Done removing ashes from the boiler and loading a few hundred lbs of firewood. Next up: gym (mils!), shower, working on the outline for Aristillus 3 and 4. Maybe a sip somewhere in the middle as a reward if I hit gym goals.
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Replying to @MorlockP
I would like to see this boiler system in which you can load "a few hundred lbs of firewood"
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Replying to @rlmiller10
at right edge of screen outdoor wood stove with electric blower. water jacketted and water is pumped underground into house where it goes through a heat exchanger.pic.twitter.com/Y36DLENNFz
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Replying to @MorlockP
About the same size on the outside as the one my father uses (his is forced air, not water) but his firebox would not hold hundreds of lb of wood. And if you filled it up it would drive you out of the house with heat. You were busy, nice stacked piles
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Replying to @rlmiller10
wood is heavy ; doesn't take much to make "hundreds of pounds". I'm picturing 50 lb feed sacks, and I'm sure I could fit 20 of them in there, so 1,000 lbs. Even if wood packs poorly and thus the resulting pile is half air ...
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Replying to @MorlockP
yes, wood is heavy, both my father's house and grandfathers were nothing but wood heat when I grew up. Have cut a lot of wood. Your stove has a huge firebox. I assume you can shut down the draft so it just smolders along with that much wood
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yep, it's controlled with a circuit board and a thermometer in the water jacket when it reaches 160° the fan shuts off, no new air, coals smolder quietly drops below, fan turns on ...
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