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Discussing the Radiant Heat and Hot Water Boiler

John Marran of Energy Kinetics and heating expert Frank Iadarola review the System 2000 boiler system that will supply heat to the hydronic floors and units at either end of the garage. The sytem has various stages to allow for quick heat and controllers to monitor the temperature of the hydronic fluid. The System 2000 contains only 2.5 gallons of water. Since it only takes approximately 1 and a half minutes to heat up that small amount of water, there is no need for the water to be heated all the time. The boiler is activated only when you need heat or hot water. After it supplies the heat or hot water the boiler does not remain hot. This saves a lot of energy.

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" Often the system were not only putting heat into the slab we're doing some other you just react. What an area beyond the uses that that we have two -- heaters Richard in the garage area. Can actually this corner right here it's a good. Example of -- this is is a hydronic -- we circulate hot water from these openings and we have a fan behind this hot water coil that blows air through it is like the opposite of a radiator and a car -- out of that unit heaters are not in the automotive section under here in the -- barn part and they're hanging up off the ceiling -- and that those will only be used when we actually call for heat. So in a situation where you've been storing boats in here and it's April and you want to get started doing a little bit of maintenance on -- you want to bring that temperature up right -- Turn on a thermostat when it does is we have. Two zones don't doubt steer and it operates two stages of the heating system if you want a quick moves too low enough both of these valves which here. You -- one and human heated through. They'll get the temperature rough but circulating water 280 degrees it's -- about 120 degrees weapons radiant heat here. Is this complicated because you don't obviously want the water in the in the slab to be. Cooler then you'd -- up there correct you don't want you want to get too hot right right we have an act was better control that's in the bottom of this page. Newton that prevents it from going above whatever that controller set on this this control will be 720. Degrees which means will be circulating. 120 degree. Fluid which -- combination glycol in water. All through the floor glycol solution won't freeze -- in the off position right in -- returns back at twenty degrees less and then the fourth zone is for. The law -- aloft there which will be another small version of this Cornell with a fan behind it with a pretty cabinet Armitage won't. The offensive."

" Now John Moran the the the system 2000 and basically the brains behind what we've just been describing Iraq right the system 2000 this is a concept of day. Very very high efficiency boiler. Which we call on energy converter and it takes either gas or heating oil energy. And in -- combustion process heats the water that's in the boiler very rapidly. And -- so cleanly they were able to actually go out to a side wall vent system yeah and in our case to gas company hasn't looked this up yet right so we're not up and running until another a couple of days right but the burning is so clean and efficient. That we have a lot of temperature that we go outside right through the sidewall that chimney OK that's part of -- second thing is that because the boiler has only two and a half gallons of water. He can come up to temperature and -- half. That's amazing you know really it and the exchanges happening in the in these these. Valves right here goes or in the coils at frank talked about up in the loft area -- war. Actually he's going to that tank which isn't going to go out -- in floor radiant system right so the concept is that this little boy this it's cold all time so it's very efficient does not wasting energy holding temperature. And then if the thermostat calls clear radiant floor you loft area the boiler comes on the -- on an amendment -- it's warm enough for. And this little system managers sort of the Marines behind the system. It actually is designed to control. Five zones of heating -- domestic hot water right as well as the burners a circulator center yet. What the little system manager does. Is it takes and it says I'm gonna take the woman get it up -- temperature once we get to temperature and if -- weren't supposed to go based on the thermostat calls."

" Exactly and frank in our case here we've got glycol in the system because -- it's a barn it's not a residents. There's likely that nobody living is going to be here overthrow with the zero outside will be zero inside therefore you don't want water plain water in the system you want to combination of glycol and want to -- in and right now it's about thirty outside so I can't wait to get hooked up thanks guys."

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