How I heat My House For Cheap In Canada pt 4

[carman25ana]

Interesting!

[Mrjcoverja]

Another continuous cleaning method is to increase the exhaust velocity by add a hot gas recirculation fan than pulls gasses from the flue and sends it first into a spiral/cyclone filter then back into the boiler tubes and flame chamber. The high velocity exhaust will prevent the ash form settling in the boiler and the filter will handle the ash removal.

If your not sure how a spiral/cyclone filter works, just Google it.

[Mrjcoverja]

cool system but what could help cut down the ash build up is a soot blowing system which as used in industrial boilers to control ash while the unit is still running. It consist of a series of strategically placed high pressure air nozzles that sends a short puff of air all at once or in a given sequence. The air dislodges the ash which either flies out the flue or drops down in a collection bin.

[nodariel]

I like this video. Are there any mor ash cleaning videos coming?

[groutaone]

@nodariel I think my next heating vid will be how I light the fire, no ash vids for sometime though

[bosdad7]

@groutaone I was hoping you would show how the auger works. I would like to know how you keep the fire from traveling back to the fuel source, and yes, I sat and watched you clean ash. I have no idea why I did, but I did.

[bosdad7]

@bosdad7 I was hoping to adapt this to burn wood chips.

[groutaone]

@bosdad7 That would likely work well

[bosdad7]

@groutaone do you have a new vid coming soon ? maybe have a diagram of how it works in the vid. also, I thought about it , wouldnt it be useful to have a small piece of metal or ceramic by the rotating burner head to knock off the access ash as the head revolves ?

[groutaone]

@bosdad7 A heating vid may be a while but I normally make a vid about once a week about something or other lol

[TheBong1993]

You're saving money but you still don't have a pair of decent trainers.

[groutaone]

@TheBong1993 What is it that I would be training for?

[HobbieZones]

Are you kidding Groutaone we love to watch stuff like this. Ya got a nice system setup there. YES we want more CR 500 videos but this video was intresting also.

[TheCaptainD82]

LOL is that a trans adapter plate on the door?? What purpose does it serve?

[groutaone]

@TheCaptainD82 I think thats a block saver plate, not sure where I was going to use it, maybe one day I will put it to use

[OffroadBeaver]

4:28 Well, maybe a creamtion expert or fire bug. . .

[nas979]

I like the lock of the round door of the cylinder, did you actually build that yourself?

[groutaone]

@nas979 I designed that about 15 years ago, someone else did the fab though

[TheDieselStop]

lots of build up of ash. How often do you got to do this?

[groutaone]

@TheDieselStop I do this every two months or so, easy but a little dirty and thats ok

[TheDieselStop]

@groutaone Looks like it is cold there. It has only snowed once this year here & is in the 50's today. Good to see your videos thumbs up.

[groutaone]

@TheDieselStop Thanks for the rate, we have had a real strange winter this year, not many cold days and almost no snow,I have never seen this before, I like it but I hope we dont have abnormal summer conditions

[WSmart1]

Well as long as your not cremating anyone out there..... Good grief.

I don't know how durable this mini jet engine is( jY1JrWt1BHQ -youtube video), but consider that this is maybe the size of a 32oz jar and it produces close to 40 LBS of thrust which I believe makes it near 14 HP, at something less then 10 LBS.,,,, Turbo jet dirt bike(snow blower)?

And how about this, Stewart's Go pro cam at supercross 'tractor' bike four stroke races(ryIP8HM8lgI).

Beer is queer. Be real, be sober.

[groutaone]

@WSmart1 Wow I didnt know boiler operators were stereotyped as undertakers, learn something new every day lol

[WSmart1]

Oh, is that the door bell? Better get that Groutaone it might be Cate Galliford.

I watched the video a second time and that opening shot gave me the creeps. You've seemed kind of down and it's almost like it lead up to this video/chore. Didn't mean to offend. You never know. Too much drinking and not enough thinking in this life if you ask me. I suppose Cate would agree with me on that.

