Recent content by bams50

Well, we will see what happens. The one thing left out of your excellent calculation is that it only runs 24/7 wow coming up to temperature. After that, it doesn’t fire very often. I have a friend locally that does heavy truck repair. His shop is 50 x 100. He says when he starts up the heat in...

It has been a little harsh. You are right, the average temperatures have been twenties to 30s, with a few low teen lows thrown in and a ton of wind. As for electric cost, it is concerning, but I doubt it’s going to be $1000 a month. People have asked why I went with electric. First, natural gas...

Thank you, sir, it’s just part of being on the Internet. You better expect it when you post something :-)

Since this thread will be here for future searchers to read, just a little more background. I run a small used car business. The old garage was damaged by heavy snow load last year. So rather than repair it the decision was made to build a new one and demolish the old one. We sell cheaper cars...

You’re exactly right. If your goal is to get a driveway to, say, 35° or a concrete floor inside a building to 35°, it’s pretty obvious that the building is going to take less effort than the wide open driveway, with snow falling directly on it. In our situation, we found that working in the...

Well, the severe wind has calmed down, but mostly what has changed is that time has elapsed. when I left for home last night, the outdoor temperature was 24° according to my car, and the air temperature inside the building was about 38°. Seems to me that the situation is improving. I’m thinking...

UPDATE: perhaps my concerns were premature. As of today, we have seen definite improvement across the board – slab temperature, tube temperature, tank temperature, and air temperature inside the building are all up. It’s really a noticeable difference. If things continue like this, it should be...

Thank you very much for taking the time to provide an intelligent reply. It especially stands out against the troll comments, but I expected those lol. To answer the question, the slab is about 5 1/2 inches, but that doesn’t make much difference with all the information you already figured out...

That doesn’t make any sense. People literally run these systems outdoors to keep their driveway clear.

I understand what you’re saying about the air temperature, but should the slab itself at least come up? We don’t expect it to be really warm in there without being insulated, but should the floor not at least be coming up to temperature?

No, there is 2 inches of foam board insulation under the slab and around the edges.

I just built a new barn, and the first thing I wanted was in floor heat. It is 40 wide by 64 deep with 16’ ceiling height. After what I spent on the building, my budget was hurting. And then on this form, I came across the HUG open loop system. So I did a bunch of research, watched every video...

Yes, sir, that is the unit. I will answer your questions in order: I installed the system, I had an electrician come and connect the wiring. He did in fact, use clamp on meter and saw that it was dry. No, I am not sure that it isn’t just cold water circulating, and that made the tank cold. But...

I just installed a new HUG Hydronics radiant system in my new pole barn. It came with the State proline R4LS 180 E tankless electric heater. System set up was simple, and everything is in good order, as indicated by indicator lights, etc. When we powered up the water heater, the digital display...