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Originally Posted by 1stmate
Anyone have any experience with heating (domestic) water with wood & not blowing themselves up into the next time zone?
These fuel prices are making me nutz...
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My question is what does & stand for. Seems like everyone but me knows.
I built myself an outside wood fired boiler/furnace that I have worked today piping in to get her ready for the cold weather.
I got something in my left eye a few weeks ago and then I burned my eyes welding on the boiler and that got infected so I didn't get her fired up by when I was sure I would, but I am getting close now.
There are two types of what they want to call boilers, however, one type isn't truly a boiler, because it doesn't boil the water. It only heats it, as mine will if the Good Lord is willing and everything works right.
This is what is truly a open loop water heater. A closed loop could be a boiler if allowed the burn the heat source long enough to heat the water until it boils, but with mine, as most outdoor boiler/furnaces, the air will be cut off when the water temperature gets to a certain point, which will cause the fire to die down.
Mine has a blower that will come on at 160* F. and then back off at 180* F.
I don't have her online yet but I am now so close I feel better now than I did a couple weeks ago.
I just stopped a few minutes ago for a short break from running the pipe and need to get back at it but I'll be back for another break, I am sure, LOL, if I can help anymore. I am hoping to tell the city of Danville, where to stick the $600 plus electric bills we had per month the last two winters.
When I have more time I'll tell you a few ways to beat the heat bill if you try.
Dennis