Wonder if we can get Vipermech to run his sled up that hill climb? 

[groutaone]

@WSmart1 I dont think he has a sled for this winter, he sold it in summer

[WSmart1]

@groutaone Bummer. When I think Vipermech I think of that sled. I had the impression that it was Viper, but looking back at the video( V32904IyG14 ) I see that was a 160 HP Artic Cat 2010 CFR. Classic video. Vipermech looks so dubious; “Top of the food chain?”,  “Well it's one of the fastest sleds out there.”. Kind of relieved though because I wouldn't want to see that sled cartwheeling down the hill.

[groutaone]

@WSmart1 Check out his channel he's got some cool projects going on

[WSmart1]

@groutaone Already a subscriber there.

If he does another hole shot without the wheelie bar I hope we can get a camera on that and on his face as I bet that was an epic moment. I guess his heart must be OK.

His shop over there has it's own special sound. I recognized it from your video.

Thanks Grout'. Be real.

[mdziwuls]

@WSmart1 hahahaha

[WSmart1]

@mdziwuls Apparently the car went vertical onto the bumper. You'd have to be part lizard for that not to bother you. I'd be looking three times when I crossed the street for a month. We're all human though, and I guess he did a great job of recovering. Love the guys classic engine builds. Grouter should have went that way for his buggy which I don't want to say too loud or I'll get mobbed by the cooperate bells.

[wizardman42]

Punching tubes on Cleaver Brooks boiler, search you tube, this is a small boiler , the one we opened it took 2 fork lifts and a bridge crane to Crack open , the roder was a sectional machine kinda like a ground moler you punch a section back up add a rod and take it back the same way we put on 4 sections per tube , and there was a varity of tools to clean with including cutters for punching water tubes , we had fire tubes like urs talk about nasty job!!!!

[wizardman42]

100 ton unit at a paper mill , small one lots of steam to make laminated paper section into cardboard , worst of all it was "hot punch" mill was only down for 48 hrs so it was still about 120 to 150 at the working end of the boiler tubes , tonnage is the ammount of water can be turned to steam in hour[ geez an hour? ]long time ago not sure if that was hr or 24 hrs but any way shit load of steam .

[groutaone]

@wizardman42 Wow thats a beast, if they let you would be cool to see in a vid

[JGFILMS24]

i wish obama was as smart as you to figure out this alternative energy GROUTAONE FOR PRESIDENT

[groutaone]

@JGFILMS24 Vote G1, heating bills to go down and horsepower on everything that drives to go up ha ha

[bigblockluv]

nice great tool :)

[groutaone]

@bigblockluv Thanks bud

[tigman47]

please do post some info on underground plumbing and distance water travels.....is it straight water if so how do you test and treat it??

[groutaone]

@tigman47 I think you guys give me some good video ideas

[justforyou618]

Hi!

Long time no see! That's the way you clean the boiler tubes on old steam locomotives. If you look at a photo of one, the whole front cap comes off. I enjoy watching your videos on this heating system! I think it is an excellent idea especially where you live. I'd trade a little labor for the cost difference in heating any day of the week! Just curious as to the difference of cost of this system compared to gas or electricity? :)

[groutaone]

@justforyou618 I would guess its about a 90% + cost savings, and heating three buildings like I do that adds up, so then I shouldnt complain about a little ash ha ha

[manudehanoi]

with that amount of ash the heat would not be exchanged properly, there should be a way to settle the wash somewhere before the heat exchanger

[MrCoontastic]

Oh NO!!! No cover plates on your switches.... Haha, I know how things are, kinda like projects, they never get finished or some "just temporary" fixes end up be permanent.

[groutaone]

@MrCoontastic Yep I hear ya, good thing I at least put the switches in a box heh heh

[tigman47]

Hey I somewhere must have missed the water plumbing undeground to home and shop ..what did you do there for pipe ins etc..

