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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Metal in the Wood
« on: February 08, 2015, 06:40:07 PM »
Good question, I was wondering the same thing. Just another piece of mind thanks to everyone here. 
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Wives
« on: February 06, 2015, 03:10:13 PM »
Both the Mrs. and I grew up in the city, I had the urge to move to the country and 5 years ago and she agreed. I cant get her to do any of the wood cutting, spliting or stacking but she will take care of all the flower beds and mow so no complaints here.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Conventional boiler loophole?
« on: February 04, 2015, 06:55:55 PM »
atvalaska- have watched that before and just opens the eyes a little wider each time. Thanks for sharing
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Power outage
« on: February 01, 2015, 09:27:16 AM »
Learned the same lesson the other day. Didnt have all the connections set to run the boiler, ran to the store, put together the needed wiring and as I went out to start the generator....Lights on and power restored. Amazing how we get our poop in group after a near miss.
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Fire Wood / Re: Wood Consumption vs. Application
« on: January 31, 2015, 05:28:28 PM »
Interesting, my loop goes right to the 30 plate hx and then to the forced air furnace water to air hx. Earlier today I ran the hot water for a few minutes then checked the water temp into and out of the DHW hx and found that when a large demand is there it takes nearly 15 degrees out of the boiler water. I was surprised but normally the demand for both at the same time is hit or miss and the house stays at 72-73. I definitely have no complaints. Actually had to start loading less wood this week as temp were in the low 30s. Was not gettting a good burn, leaving alot of "lump charcoal".
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Fire Wood / Re: Wood Consumption vs. Application
« on: January 31, 2015, 11:06:12 AM »
KK, I have never used a side arm but I would think you are correct with the constant circulation and use more wood but dont think it is going to amount to a significatn amout, do you?
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: If you had to do it over again!
« on: January 30, 2015, 09:52:10 PM »
Just rolling into my third month with my Hawken HE-2100. I have had zero issues with it thus far and it is not a fuel hog so I have been loving it. If I had to go at it again, and couldn't buy a Hawken, I would seriously look at the HeatMaster or a Portage and Main, but I would want an draft style not a gasifier as I never know where the next load of wood will come from.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: ......Just spent another $5K to support my wood-burning addiction
« on: January 30, 2015, 09:46:47 PM »
Cando you sound like me, with the ranting and raving about long showers and the T-stat prior to the OWF. Plus, I am going to have to try the "cooking" trick out at our house 
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: ......Just spent another $5K to support my wood-burning addiction
« on: January 29, 2015, 05:57:17 PM »
Not a bad person Cando just a crafty one. I have been trying to run that past the Mrs. for years but still no upgrade yet as my truck is still running.
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HeatMaster / Re: Looking for Ideas
« on: January 29, 2015, 04:29:29 AM »
I have been toying with the idea of making a "drying rack" in the laundry and or bathroom to place wet towels and clothes on. I think that would attack some of our "bosses" as a way to dry more delicate clothes and have a warm towel when exiting the shower.
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Hawken Energy, support only / Re: Switched supply/feed lines
« on: January 26, 2015, 06:59:31 PM »
Tnewsom- any luck with this? Looking for an update if you have one. Let us know.
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Fire Wood / Re: would it be worth it?
« on: January 25, 2015, 08:24:47 PM »
My opinion is if someone else is going to cut and haul to my place....IT ALL BURNS so I would take it. You will just have lower btus available from the softer wood.
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Fire Wood / Re: Wood Consumption vs. Application
« on: January 24, 2015, 10:11:59 AM »
1400 sq. ranch with 800 sq. ft finished in walkout basement. DHW, 140ft loop of 1"pex, Central Michigan, only 2 months of usage under my belt and averaging approx 1 bush cord of white ash per month.
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General Discussion / Re: Anybody know how to use Flikr
« on: January 23, 2015, 09:38:47 AM »
Joe, I tried a flicker account it was horrible to try to save photos to the account as atvalaska has posted here
http://outdoorwoodfurnaceinfo.com/forum/index.php?board=16.0
Photobucket seems the way to go.
http://outdoorwoodfurnaceinfo.com/forum/index.php?board=16.0
Photobucket seems the way to go.