ktm250rider
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Seems like I have some odd water temps on my woodmaster 5500. I have always questioned the incoming temps. The OWB is set to 170/180 and my inside boiler was always showing much less, between 150 and 160. I thought this was perhaps a dirty or poor heat exchanger. I installed a couple inline boiler temp gages with a couple T's. With our current cold spell, im showing 140 on the inline and return line temp gauges.
My feeling is that if the water temp in the underground lines was loosing 40° in transfer, id be going through a boat load of wood. Im not seeing that, my wood consumption is pretty stable over the past few years.
The unit was installed about 8 years ago using about 80 feet of thermopex.
I always hated thermodynamics in college, does it sound right that I would be burning through wood if im loosing 40° just in transfer.
Ive thought about just eliminating the HX and plumbing right into the inside boiler. I need to find out if the supply lines are the problem before making that jump.
My feeling is that if the water temp in the underground lines was loosing 40° in transfer, id be going through a boat load of wood. Im not seeing that, my wood consumption is pretty stable over the past few years.
The unit was installed about 8 years ago using about 80 feet of thermopex.
I always hated thermodynamics in college, does it sound right that I would be burning through wood if im loosing 40° just in transfer.
Ive thought about just eliminating the HX and plumbing right into the inside boiler. I need to find out if the supply lines are the problem before making that jump.