[groutaone]

@tigman47 Thats a part that I have never made a video about, maybe I should though

[solderandbeer]

Hello Groutaone! I have seen part 2 and 3; this is part 4, but I don't see part 1 on your channel. I saw your repair video, and the one where you are getting the sunflower seed hulls delivered. Is there a part one, or is one of those it?

Thanks for the great videos - on this as well as your other subjects.

[WSmart1]

@solderandbeer 1www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef0L8­ORvCPQ

[groutaone]

@solderandbeer It should show up if you type the whole title in, maybe try again

[SpawnofWinnipeg]

oh cool, i mean..

[TONYROCKSME]

i like the video alot. i use wood to heat my house. messy expensive but its a nice dry heat. moving to shilo next year, id like to learn more about your system.

[skiddy8619]

I said it before about a year ago and I'll say it again

That is an awesome heater!

[mrwiggles2]

You should call Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs next time!  Glad you made this video, I love watching stuff like this. What is in between the pipes, is it steel like a big tank that has water in it? I remember watching a video of your system a long time ago, I'll have to reference that. How often does that dirty job have to get done?

[NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000]

If that thing has been off for awhile or the fire goes out how is it relit. Do you have to light it or does it have some sort of automatic setup to light it. Great vid BTW.

[groutaone]

@NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000 Thanks bud, to relight I drop a lit rag onto the fuel, has no auto light but that sure would be handy if it did

[NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000]

@groutaone Couldn't you rig one of those spark ignitors up with like a bottle of propane off of like a torch. The ignitor kicks on then the propane turns on for like 30 to 60 seconds. They could be set up on a timer that is tripped every time it starts just for good measure. I don't know, I just got off work and my mind is wondering.

[VlogginLife]

is that a complete custom heating system.  Looks pretty interesting. I like it.

[groutaone]

@VlogginLife Some of it I designed and the rest I purchased, its a bit of work sometimes but I like it overall

[VMATT500C]

We usually have a Hepa Vacuum at the far end when we punch tubes. Good vid.

[groutaone]

@VMATT500C Cool, what kind of system do you work on?

[VMATT500C]

@groutaone: Cleaver Brooks multi-fuel and others.

[kentmocc]

sorry if I missed it in the video, but how long does it take for them to get that clogged up like that after cleaning them fully?

Great video!

[groutaone]

@kentmocc I think this is about two months worth

[WSmart1]

@groutaone Poly want a cracker?

[groutaone]

@WSmart1 Yes

[500passwords]

whoever disliked this video must work for the gas company . lol

thumbs up buddy :)

[groutaone]

@500passwords Thanks bud

[KrankieV2]

@500passwords hmmm i wonder who that could be *cough cough* LOL

[500passwords]

@KrankieV2

i didnt mean him . lol

[KrankieV2]

@500passwords haha i know i'm just messing about, I couldn't leave that one sitting there

[cisjohn2616]

I'm impressed...Soybean husks right ?

[groutaone]

@cisjohn2616 Close, sunflower

[heliarche]

That looks satisfying when all that ash dumps out of the tubes.Like when you cut grass and you get a good pile of it flying out the discharge.

[groutaone]

@heliarche Well Idk ha ha but I got it cleaned out nun the less, maybe send me your dried grass clippings, next years heat maybe, jk thought I'd raz you a bit

[heliarche]

@groutaone If I had any type of lawn to speak of I'd surely do that.Think it would work?

[Rasd4Metta]

Pretty cool heater there, still not sure how it works lol but as long as it does, then thats all that matters lol

[groutaone]

@Rasd4Metta Part 2 of this video series would give you a good understanding of the system, its not so complicated once its explained a bit

[01boneless]

you sir are a genus!!!!

[groutaone]

@01boneless Well thanks kindly, I'am sure I can prove otherwise though ha ha

[cubbeezx]

Very interesting system you have groutaone. Looked like a dirty job, isn't that what kids are for?? lol

[groutaone]

@cubbeezx Sometimes, this here however is where if you want it done right you have to do it yourself ha ha

[electrodacus]

I was definitely curios, thanks for the video.

