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  1. Medman23

    Moisture meter

    Yes, split the piece and then put the pins in the fresh-split face of the wood. And yes, 20 % and lower is well seasoned. In my gasifier boiler anything above 25% gives me lots of trouble.
  2. Medman23

    Switching to indoor wood boiler questions

    If you haven't already checked it out, ********** has a forum section with a boiler forum that is an excellent resource. You will find all of the answers to your questions there. For boiler sizing, you need to do a heat load calculation for your home. This will determine the worst-case BTU...
  3. Medman23

    stupid chinese stove has gotta go (king from TSC)

    I second the suggestion to call the local stove dealers. I was just in the store picking up a new baffle and rails for my 18 year old Pacific Energy. The dealer told me he just removed the same stove as mine from a woman's house because when she bought the house, the baffle in the stove was...
  4. Medman23

    need your advice on placing the exchanger!!

    There is more at work here than just size. Factors to consider for heat transfer to the air in the plenum are cold air return temp, humidity, air speed, water flow in GPM, inlet water temp, and differential pressure drop across the exchanger for both air and water. Exchangers are rated for...
  5. Medman23

    Side Arm Heater on supply or return

    Also, don't forget to put a horizontal swing-check valve on the domestic side at the top of the sidearm, so that when the boiler side is colder than the tank, you don't have reverse-thermosyphoning and lose stored heat from the tank. You can really eat a lot of fuel/elec. if the sidearm is...
  6. Medman23

    How many of you.........

    I have a Pacific Energy woodstove that I use in the shoulder seasons and through the winter to supplement the EKO boiler. The woodstove is also great for drying all of the kids' (and my) wet outdoor clothes and boots, etc. I love the warm and even heat from the woodstove, but put in the boiler...
  7. Medman23

    I am going to buy OWB, brands?

    The Central rep may be trying to steer you away from their gasser, which has had some issues with metal deterioration in the firebox. I would (and did) go with the gasser because you will use less wood, even with good dry wood. This means less than 20% moisture content, though; any more and...
  8. Medman23

    Free at last, free at last

    Ok, I'm jealous. I would love to get out of Ontario, but I think I would miss being next to Lake Superior too much. Unless I could get a place in NB where I could keep my sailboat, or get a bigger one...Hmm. What's the name of your Realtor? :jester:
  9. Medman23

    OWB'S any helpful thoughts?

    To answer this, yes you will burn more wood to heat your house with forced air with a heat exchanger in the plenum. The lowest usable temp I can feed my heat exchanger is 130*F to keep the house at 70*F. with baseboard, you can use water at a lower temp than this, but not much lower, and only...
  10. Medman23

    White birch for firewood

    As others have said, it burns well, but fast. It takes longer to dry if not split fine, as the bark retains moisture in the wood. I have burned white birch for a few years, mostly during shoulder seasons. The best is two years dry. Carpenter ants love the stuff, as do paper wasps. It is not...
  11. Medman23

    Maple questions

    Here the maple I get is almost exclusively the "hard" variety - sugar, or hard maple (acer saccarum) is the best. Red maple (swamp maple, acer rubrum) is available, but not as common. Other types of maple that make appearances are the silver, norway, and japonese maple. All are lower in BTU's...
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