Hiking Hunter wrote:
I'm interested in this discussion and the ARP unit. I've seen their website and videos. I wish they had presented a better case for why I need one. I understand the principle, but there is very little objective evidence in their case.
In their video, the temperature rises only around 3 degrees before the unit kicks in... and that's over an 11 1/2 minute period... and a tilt of around 20 degrees (my estimate - the video doesn't specify). I wish they had convinced me by showing what happens to the temperature under the same conditions without their unit.
How high does the temperature have to get for damage to occur? How much tilt? Over what period of time? How critical is it? How much does the ARP unit affect life expectancy? What is the normal temperature swing of an unmodified boiler? How much does ambient temperature affect the temp of a boiler?
Interested but skeptical until I can see a better case.
These are all the same questions I have. At what out of level condition do you see a temperature rise that will start to damage your refer? There has been much discussion on here in general about what is considered level enough. After Chris posted about this several years ago I thought this was very interesting I tried taking temp reading with my IR gun where the sensor was installed. I did not notice any huge rise from level to 1/2 bubble off level so I would be very interested from those who know more or have one of these units how much out of level causes this unsafe condition and how is the out of level condition best measured?