[groutaone]

@electrodacus No problem

[pnskbk]

what are your crops of?

[groutaone]

@pnskbk You mean like what is the fuel source?

[jmecrg]

doing stuff like this relaxes me ...kinda like playing in the dirt as a kid

[mdr8088]

I've enjoyed the vids on your heating system. It's a different way to do it. Interesting to me, but I'm just weird like that. lol

[groutaone]

@mdr8088 Ya it sure is some odd conraptions, I think it would seem a little more normal 75 years ago in the coal stoker days

[urmomsayswhat]

was it hard to get permits for this?

[groutaone]

@urmomsayswhat No permits required for this where I live, keep in mind this is a zero pressure system

[TheFred1952]

I fing it very intresting . when every one whas swithching to natural gas in the sixties my Dad subcontracted for a funice comany removing all the old coal stokers so I'm intreged by any heating system

[groutaone]

@TheFred1952 Yep this is also set up for coal, multi fuel makes it handy

[wtbm123]

I once had a job lining furnaces with fire brick ,and refractory so I liked the video.

[groutaone]

@wtbm123 Thanks for watching, Think I will make more boiler vids yet

[Crazy650]

@groutaone deff make more like to understand how u made it and how it all works

[leanlifter1]

@groutaone Wouldn't it make your house smell like a camp fire ? I need some heating system for my home that I am building with my own hands and looks like your system is the way to go pending the smell etc could you please explain in great depth how your system works please I am intrigued immensely.

[groutaone]

@leanlifter1 No the house never smells because its not attatched to the house in any way, sometimes I smell it when I'am outside depending on wind direction, but its no big deal. I do have more vids, pt 1,2 and 3 to give you a bit of a look at it, most of this stuff you can buy ready made if you look around a bit

[wizardman42]

called punching tubes , lots a fun on a 100 ton unit

[groutaone]

@wizardman42 Tell me about the 100 ton unit, I'am curious what its attatched to

[Goregoon]

I assume that tool reaches far enough to push it out the other end? With that wall there I can't see you getting it in to pull out the ash from the other side.

Still using sunflower seed shells or is there a different fuel this year?

[wizardman42]

in Va it would be peanut hulls 

[groutaone]

@Goregoon Thats correct, sunflowers it is, my fav fuel of choice

[edzgarage]

Is the system over kill for your house or is it sized correctly. Just looks really big. Once clean it must run a lot more efficient. How often do you need to do this?

[groutaone]

@edzgarage I also heat the shop with this plus the garage that the boiler sits in, I should do this once a month but when I slack this is how it looks on the inside

[pridification]

pt 4 ? I got some video searching to do !

[Goregoon]

@pridification go back about a year I think.

[vwdarrin]

me good stuff

[DirtRider500R]

Chim-eny? Lol great vid as always

[groutaone]

@DirtRider500R Thanks

[805ROADKING]

I don't know... looks like a pain in the ash to me eh Buddy!!☺

[groutaone]

@805ROADKING It sure is

[groutaone]

@805ROADKING The important thing here is I got all my ash holes cleaned out

[paperweightgirl]

Nice system you've got there.

[groutaone]

@paperweightgirl Thanks for watching

[XSniper16]

You should call Mike Rowe he does these types of dirty jobs :)

[IHcubcadet]

Cool. BTW I like watching some guy cleaning out ash...lol

[wizardman42]

ya ya he be hauling his ash's fur sure ya ! LOL

[groutaone]

@IHcubcadet Well that would make it worth while then, thanks bud

[Gasser4x4]

What does it burn?

I gotta watch parts 123

[groutaone]

@Gasser4x4 Burns sunflower screenings

[WorldStove]

sweet... reminded me of old locomotives :)

[groutaone]

@WorldStove I would think this is very much what what the old steamers would have looked like on the inside, just on a bigger scale

[babydash123]

cool!

