Go Back   EcoModder Forum > EcoModding > Off-Topic Tech
Register Now
 Register Now
 

Reply  Post New Thread
 
Submit Tools LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 12-12-2017, 12:45 AM   #11 (permalink)
Corporate imperialist
 
oil pan 4's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NewMexico (USA)
Posts: 11,175

Sub - '84 Chevy Diesel Suburban C10
SUV
90 day: 19.5 mpg (US)

camaro - '85 Chevy Camaro Z28

Riot - '03 Kia Rio POS
Team Hyundai
90 day: 30.21 mpg (US)

Bug - '01 VW Beetle GLSturbo
90 day: 26.43 mpg (US)

Sub2500 - '86 GMC Suburban C2500
90 day: 11.95 mpg (US)

Snow flake - '11 Nissan Leaf SL
SUV
90 day: 141.63 mpg (US)
Thanks: 269
Thanked 3,522 Times in 2,796 Posts
You could always put a stack robber on there.

__________________
1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to oil pan 4 For This Useful Post:
Isaac Zackary (12-12-2017)
Alt Today
Popular topics

Other popular topics in this forum...

   
Old 12-12-2017, 01:54 AM   #12 (permalink)
Full sized hybrid.
 
Isaac Zackary's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Colorado
Posts: 602

Suzy - '13 Toyota Avalon Hybrid XLE
90 day: 37.18 mpg (US)
Thanks: 369
Thanked 108 Times in 84 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
You could always put a stack robber on there.
There's probably a way to do that. Although the 6ft high furnace in the wall of a 7ft high trailer house doesn't give me much room to work with.
__________________
  Reply With Quote
Old 12-12-2017, 10:52 AM   #13 (permalink)
Full sized hybrid.
 
Isaac Zackary's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Colorado
Posts: 602

Suzy - '13 Toyota Avalon Hybrid XLE
90 day: 37.18 mpg (US)
Thanks: 369
Thanked 108 Times in 84 Posts
And the results are in, and they are.

......Drum Roll!!........

A 100% improvement!

So I did a test this morning. Normally I'll go warm the house up from 40*F to 50*F. This has been taking approximately 1 whole hour, maybe even a bit longer. The outside temperature has been around 0*F, the same today so no variables have changed.

Well today I turned up the thermostat I took the cover off and then momentarily turned off the power (no need to get shocked) and took the spade connector off that goes from the thermo switch to the fan and hooked it directly to an empty terminal on the power block so that the fan would stay on. 30 minutes later the thermometer read 50*F!

So with the fan turning on and off it takes 60 minutes to raise the temperature 10 degrees. But with the fan on permanently it only takes 30 minutes! So I just used half the fuel to do the same thing!
__________________
  Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Isaac Zackary For This Useful Post:
Ecky (12-12-2017), ksa8907 (12-12-2017)
Old 12-12-2017, 01:06 PM   #14 (permalink)
Full sized hybrid.
 
Isaac Zackary's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Colorado
Posts: 602

Suzy - '13 Toyota Avalon Hybrid XLE
90 day: 37.18 mpg (US)
Thanks: 369
Thanked 108 Times in 84 Posts
Ok. So I found the specs on my fan switch. It's a 110*F fan switch:

OEM Coleman Evcon Furnace 110 F110-20F Disc Fan Switch 7660-328 7660-3281 4066-3281 - North America Distribution-Sellersburg Heating

I tested it in a plastic bag in water. It seems to come on and off right around 110F.

I went ahead and ordered an adjustable one with a lower limit of 70*F/90*F off/on to a high limit of 110*F/130*F off/on. I'll let you know how it goes.
__________________
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Isaac Zackary For This Useful Post:
Ecky (12-12-2017)
Old 12-12-2017, 03:36 PM   #15 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
freebeard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,561
Thanks: 7,736
Thanked 8,554 Times in 7,041 Posts
Bang-bang control?

