My radiators are Hot!

In pursuit on an Off-grid EMP proof heating system for retreats. 500,000 BTUS of heat circulated through radiators, plate heat exchangers, plenums, etc with an pump required 80 watts/hr of energy. Enough energy to heat 7000 sq ft, heat water for showers, washing dishes, dry food, dry clothes, cook , make charcoal simultaneously!

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[ss109guy]

When I was in elementary school our rooms were heater with radiators it was always warm. We used to melt crayons on them.

[60srock]

Forget taking time to reply; keep making videos! We'll figure it out - somehow .....

[ISSS2012]

Wood burner, radiators are what we are using all the time at our home in rural Sweden.. We also have an "accumulator watar tank" (1200 lyres) connected in the system which is insulated and stores the excess hot water to cycle around the rad system. Main advantage is that you reduce the need to curn wood by up to 66%. Saves wood. No need to get up in the night on those winter -35 deg C temps. Great videos! Looking forward to more.

[dougdobbs]

I'd bet that you could dry food with that radiator if you turned it on it's side and mounted a wire rack over it, maybe a shallow box to direct the air flow. There'd be enough convection air flow to carry off any water vapor, etc. No fan needed. Just a thought.

[anthonynerf13]

Try and use a wind turbind to run the pump batterys have 5 years a best most of the time

[preparedchipmunk]

How much insulation do you have in the shop?

[MrLandphill]

you should install an auto bleader in that port

[heizung4me]

you wrote: "with an pump required 80 watts/hr of energy. Enough energy to heat 7000 sq ft"

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In Germany we heat about 1250 m² (= 13.500 sq ft) with a Pump of only 43 watts. :-)

Try to reach our normal level of energy-consumption.

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My house is also heated with radiators. They need only 29 °C (84 °F) at -12 °C (10 °F) outside to keep the 150 years old house at 21 °C (70 °F) inside.

Try to reach this. :-)

[slomotrainwreck]

Thanks for the excellent video! Very interesting.

[SquirrelFromGradLife]

Almost all house in northern Europe uses central heating with radiators. My granddad had a really nice system he built himself. When using those radiators and the heat source being wood the most effective solution is to draw all the heat out of your furnace into a really big and well insulated water tank that retains all the heat from the fire wood. Then you run your radiators off a heat exchanger. If you don't have that big insulated water tank as a heat buffer you'll waste most of the energy.

[danman911]

Have you thought of a way to use gravity, or Bernoulli's principle to eliminate the need for power? Maybe starting out with larger hose, and dropping it down to a smaller hose to create pressure? Just a thought. I'm definitely going to be looking for used radiators from now on. Thanks.

[standingbear39]

Grats and keep up the good work