brush against it without getting burnt!
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- Rob R.
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This morning it is 12 degrees outside and the EFM is starting to get into a good rhythm. The basement seems cooler, and the door on the boiler is not smoking hot like it used to be, so I am pretty happy with the ceramic insulation.
Also, a while back I posted about a new circulator I installed: Grundfos Alpha Installed
At the same time I replaced the circulator that is between the EFM and the oil boiler, and I set the new circulator on "speed 2". Compared to the Taco 007 that was in there before, this should result in a reduction in flow rate between the two boilers. The temperature gauges confirm that - previously I saw hardly any difference in temperature from the supply and return on the EFM, now I am seeing about 10 degrees. Seems like a good thing to have a bigger delta between the heat exchanger in the boiler and the temperature of the flue gasses? Maybe that is a stretch...but the system is certainly quieter, and seems to be the most efficient it has ever been.
Also, a while back I posted about a new circulator I installed: Grundfos Alpha Installed
At the same time I replaced the circulator that is between the EFM and the oil boiler, and I set the new circulator on "speed 2". Compared to the Taco 007 that was in there before, this should result in a reduction in flow rate between the two boilers. The temperature gauges confirm that - previously I saw hardly any difference in temperature from the supply and return on the EFM, now I am seeing about 10 degrees. Seems like a good thing to have a bigger delta between the heat exchanger in the boiler and the temperature of the flue gasses? Maybe that is a stretch...but the system is certainly quieter, and seems to be the most efficient it has ever been.
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Wow, immaculate heating system Rob! Nice videos, I like how you can set it to use the stored heat between the two boilers before firing, that's a pretty smart setup.
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+1, now I see how his house heats up before the coffee is done.Lightning wrote:Wow, immaculate heating system Rob! Nice videos, I like how you can set it to use the stored heat between the two boilers before firing, that's a pretty smart setup.
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Well, it depends how cold it is. Today at 12 degrees with no wind is easy, but when it is zero with the wind roaring there is no "heating up"...more like holding the line.SWPaDon wrote:+1, now I see how his house heats up before the coffee is done.Lightning wrote:Wow, immaculate heating system Rob! Nice videos, I like how you can set it to use the stored heat between the two boilers before firing, that's a pretty smart setup.
I never turn the heat down when it is brutally cold, mainly because I would not want the water to stop circulating for any amount of time.
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I timed it this morning. My fire went out and the oil was running when I woke up, the temp was 68. I turned the oil up to 72, snapped on the coffeemaker. Coffee took 7 minutes, oil furnace shut off at 14 minutes, LOL.