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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
Not even a short experiment in the name of Science?!?
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Haha! It wouldn't be too hard to do. But I would have to get up too early.
The timer runs the oil burner for only 1/2 hour a day, early in the AM..
However, to make it worth my while.. I could make a tweak to the Renovation!
I believe that I should add some little 10 or 15mm spacers between the foil layers and the steel.
The spacers need to be made of a material that has a very Slow rate of conductance heat transfer.
And in keeping with the
Code of the DIYer, they must be cheap, very cheap..
These spacers should keep the foil from contacting the hot steel boiler,
and prevent (or slow) conductive heat transfer into the foil layers..
Since I don't have any LI-900 silica tiles (Space Shuttle tile), I'm thinking
of
Coroplas (political ad sign material) cut into 1m x 15 mm strips and given a 'Z' fold..
Better yet, if I can cut the edges with Z-scissors, the point-of-contact with the hot steel (and foil) can be minimized..
Yeah, that's
the right stuff. How can I tell? It's what I have in stock..
So, now it seems that I've got to do two
Before checks..
#1 with the current insulated setup, #2 with no added reflective insulation,
and then do an
After, with the
spaced-out added reflective insulation.
I'm busy now, but maybe I can do this on Tuesday. Or, the day after tomorrow.?.
