Energy Kinetics System 2000 hybrid Oilheat
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Comments (7)Hi oldmacdonald, I wrote the thread "Air Bubbles In Baseboard Water Heater Pipes". I'm not a plumber, but am learning as I go. Being retired and having to pay for service calls hurt, so I try to do it myself. The people on this forum are great and can really help you solve your problems. Have you followed all the replys to my thread? When you pressed the valve down on the air vent, did water come out? You didn't mention that. If not, you probably have the same problem that I had. I changed the air vent to a Taco 400 and it appears the problem is solved. Maybe I should not talk so soon, but I am tickled about how quiet it is now. When you purged the system, did you open the pressure on the pressure regulator to force the water thru. That helps force the air out! That is why I put the other end of the hose in a bucket outside, then I can see all the air bubbles coming out. When the bubbles stop, I stop! Hope this helps, only my .02!...See Moredeciding to do energy star program, or just hvac
Comments (65)You should post your question in the fireplace forum to get lots of opinions. There is such a forum on gardenweb. My neighbor had some sort of deluxe fireplace installed. Not sure if it was an upgrade or if he never had one. He goes through mountains of wood but says it heats his whole house. He has a family room with a cathedral ceiling that has an opening to the second floor hallway and since heat rises...I think he said he used 5 cords of wood. I'm not sure, but I do recall thinking it was a lot of wood and it wasn't free (maybe one batch was free). I don't know how healthy that is to heat your house all the time with wood. Maybe it has doors and a filter...I don't know. He just got his gas bill and it was $50. Mine was $115, but I did have my mother-in-law here for a week with her "thin" FL blood so we had to keep the heat at 70-72 rather than 66-68. Neighbor and I both have tankless water heater. You might consider wood as a cheaper back up option and also ask on the other forum about a unit that can use gas and/or wood. That's what I would do if I had the $. On another note...MY gas usage on the current bill was higher than last year. Last year we used 65 ccf for a 28 day bill period with avg temp on bill listed as 49.6 This year we used 82 Ccf on a 33 day cycle with a temp of 45.5. The longer bill cycle, lower temp and mother-in-law makes it hard for me to see if my 97% heater,air sealing and tankless SAVED me anything over my old 91% furnace without air seal and my 57% water heater. I have to wait for a bill cycle that more closely matches the temp etc to tell if it helped or not....See MoreSystem 2000 vs Dunkirk gas fired boiler
Comments (1)AFUE ratings don't mean much when it comes to comparing fuel efficiency. There are too many criteria used in the testing that don't reflect real world use. In addition, the installation and boiler sizing can have a bearing on fuel consumption. AFUE assumes that the boiler is sized correctly for a design day and does not consider stack loss through a barometric or jacket loss, etc. An incorrect installation can have a boiler sit at full temperature for long periods of time and only cycle intermittently to maintain that temp rather than heat up, deliver the heat, then purge out and shut down....See MoreHour Meter on Energy Kinetics System 2000
Comments (1)The only time that using an hour meter on EK or any other system might be nice is if the heating system supplies more than one rental unit and the renter is responsible for the heat. Actually, in that type of situation BTU meters are more accurate. With the EK using an hour meter is not really going to give a good picture of fuel savings since it will vary through the year compared to a conventional system. The most accurate method is to track at least a year's consumption and correct it for the degree days of the time period. As the weather gets colder the fuel savings will decrease. In summer and shoulder seasons (apring and fall) when there's not a high heat demand, the savings will be much greater....See More- 14 years ago
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