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« on: December 16, 2011, 04:33:22 PM » |
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It's now 6 weeks since the first firing, and she's doing the job. It has replaced my home built stove inside, but I have left it in place as a back up. It's situated 30 meters from the house, but has no problem sending the hot water coursing round the radiators and hot water tank. No more dust and smoke in the house! I am concerned with it's power requirements, about 150 watts with the fan and two pumps. I have two low energy pumps on the way, so they should help.I do most of the burn during the day when the sun is out, heating 2000 litres of water to 90 degrees. This lasts through until the next day. One heaped barrow full of logs at the moment, rather resiny pine, but it seems to cope. Hoping for some RHI next year! Here's a couple of pics.
Mike McMillan
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Mike McMillan
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2011, 04:35:13 PM » |
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pictures didn't work, I will try again..
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2011, 04:48:32 PM » |
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Sounds like very good output from a barrowfull of logs.
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DaveB275
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2011, 05:41:10 PM » |
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Very interested to hear of your experiences with this Mike. What make is it? We've just had a similar boiler installed, and we are off grid too. Not fully connected up yet, so do not know how power demands will be. Might be interested in low energy pumps when you have any details. Dave  |
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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2011, 06:45:51 PM » |
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Great .... Perhaps , just in-case, someone searches for a Christmas present for you , something can be find here for your off grid hot flue pipe   http://thermalforce.de/engl/product/module/index.php |
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Guinness no Grid comes near
1.6 kw and 2.4 kw PV array , Outback MX 60 and FM80 charge controller ,24 volt 1600 AH Battery ,6 Kw Victron inverter charger, 1.1 kw high head hydro turbine as a back up generator , 5 kw woodburner, 36 solar tubes with 360 l water tank, 1.6 kw windturbine
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Mike McMillan
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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2011, 07:54:48 AM » |
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Dave, Mine is the Angus Orlingo. 40 kw feeding a 2000 litre store. Unfortunately, no room inside the house for the tank, but it doesn't seem to loose any heat. I think it would be possible to run it with a natural draft and gravity feed the heat up to the house, but for now it has to stay as it is until this whole RHI thing is sorted! Nice piece of kit, billi, but no prices! I'll have another look. The gasification process is pretty remarkable, instead of black smoke (normal burn), no smoke in gasification mode. two photos taken 1 minute apart, one in normal mode, the other in gasification.
Mike McMillan
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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2011, 08:22:38 PM » |
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Cor, want one! And all their other products. Do you know how much their stuff is, billi? |
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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2012, 10:39:29 PM » |
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My wife really really wants to go to one of these systems. Can I ask roughly how much it cost?
I can't believe the prices we've been quoted, about £25K. (OK that's for an ETA boiler (other makes about £3K less) and includes internal radiators (5 ish)) but still even with £950 off for the RHPP the RHI would have to offer serious cash to pay this back... and then the issue of reliable dry log supply!
BTW 2000 ltrs at 90c every day seems a lot? We've been suggested a 20 - 25kw boiler and 1000-1500 ltr tank and firing every other day in winter, every 4th in summer?
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billi
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2012, 10:44:23 PM » |
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Cor, want one! And all their other products.
Do you know how much their stuff is, billi? Sorry Spaces , just saw your message now I have an older price list ( that one in the picture is not in but many others from their website ) Not really cheap , but not too much either  Will PM you the list Billi |
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« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2012, 11:55:26 PM » |
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Ta very much!
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Mike McMillan
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« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2012, 08:14:03 AM » |
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The Angus super with 2000 liter Acvaterm, valves etc is £6375. You still need chimney and pipe work, 5% vat and plumber for a day. Light and Land energy put our in. Now waiting for some rhi later in the year!
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« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2012, 07:33:57 PM » |
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Thanks guys, had a couple of quotes, one for "bare bones" system that would require me to fit my own radiators/internal works, based on an Eco-Angus with HS in a shed and a twin coil tank in the house. Came to about £15K, the other "high quality" option based on an ETA SH20 (which has come highly recommended) and including internal stuff to fit 5 rads/towel rail and a fancy duct heater for our under-performing ASHP ETA and 1000 l tank 9544.00
Heat main 462.00
Flue 1453.00
Materials Pipe fittings/ radiators... 2611.08
Labour 6990.00
+vat. so about 22K plus a bit for contingency. We would get 950 RHPP , but I wonder if the RHI will ever happen and if it does will it require some crazy particulate filters that will double the cost. Do you have your own wood supply? |
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