It definitely can work; the old house I'm in now has a 100 yr old radiator system (not steam) that has 2-1/2" main lines. No pumps. Every single pipe in the system has a slight fall all the way to the boiler in the basement.
Ray On Jul 5, 2012, at 6:14 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems I once ran into an off grid customer that had an outdoor wood boiler > set up energy free.. the boiler itself is physically located below (Down > hill) from the house and is plumbed with like 2" Pex so it uses gravity to > circulate and a smoke stack tall enough (and insulated) to conjure a decent > draft. they also have hot water lines running out to the diesel gen set for > co generating heat. (Both for gen set block heating and for dumping exhaust > heat). For thermal storage, they have an old dairy bulk tank in a walled off > room with truck radiators in the tank connected to manifolds out side the > room. the whole room was filled with recycled styrofoam peanuts. the tank > loop is connected to the boiler, a kitchen wood stove and a radiant slab, the > radiator manifolds are connected closed loop to SHW on the roof and domestic > hot water. Yes, he's an old Vermont Yankee farmer. > > db > > Dan Brown > Foxfire Energy Corp. > Renewable Energy Systems > (802)-483-2564 > www.Foxfire-Energy.com > NABCEP #092907-44 > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outdoor woodstove/furnace and solar > From: David Katz <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, July 04, 2012 11:05 pm > To: RE-wrenches <[email protected]>, RE-wrenches > <[email protected]> > > I have a Central Boiler brand of outdoor wood furnace. It has an electric > damper that has to be powered whenever the fire is burning, which draws about > 50 watts and a small circulator pump that draws a bit less than 100 watts. > I stopped using it years ago because it consumed so much wood, but it worked > great. It was a great way to get rid of pallets. > Unfortunately it was most needed whenever there was not much sun, so it > definitely increased generator run time. > David Katz > > Sent from my HTC smartphone on the Now Network from Sprint! > > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Ron @ earthRight Solar" <[email protected]> > To: "RE-wrenches" <[email protected]> > Subject: [RE-wrenches] Outdoor woodstove/furnace and solar > Date: Wed, Jul 4, 2012 4:48 pm > > > > Hi Wrenches, > > Have a client who wants to install an outdoor wood furnace for hydronic > heating in his shop and home. Wondering if any have had experience with > these. It seems like an intensive off-grid load because of fans and/or pumps. > Any experience or model recommendations is appreciated, thanks! > > Ron Young > earthRight - Solareagle > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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