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Site Suggestions / Re: Manufacturer List

« on: June 01, 2008, 10:05:12 AM »

Dave,

Welcome to the site.

You have posted some good ideas that could help all of us here and also any newcomers to Outdoor Wood Furnace Info.

Thanks,
RW

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / May 16th and still have a fire

« on: May 16, 2008, 05:11:47 PM »

It is May 16th and it is still cool and damp enough to keep the OWB burning. Just wondered how many others are still burning yours? We are in Stark Co. Ohio.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Grounding????

« on: May 13, 2008, 05:56:49 PM »

I hadn't thought much about it. What is the main reason for doing it,lightning going back to the house?

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Site Suggestions / Re: Different Message Board Software?

« on: May 13, 2008, 05:52:29 PM »

C,

vbulletin looks a lot like arboristsite.com. Does it work the same?

R W

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / ???

« on: May 12, 2008, 06:44:35 PM »

Is there any one out there that is not glad that they spent the time and the money to install an OWB?

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Shaver Furnace / Shaver OWB's

« on: May 12, 2008, 06:38:09 PM »

How many Shaver owners are viewing this site?

Tell us about your Shaver unit and how do you like it.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 200' from property line & EPA Certified or remove from service by 2015!

« on: May 08, 2008, 06:27:24 PM »

The new Ohio EPA rules are not set in stone yet. They are still looking things over and are to hold public hearings so  all of us can have an input. If you have an OWB or are planing to get one I hope that you will attend the public meeting and share your feelings.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Wiring question.

« on: May 05, 2008, 08:03:18 PM »

I ran 1" pvc from the house to the stove and pulled 6 # 12 thhn wires through it. But I only used three of them 1hot,1net. and 1 for the ground. I ran both the pump and the comb. air fan off of one circuit. The extra wires are just for spare if something would go wrong with the others.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / wood shed

« on: May 03, 2008, 02:46:15 PM »

Have any of you built a shed to cover your wood pile? If so could you post photos of it?

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Hardy / Re: water loss

« on: April 16, 2008, 03:51:01 PM »

There must be a problem somewhere,I have not put 5 gallons of water in our stove all of the heating season with the water temp. at 155 F low to 175F high.

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General Discussion / Re: OWB/KEEPING IT RUNNING AFTER LOST ELECTRIC

« on: April 06, 2008, 10:42:05 AM »

Adamant,

I used the plug and rain tight cover for a semi tractor block heater,wired it into the electric supply at the OWB.

I use the same 20 amp. circuit for both the gas furnace and the OWB ,then I installed a two pole service switch at the furnace so when I hook up the generator at the OWB I can turn the furnace service switch off and isolate both the hot and common wires from the main panel. With this setup I only have heat, but that is about all I can ask my small generator to do. But it sure a lot better than being cold!

Ron 

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: What did you use?

« on: April 02, 2008, 04:26:53 PM »

We have a very good Woodmaster dealer in our area,just wanted to know if it was him.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: What did you use?

« on: April 02, 2008, 02:26:08 PM »

Cory,
Who are you getting your woodmaster from?

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Hawken Energy, support only / Hawken Energy Owner

« on: March 30, 2008, 05:44:27 AM »

We have used our Hawken Energy for two heating seasons. Has worked very well for us so far. We have used 6 to 7 cords of wood each year to heat a 1500 s/f home with a full finished basement and dom. hot water also. Water is heated with a side arm that I built . Our nat. gas bills have been around $10.50 per month during the months that the OWB is in operation. Hoping that the ruling from the Ohio EPA dose not force us to shut it down and lose all the hard earned money that we spent to save on gas.