Thermopex Pipe or Insulated Pipe

 
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Post by shy0302 » Fri. Nov. 08, 2013 5:57 pm

what size thermopex pipe or insulated pipe would I use when running from one house to the other it is 70 feet from cellar to cellar. the boiler is an efm 520 boiler.


 
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Post by Rob R. » Fri. Nov. 08, 2013 6:15 pm

How much heat do you need to move?

 
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Post by Wiz » Fri. Nov. 08, 2013 7:46 pm

I've used thermopex 1 1/4 in....

 
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Post by shy0302 » Fri. Nov. 08, 2013 8:54 pm

Rob R. wrote:How much heat do you need to move?
the house is about 2000 sq feet

 
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Post by Carbon12 » Fri. Nov. 08, 2013 9:41 pm

Crazy idea, perhaps, but has anyone tried suspending the insulated pex in the center of a larger diameter PVC pipe, sealing the ends with epoxy and drawing a vacuum on the PVC to create a vacuum bottle type insulating sleeve for underground installations of great length? Might work to drastically reduce heat loss.

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Fri. Nov. 08, 2013 10:31 pm

I would assume the thermal expansion of the pex on a long run would make this difficult to achieve. Ideas are what we all thrive on, on this forum.

 
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Post by Phil May » Mon. Nov. 18, 2013 3:26 pm

Save your brain and go buy the pre made insulated pipe 1" will handle it. If you want to do a really good job get some 5" conduit and pull the premade stuff inside for some extra protection.


 
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Post by Sting » Mon. Nov. 18, 2013 5:02 pm

Don't guess
Don't simply say the house is size x

Do a proper heat loss calculation and/or determine how many BTU you need to move

THEN

and only after you know the liquid volume you need to move -- decide what size pipe to bury

 
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Post by shy0302 » Mon. Nov. 18, 2013 5:28 pm

the furnace that is the house has is 135000 BTU it does a good job of heating in the winter.

 
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Post by Sting » Mon. Nov. 18, 2013 6:00 pm

There are some rules of thumb which have appeared in various threads. For heat transfer, maximum gpm: 1/2” - 1.5 gpm, 3/4” - 4 gpm, 1” - 8 gpm, 1-1/4” - 14-17 gpm, 1-1/2” - 22-25 gpm, 2” - 45-50 gpm.

One gallon per minute of flow (GPM) will move NO MORE THAN 10,000 BTU's of energy in a fault tolerant manor.

With these rules 1-1/4 in minimal size to conform with your "guess"

There are other points here that may help do a search on
How do you connect two boilers?

I am sorry - my responses are limited -- You Must ask the right question

 
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Post by Carbon12 » Mon. Nov. 18, 2013 6:03 pm

Dr Lanning,....I means Sting, knows of what he speaks.

 
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Post by Rick 386 » Mon. Nov. 18, 2013 6:41 pm

Carbon12 wrote:Dr Lanning,....I means Sting, knows of what he speaks.
No Dr. Lanning......... More like Yoda is that internet figure named Sting. Indeed !!!!!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eExL1VLkQYk&featu ... video_user

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Post by Carbon12 » Mon. Nov. 18, 2013 8:15 pm

Dr. Alfred Lanning: THAT, Detective, is the right question. Program terminated.

 
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Post by shy0302 » Tue. Nov. 19, 2013 10:13 am

Sting wrote:There are some rules of thumb which have appeared in various threads. For heat transfer, maximum gpm: 1/2” - 1.5 gpm, 3/4” - 4 gpm, 1” - 8 gpm, 1-1/4” - 14-17 gpm, 1-1/2” - 22-25 gpm, 2” - 45-50 gpm.

One gallon per minute of flow (GPM) will move NO MORE THAN 10,000 BTU's of energy in a fault tolerant manor.

With these rules 1-1/4 in minimal size to conform with your "guess"

There are other points here that may help do a search on
How do you connect two boilers?

I am sorry - my responses are limited -- You Must ask the right question
I will look into the heat transfer more to find out what I will be needing. thank you for your input. and answer

 
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Post by Sting » Tue. Nov. 19, 2013 1:25 pm

Don't loose sight of the load your already heating with the 520

If your current house needs 135K and this new one needs an additional 135K but your appliance - The 520 stoker -only has a gross/net of 220K/188K.

The 520 will only generate 69 percent of the necessary heat energy for both loads - on a good day - Use only the 520 and you will now have two cold houses
you will need to add energy to a primary loop system (from another source) such as the back up oil boiler

but "It depends" on your guess

I am simply a figment of the public internet


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