On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:02:19 AM UTC-8, KittJ wrote: > > > I am fairly certain that the heat from my electronics is not a threat to > my boilers. >
On that point, you I'm sure noticed that he installed it reversed, foil side in, unlike the product picture, foil side out. Conduction is only partial, given that it was applied as he said, and showed in the image, over the fiberglass. It can have a fair impact. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsbLHDNg1iU It would be nice to test with the heat in the opposite direction, but it would be surprising at all to see a further reduction in side released heat (but likely also an increase in top/bottom released heat. One could likely if desired, supplement the insulation layer a combined fiberglass foil pipe wrap like this: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Frost-King-3-in-x-25-ft-Foil-Backed-Fiberglass-Pipe-Wrap-Insulation-SP42X-16/202262326 I would guess though that plastic brittleness is going to proceed based on internal ambient which isn't going to reduce much due to top and bottom heat leak. The best one can expect to see I would imagine is reduced heater cycling. Not a bad thing. Can't recall which, but one of my boilers has no insulation at all. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
