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Turned off my hot water heater

Pete — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:22:31 +0000

Since it has gotten colder in the last month and I had to kick up the water temperature to 145F. The really cool thing is that I was able to completely turn off my water heater in the house. It being an electric one it was quite the power hog. It’s been over a month since I did that and I haven’t run out of very nice hot water yet.

That’s with a family of four!

That simple Do It Yourself heat exchanger from the Outdoor Wood Boiler software works great!!!

Colder weather settings

Pete — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:19:13 +0000

Well it’s starting to get cold here in Michigan, so I”m switching from my smolder mode to heating mode.

I kicked the water temperature up to 145 degrees F. and began to load the burner up in order to build up a good coal base.

Up to now , I was just burning a couple pieces of wood a day.

After a day or so I got a nice coal base established and every thing is starting to maintain temperature very nicely.

Seeya

Pete

Quick tip for fall time heating

Pete — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:42:57 +0000

Hey everybody, I want to share a quick tip I figured out how to deal with trying to heat with your outdoor wood boiler in the fall time. The main problem is that in the fall can get in the 70F in the day but still get down in close to freezing at night. So it’s way to hot to run your boiler in the day and to cold not to at night.

What I have been doing is I have just a very small fire in my boiler. ( just a couple of logs max) I then shut the blower fan off and close the flue completely.

I then put a cheap lamp timer on my circulation pump and have it turned off all day.

I set the timer to turn the pump on at 4am in the morning and start circulating the warm water through my pex floor heating.

By doing so I only use a few logs a week and I’m not sweating at night or freezing in the morning.

I have the pump set to turn off at 10 am at which time the smothering logs will slowing heat the water back up to around 140F throughout the day.

check outwww.freewoodboilerplans.com/

Pete

DIY Outdoor Wood Boiler

Pete — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:08:42 +0000

If your going build a DIY outdoor wood boiler!

You first need to know how much area you want to heat?

Then what method are you going to use? (forced hot air, radiant ect.)

And of course!

Your going to want to know how much money are you going to have in it?

JunkYardBoiler.com has an Do it yourself wood boiler construction software course that focuses on how to build a DIY wood burning boiler form recycled parts. It comes complete with resources and support.

Click HERE to find out more.…

Build your own Outdoor Wood Burner

Pete — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:03:10 +0000

Building your own Outdoor Wood Boiler can save you “BIG TIME”, when it comes to Heating Your Home.

JunkyardBoiler.com has a Boiler Construction Software that can show you how.

CLICK HERE to build your own wood boiler

Home Made Wood Boiler

Pete — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:58:14 +0000

A Homemade Wood Boiler Can Cut Your Heating Bills.

Making your own Home made wood boiler can save you thousands off the cost of buying new.

If you want to build a home made wood boiler you should click HERE now and check out the Outdoor Boiler Construction software.