Work On Greenhouse Wood Heat & Quad Work & More

With intense cold on the way I have to step up the work on the winter greenhouse wood stove. I plan to use an antique water boiler wood stove and four 55 gallon drums of water to heat the off grid greenhouse during cold winter nights.

I have had the barrels on hand for a while now. The wood stove water boiler is from my old camper from long ago. This is an old Sears and Roebuck No Hot Pot wood and coal water boiler.

I will have hot water from the wood stove flowing through the drums of water. Then if the wood stove burns out at night the water will continue to provide heat in the greenhouse until morning.

I got some plumbing hardware from my storage camper and tried them out for size. I found that the holes on the top of the 55 gallon steel drums are 2 inch FPT and 3/4 inch FPT standard pipe fittings.

I went into town to get the hardware that would be needed to connect the wood stove to the water tanks.

When I got back to the off grid homestead I immediately got to work on the greenhouse heating system.

I managed to get the two inch fittings put together. I had to use some reducer adapters to get to the one inch PVC pipe that I have. I had to choose something in between the 3/4 inch wood stove fittings and the 2 inch barrel fittings. One inch PVC pipe will provide less restriction to the water flow.

I ran into a problem trying to get the larger fitting off the one drum. I cannot get it removed now matter what I try. I will have to let it soak in some lube over night.

Then I found another problem. The other barrel is full of rust. Huge piles of rust inside the drum. I am going to have to remove the fittings I just put on it and clean out the drum before I can put it into use here.

By this time I had run out of time for this project and had to work on the quad.

We are putting antifreeze in the quad and have to run it through the engine so it will not be harmed by the deep freeze which is on the way.

I had put water in there before when the fluid level was too low and I was testing out the machine. Now I have to replace that with antifreeze asap.

So Chris and I drained the radiator and then I filled it up with antifreeze. We had to run the engine for a while though to get it warmed up and the fluid mixed throughout.

The off grid battery and water shed is a cozy 71 degrees F due to the new M 45 tent stove in there.

Now I have to finish the greenhouse heating system and then finish the insulation in both the greenhouse and the water shed.

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Troy
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