D KRAGER
Well-known member
There has been much debate lately over this. Well I have a delima on my hands. My heated space is 30x32 with what will be a 10' ceiling. It's a Pole building that I'm still finishing the inside, and I only have like R3 up agaist the ceiling now. Right now I have a old hanging crane furnace 100,000 btu's. I would say is sized pretty well, It can keep it 65-70 degrees when outside temps are in the teens.
So the problem is:
This winter I'm working on dropping the ceiling, then gonna blow in R40 or so. (I've got R25 in the walls, cellulose and foam) So after that I'm afraid that the heater is way oversized. All the btu calculators say that well insulated I should be around 45,000 btu's.
The question is:
Can I take out two of the burners and plug the orfice holes on those burners to reduce the btu output of the heater? It does NOT have forced exhaust. Has cast iron burners, natural exhaust. Has anyone ever done this? Not sure if it will work or not?????
Just thought of possible problem, the snap disc temperature sensor that kicks on the fan is on the outside, so if I plugged off the outside burner that would cause the outside to be cooler and not turn the fan on at the correct time. HUH, I think I'm answering my own question.
So the problem is:
This winter I'm working on dropping the ceiling, then gonna blow in R40 or so. (I've got R25 in the walls, cellulose and foam) So after that I'm afraid that the heater is way oversized. All the btu calculators say that well insulated I should be around 45,000 btu's.
The question is:
Can I take out two of the burners and plug the orfice holes on those burners to reduce the btu output of the heater? It does NOT have forced exhaust. Has cast iron burners, natural exhaust. Has anyone ever done this? Not sure if it will work or not?????
Just thought of possible problem, the snap disc temperature sensor that kicks on the fan is on the outside, so if I plugged off the outside burner that would cause the outside to be cooler and not turn the fan on at the correct time. HUH, I think I'm answering my own question.