On Youtube AvE replaced a one-phase air compressor motor with a polyphase motor/controller and gained 40% throughput. It's a compressor rather than a ducted fan, but maybe something similar?
__________________
.
.
Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster

____________________
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to freebeard For This Useful Post:
Isaac Zackary (12-12-2017)
Old 12-12-2017, 04:15 PM   #16 (permalink)
Corporate imperialist
 
oil pan 4's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NewMexico (USA)
Posts: 11,175

Sub - '84 Chevy Diesel Suburban C10
SUV
90 day: 19.5 mpg (US)

camaro - '85 Chevy Camaro Z28

Riot - '03 Kia Rio POS
Team Hyundai
90 day: 30.21 mpg (US)

Bug - '01 VW Beetle GLSturbo
90 day: 26.43 mpg (US)

Sub2500 - '86 GMC Suburban C2500
90 day: 11.95 mpg (US)

Snow flake - '11 Nissan Leaf SL
SUV
90 day: 141.63 mpg (US)
Thanks: 269
Thanked 3,522 Times in 2,796 Posts
The fan was cycling on and off?
Something is very wrong.
__________________
1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to oil pan 4 For This Useful Post:
Isaac Zackary (12-12-2017)
Old 12-12-2017, 04:39 PM   #17 (permalink)
Full sized hybrid.
 
Isaac Zackary's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Colorado
Posts: 602

Suzy - '13 Toyota Avalon Hybrid XLE
90 day: 37.18 mpg (US)
Thanks: 369
Thanked 108 Times in 84 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
The fan was cycling on and off?
Something is very wrong.
It only cycles on and off when I'm trying to heat the house to a low temperature like 40*F. When it's above 60*F it's fine and doesn't cycle on and off. I also conducted some similar tests at temperatures between 50 and 60*F and didn't notice as much of an improvement in efficiency like I did at 40 to 50*F. Between 60 and 70*F the furnace just stays on without any cycling so there's no difference in efficiency by hardwiring the blower on during that time.

My take on it is that the furnace is designed to run efficiently at around 70*F. The idea being that if the air going into the furnace is 70* it will have heated up to 110* by the time it reaches the switch. But if it's 40* it will not have heated to 110* and so turns off the switch. For it to work the same the temperature difference should be the same because the air is only going to increase by about 40* or so by the time it reaches the thermoswitch.

Basically this:

House/Thermoswitch
40*/80*
50*/90*
60*/100*
70*/110*
80/120*
90/130*

So if the house is at 40* the thermoswitch should be at 80* because the air will only heat up 40* more than 40* by the time it reaches the thermoswitch.
__________________
  Reply With Quote
Old 12-12-2017, 05:52 PM   #18 (permalink)
Corporate imperialist
 
oil pan 4's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NewMexico (USA)
Posts: 11,175

Sub - '84 Chevy Diesel Suburban C10
SUV
90 day: 19.5 mpg (US)

camaro - '85 Chevy Camaro Z28

Riot - '03 Kia Rio POS
Team Hyundai
90 day: 30.21 mpg (US)

Bug - '01 VW Beetle GLSturbo
90 day: 26.43 mpg (US)

Sub2500 - '86 GMC Suburban C2500
90 day: 11.95 mpg (US)

Snow flake - '11 Nissan Leaf SL
SUV
90 day: 141.63 mpg (US)
Thanks: 269
Thanked 3,522 Times in 2,796 Posts
I have worked on portable diesel fueled heaters that would run open loop with 0°F air going into them and the discharge air would still hit nearly 200°F.
They were basically a fuel oil furnace on wheels with removable ducts and a low, medium and high heat setting.
__________________
1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
  Reply With Quote
Old 12-13-2017, 12:54 PM   #19 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: na
Posts: 1,025
Thanks: 277
Thanked 218 Times in 185 Posts
The 60,000 btu Rudd 1977 that I have in my non-insulated garage used to do the same thing. If the heat exchanger gets too cool it turned the blower off. Never turned it on unless below freezing. Never did it when it was installed in the house.
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to roosterk0031 For This Useful Post:
Isaac Zackary (12-13-2017)
Old 12-13-2017, 03:36 PM   #20 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
freebeard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: northwest of normal
Posts: 27,561
Thanks: 7,736
Thanked 8,554 Times in 7,041 Posts
Hey, I have a Rudd water heater; like this one


ANTIQUE RUDD NO.25 CAST IRON EMBOSSED WATER HEATER SURROUND,STEAMPUNK,BLACKSMITH - Augusta, ME - $390

Apparently it's worth ~$390. "IN GREAT SHAPENO COPPER COILTHE" No wait, more. That's a great sales technique with the sparse punctuation.

__________________
.
.
Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster

____________________
  Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to freebeard For This Useful Post:
Isaac Zackary (12-13-2017)
Reply  Post New Thread


Tags
furnace

Thread Tools




Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.5.2
All content copyright EcoModder.com