TWStud's Musings » Theory https://tomstudwell.com/wordpress What's going on with Tom and his World around him... Mon, 18 Apr 2022 16:27:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Update to Heating System at the Little House in the Village https://tomstudwell.com/wordpress/?p=810 https://tomstudwell.com/wordpress/?p=810#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:41:01 +0000 http://tomstudwell.com/wordpress/?p=810 Continue reading →]]> I’ve updated the heating system at the Little House in the Village.  The previous setup cycled too quickly due to the high heat output from the boiler and the low heat consumption of our small house’s radiators.  The boiler needs the high heat output to be able to create hot water on demand and, while the boiler is capable of modulating its heat output over a 5 to 1 range, it wasn’t able to go low enough to heat the house efficiently when there were moderate temperatures outside.

With this new setup, I’ve added a buffer tank in the crawlspace to provide some thermal mass to store heat during heating cycles.  In theory, this should allow the boiler to burn for a longer time and then stay off for a very long time – much more efficient this way.  Unfortunately, as I’ve cited before, “In theory, there is no difference between practice and theory.  In practice, there is.”[1] In this case, the boiler does burn efficiently to get the tank up to temperature, but then reverts to short burns to keep it warm.  Some tweaks are definitely needed…

In any case, here is the current setup.  I really didn’t want any equipment in the crawlspace, but, being a passive tank, the problems should be few – “In theory…”

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Notes:

[1] “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” Variously attributed to Jan la van de Snepscheut, Albert Einstein, and Yogi Berra.

 

]]> https://tomstudwell.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=810 0 Workshop Disaster! https://tomstudwell.com/wordpress/?p=357 https://tomstudwell.com/wordpress/?p=357#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:13:08 +0000 http://tomstudwell.com/wordpress/?p=357 Continue reading →]]> The Workshop wiring and plumbing is now complete, having installed all the interior and exterior lighting and installed the unnecessary ‘through the roof’ vent required by the Inspector…

In theory[1] the GC has arranged for the Inspector to come on Tuesday to do the Final inspection.  He was also supposed to be here last Friday… Hopefully there won’t be any more surprises.  I’ll let you know.

Meanwhile, to pass the time, I decided to do a ‘little’ unpacking… OMG!!! what a MESS!

I’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO DIG MY WAY OUTTA THIS!

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After unpacking only 1/3 of the boxes...

Stymied!  No workbench or floor space left!

And the movers are coming on Wednesday morning to bring all the large equipment!

Hmmmm, maybe I’ll go paint the office and hope that some nice Elves come and take this all away…

 

Notes:

[1] “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice.  In practice there is.” Variously attributed to Jan la van de Snepscheut, Albert Einstein, and Yogi Berra.

 

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