Yellow Flame, A Christmas Stoker Boiler

 
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Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood

Post by StokerDon » Thu. Jan. 30, 2014 8:41 pm

LOOK OUT!!!

THE 100 FOOT PEX SNAKE GOT LOOSE!!!
PEX wound 001.JPG

PEX snake
PEX snake

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PEX wound 002.JPG

PEX snake

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PEX wound 004.JPG

PEX snake

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The PEX is now relaxing in my garage. I have installed the shuttoffs and unions on the boiler end. I have decided to just U clamp the PEX to the garage ceiling. Then through a 4" piece of PVC through the wall into the breezeway then into the basement. Tomorrow I will connect the zone, I have a loopback at the end. The I will bleed out the air and pump boiler water through it. That should make it a little more complient.

A WORD ABOUT SAFTEY:

Remember, when using a knife, always cut AWAY form your hand. DON'T do what StokerDon did, or you might have to spend a few hours in the emergency room getting sewed up too!
PEX wound 006.JPG

PEX snake

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PEX wound 007.JPG

PEX snake

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Yup, that blade went pretty much all the way in there. Don't ask how, It was just stupid.

-Don


 
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Post by tsb » Thu. Jan. 30, 2014 9:04 pm

You no die from that. Get back to work.

 
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Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood

Post by StokerDon » Thu. Jan. 30, 2014 9:11 pm

OK, but I think I will do some sleeping first.

-Don

 
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Post by KLook » Thu. Jan. 30, 2014 9:33 pm

Looks like it is swelled up? :| Nasty cuts with those things. Occupational hazard with me.

Kevin

 
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Post by CoalHeat » Thu. Jan. 30, 2014 9:50 pm

Remember, when using a knife, always cut AWAY form your hand.
Told to me over and over by my dad back when I was a yute.

Only 3 stitches??? Get the hell back to work!!!

You get a tetanus shot?

 
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Post by plumb-r » Fri. Jan. 31, 2014 6:12 am

They make cutters for pex and other plastic pipe that are maybe 10-12 bucks. Cheaper than a hospital visit. I can't say much, been there done that. Hope it heals well. :)

 
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Post by Carbon12 » Fri. Jan. 31, 2014 6:56 am

Ouch! I knew a guy who was unpacking boxes and opening them with a box cutter. He sliced through his femoral artery. He could have bled to death in a minute. Fortunately he was a doctor and knew how to stop the bleeding until the ambulance arrived. Always cut away from your body!


 
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Post by Sting » Fri. Jan. 31, 2014 7:07 am

These little interludes in life do make it somewhat more difficult to post drivel on your favorite heating board -

Yes Been There
Done That
Got the Tee Shirt

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Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood

Post by StokerDon » Fri. Jan. 31, 2014 9:54 am

Yes, I did get a Tetinus shot to go with the stiches. Yesterday on the way home form work I bought a PEX cutting tool.
The other night when I got home form the ER at about 10:00, the hand felt fine so, I finished what I was doing and got the pipe routing started.

Anestesia is a wonderful thing.

-Don

 
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Post by CoalHeat » Fri. Jan. 31, 2014 9:59 am

Better living through chemistry!

 
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Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood

Post by StokerDon » Fri. Jan. 31, 2014 9:16 pm

Today I ran the PEX through the garage.
PEXtoHeatexchanger 001.JPG

PEX run

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PEXtoHeatexchanger 003.JPG

PEX run

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Through the Breezeway.
PEXtoHeatexchanger 005.JPG

PEX run

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Through the laundry.
PEXtoHeatexchanger 006.JPG

PEX run

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And into the basement.
PEXtoHeatexchanger 008.JPG

PEX run

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Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood

Post by StokerDon » Fri. Jan. 31, 2014 9:23 pm

I also got the heatexchanger mounted in the plenum.
PEXtoHeatexchanger 009.JPG

PEX run

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PEXtoHeatexchanger 012.JPG

PEX run

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PEXtoHeatexchanger 013.JPG

PEX run

.JPG | 115.8KB | PEXtoHeatexchanger 013.JPG
Good thing I will have this heatexchanger up and running tomorrow, my basement coal bin is about empty!
PEXtoHeatexchanger 015.JPG

PEX run

.JPG | 146.6KB | PEXtoHeatexchanger 015.JPG
If this works out, I will only have one mouth to feed!

Only minor cuts today, no major injuries to report.

-Don

 
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Post by tsb » Fri. Jan. 31, 2014 9:23 pm

Ya gotta love a man and his dream !

 
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Coal Size/Type: Rice, Chestnut and whatever will fit through the door on the Harman
Other Heating: Noth'in but COAL! Well, Maybe a little tiny bit of wood

Post by StokerDon » Sat. Feb. 01, 2014 9:21 pm

Today I went out and got 1.4 ton of rice coal. To my suprize, it was crowded! I had to wait in the street for a while! I've never seen a crowd at a coal suplier before.

Anyway, I also went and got more plumbing supplies. I plumbed the PEX to the heatexchanger with shuttoffs and temp gauges. On the return side I installed a "T" with a ball valve to bleed the air out when filling that long run of PEX. I also installed a Temp/Pressure gauge in the return. This way I should have a very good idea of what is happening in that zone, weather I'm in the garage or in the basement.
PEXexchangerComplet 001.JPG

PEX Done!

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PEXexchangerComplet 002.JPG

PEX Done!

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PEXexchangerComplet 003.JPG

PEX Done!

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PEXexchangerComplet 004.JPG

PEX Done!

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PEXexchangerComplet 009.JPG

PEX Done!

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I wired the blower in the Alaska 140 to a relay controled by the house thermostat. I still need to do the same with the zone pump, it is currently running all the time.

Well thats it! A little more wiring and more supports for the PEX along the ceiling and it will be done, for now.

My house, garage and breezeway are now being heated by one central boiler! The Alaska 140 is shutdown now. the ugly old Alaska in the garage has been shutdown for 2 weeks now.

I only have ONE hopper to fill!!!!!!!!!!!

Agian, thank you all for your help on this project, I never would have made it without you.

-Don

 
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Post by CoalHeat » Sat. Feb. 01, 2014 9:40 pm

Excellent work, you have done a great job!!!


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