Curiosity2
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Right now I have it sitting in the grow room on the floor,its kind of cold in her old shack and the little heat that it creates is kind of welcomed. I installed a baseboard heater in the room as well just to give you an idea of how cold it is. I got the temps up to 85f now with CO2 set between 1100 to 1500 with auto ventilation. The 6in fan is on a thermostat aswell, its set to 87f. The pilot light keeps CO2 steady at 1400 by its self but after the ventilation kicks in; in the afternoon when the house finally warms up, the burned will light for maybe a minute then not come back on for an hour or more.That's awesome! there is on fan on it then I assume, just passive heat? do you just run the exhaust into your area and then heat the outside? That would be great for my basement!
The plan for this summer when heat becomes an issue is set the furnace out of the room and pipe it in with a computer fan. The furnace outlet is 3in with and outer 5 in heat shield. Its this way so the pipe can pass through the RV wall, pipe in a pipe = heat shield. I will use this to my advantage I will build a tin box or maybe just extend the pipes over an undetermined length and circulate air through the outer pipe exiting the house through the ventilationa nd the inner 3in pipe will flow to the grow room. This should cool the CO2 exhaust gases before they can add heat to the room.
At the junk yard I stayed clear of the furnace with fans and blowers, too many wires for me to f*ck with. Coleman seemed to be of this design. Enterprise is the one you want, the earlier models back in the 70s needed 12v to stay running but once you got to the 80s they were self-sufficient.