[macspud28]

May be a good candidate for a secondary burn chamber to burn the smoke making it cleaner and more efficient?

[groutaone]

@macspud28 Maybe, its so cheap as it is though I think I'am happy how its going with the whole system, bit of maint here and there but oh well

[sammyboytje1]

Nice system, couldn't you blow those tubes out with compressed air?

[groutaone]

@sammyboytje1 Thanks, yes I could but visability and breathing would be greatly reduced

[yellowbusguy]

@sammyboytje1 That would create a huge mess, the entire boiler room would need cleaning.

[kortt]

interesting system

[KrankieV2]

I find this kind of stuff to be interesting. You have a really good system going there. One two part question- how do you go about lighting the fire for the first time? and could you make a video of that process at some point, when you have to light a new fire?

[groutaone]

@KrankieV2 I light a rag and drop it on the fuel, thanks for the video idea, I may have to do that yet

[thestuffz]

sweet! i want to see how the rest of it is done to.

[groutaone]

@thestuffz I've got some more vids on it back in my channel a ways

[neiallswheel]

hi groutaone, idea which may be of some use in preventing a shut down and clean up.

possibly making a small water heater/boiler/superheater just b4 your heat exchanger there, wondering if the chimney gases could have a little super hot water steam sprayed at them.

maybe something even simpler with a dripdripdrip and a hot spot . please check out google patent 2863399. its a 50/50 oil/water burner .the water will burn in the right conditions or even just clean as it goes through your homewarmer

[groutaone]

@neiallswheel I dont care for the clean out much but its not very often so its not so bad

[TheTuntso]

whole system

[TheTuntso]

how long did it take you to build that?

[groutaone]

@TheTuntso I really didnt build much of it, I designed some of it and the rest was just purchased about 17 years ago

[Qwakkeddup]

If I recall, sunflower seed hulls is the fuel. Would like to know how the internal delivery system works for those. I know the auger pulls from the storage to the furnace, but I don't think it just dumps the hulls unregulated.

Also makes me wonder how bad it got back when wood burning stoves were the norm.

[groutaone]

@Qwakkeddup Its all controlled with the aquastadt, works well

[bobmellon]

very interesting

[phill903]

Hope you do a part 2 continence to cleaning the flues and ash removal. Very interesting video.

[groutaone]

@phill903 Thanks for your input

[chox2001]

how much water is in the water jacket it looks like quite a lot, and do you have an insulated storage tank or just what the water jacket supplies.

[groutaone]

@chox2001 I think its about 350 gal in the boiler, it has R20 insulation around it under the brown tin

[Veikra]

I like this heating system, so yes i'll watch it

[motobillcross]

what kind of fuel do you use ?

[groutaone]

@motobillcross Sunflower screenings

[motobillcross]

@groutaone thx , nice heating system (i forgot to notice this :) ) !!!!!

[foxdmulder]

I use timber pellets, not as much ash, but the ash makes great lawn fertilizer

[WhackTheWax]

great system

[groutaone]

@WhackTheWax Thanks bud

[LILLJE]

How do you start the fire? Oil? (sorry if this has been answered before)

BTW I love your videos, just watched all of them (a couple of hours :D ). I'm a subscriber.

[groutaone]

@LILLJE Thanks bud, I light a rag and drop it in on the fuel to light

[CDNBadass]

That is a very cool system. Did you build it yourself? and just wondering, where in Canada are you?

Jeff

[groutaone]

@CDNBadass I designed some of it and purchased the rest, I dont like to dicuss my location on the internet

[StoneCreek1995]

pretty awesome system!!

[doberfag]

interesting system

[MultiJan51]

damn, very smoky

[aLexOFWGKTA]

Nice video!

[groutaone]

@aLexOFWGKTA Thanks you

[dog12008]

great video i like all your videos

[groutaone]

@dog12008 Thanks