[TheForge] Re: Heating with woodstove OT

[Ralph Sproul]

Hi Walt,

It's 35 steps to work each morning - so the distance thing is not a problem.

Oil will become just that - back up only.

Ralph


----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Mullett" <wmullett at bright.net>
To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:14 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Re: Heating with woodstove OT


> If your close enough to do one unit, that would seem to be a great idea.
> Because these units use water instead of air, they would be great for a
> shop.  Some piping around your perimeter and some heat exchangers and you
> would have a nice system.  No other power required other than the pump
> that's on the unit.
>
> As far as fuel goes, most of these are multi-fuel units so you can have a
> gas/oil backup for emergencies. A neighbor has one that he runs all year
> because it also provides his hot domestic water.  Seems like a waste but
> because there is no creosote problem, these units can shut the combustion
> air way down when demand is low.  He was burning old railroad ties.
Really
> stunk when you were down wind and the vents opened up.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ralph Sproul
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:16 AM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Heating with woodstove OT
>
> Up here the boilers they are making are direct firebox surrounds with the
> firebox in the middle. The little steel sheds cover the outside of the
> boiler and the units are antifreezed just like your heating system has to
be
> up here.  If the heat in the house is high enough - the unit could freeze
up
> outside if not running at demand temperatures.
>
> I've seen some modular home set ups with these boilers running 2" stems in
> and out for feed/returns, and they go to fan modine like air units on the
> wall blowing down.  One place has a boiler and heats three large 100 x 200
> buildings with it - all from scrape from their sawmill and production
> framing operations.
>
> I'm gonna stay away from block, sand, and the thermal mass - as it would
> take to much wood to get that up to temp up here........ we saw 32 below
> this winter - so trying to heat mass up at that temp is nuts with the
amount
> of fuel it would take to do so.  I'm going to run with direct water
transfer
> - especially that the house furnace is radiant baseboard heat
> (besides the wood stove we run 24/7 for five months).    :-(
>
> The shop was a different matter - as I just wanted to break the chill to
> work - but when it takes as much time to do the 7 cord of wood - to double
> that production and feed two stoves would be nuts - I'm going with one
unit
> to do both from now on.
>
> Ralph
>
>
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