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Author Re: couple of questions on a jimmy rig furnace (have alternate heating(wood))
PrecisionMechanicaL

2006-04-28, 11:21 pm


"John Smith" <nooneshome@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:4452BFCE.C0E58839@shaw.ca...
>
>
> John Smith wrote:
>
> I installed an automatic vent damper on my 45 year old furnace
> yesterday
> like this one in the link.
>
>

http://hvacoracle.com/cgi-bin/store...etails=216&s=he
ating&cur=USD
>
> Wow what a differance. I knew that alot of air was being sucked up my
> vent when the furnace was off. The wind allways blows here and causes
> a
> venturie effect along with hot air risng there was alot of heated air
> going up the flue. 2 years ago I installed a 5 inch combustion air
> intake near the furnace to make up for the negative pressure. Good for
>
> saftey reasons but trouble was it just made the air flow up the flue
> more of a problem. Any ways its been plus six celcius since midnight
> last night and I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for the
> furnace to kick in lol so I can monitor the heat anticopater settings
> on
> my T-stat because the series hook up added point six. What I am not
> sure
> about is do those digital control thermostats care what the voltage
> draw
> is as far as the anticopater goes? When I installed the t-stat 2 years
>
> ago the anticopater setting's were a little hard to do I just
> expermented untill I found a setting that was comfortable.....will
> that
> change since the draw of the damper has added to the circuit in
> paralell
> with the gas valve (me thinks that the digital stats dont care)
>
> Also I am now looking for a hot water tank vent damper because the
> pull
> of air at the hot water tank went way up after the furnace cylces
> off.....I expected that.......I am just worried about too much draft
> at
> the the tank making it less efficiant. The furnace has a six inch
> going
> into a six inch b-vent the hot water tank has a three inch teed into
> that. Screw it maybe I should just go out now and by my dream
> tankless
> and cap off the vent ha ha.
>


Suggest just shut the fuck up and toss me another beer.

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SVL


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