Ha! This reminds me of the insulation on my R58, albeit much more colorful. Good post!
On Saturday, July 19, 2014 3:53:45 PM UTC-7, Craig Bowers wrote: > > > > 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.
