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Big Ed

Al , They all understand the new guys & gals always buy lunch or at least bring the coffee and doughnuts on the job........ :)

Pinball

Ok Guys (&Nancy)
Congradulations, and welcome to the begining of a new career!
If you are reading this, you have made it too one of the best resources that you will find in the heating business.
Let me be the first to welcome you to "The Wall"
At this site, you will find the best of the best in this industry. Lurk, read,particapate and most importantly...LEARN!
Now , Don't forget your assignment, everyone here is like your own tutor!
To coin a phrase (sort of) If it takes a village to raise a child...This place is a city in the heating industry!

Al Bruno

Big Ed

Fresh Meat

> Ok Guys (&Nancy) Congradulations, and welcome to

> the begining of a new career! If you are

> reading this, you have made it too one of the

> best resources that you will find in the heating

> business. Let me be the first to welcome you

> to "The Wall" At this site, you will find the

> best of the best in this industry. Lurk,

> read,particapate and most importantly...LEARN!

> Now , Don't forget your assignment, everyone here

> is like your own tutor! To coin a phrase (sort

> of) If it takes a village to raise a child...This

> place is a city in the heating industry!

>

> Al

> Bruno



Al , They all understand the new guys

boggie 1417

heating with wood &oil

I have a 150,000 btu outdoor wood furnace.Iwould like to know if this would keep two average size house warm in the winter.if so how can I hook it up so the house furnace will not flow back to the wood furnace.

Big Ed

heating

First thing to do before installing heating equitment is to find out what is needed .In heating we produce for what is lost through the ceilings,windows,doors,walls and floors .The outer area of the structure exposed to unconditioned space.Heat goes to cold which is our loss...A heat loss calulation needs to be done to determine the btu we need produce ,to replace the btu loss during the coldest day of the year in the structures enviorment. Measurement of the structure ,ceiling,window,ect is needed to perform one.

There are free programs around ,but I reccommend doing them by hand first . You will pick up a lot more.

Back to your set up .....I would take in count the house furnace and how and when your running the woodburner. You may not need a full size unit. Me the coldest day of the year if I ever get home I would only want to raise the thermostat.Not chop wood .

ps You need to use the net btu rating in your figuring. The gross btu rating is the fuel going in -minus the loss up the chimney is the net btu rating....

The 2nd question ... I would look into dampers controlled by temperature....