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[Bluegrass Wood Burner]

I had a few problems and thought I would list all good and bad. Any help with the bad would be appreciated.
5400 sq ft. @ 72 degrees for 100.00-115.00 per month electricity
No interruptions in the boiler whatsoever. Did have a little problem with flapper draft door sticking closed. Hopefully someone can help me with that.

My new Husqvarna 460 rancher turned out to be the best Christmas present I ever received. I am bugged about it leaking bar oil in its case when not being used. Any solutions on that would be good.

Never had to crank up my generator all winter. Glad of that.

Broke little finger while positioning red oak logs on my splitter. But not any stitches.
All in all its been a good season.

[mlappin]

If it’s a new saw take it back, thats what the warranty is for.

[Bluegrass Wood Burner]

Good advice.

[Smokeless]

Remember it's always good to run your gen once a month ex specially under a load.
 Don't break any more fingers.😭😭😭 That crap hurts.

[schoppy]

My 562XPG had an oil leak also and I believe the dealer replaced a seal on the oiler. Definitely a dealer issue with a new saw. Time to start cutting again if the weather ever dries up.

[Bluegrass Wood Burner]

One thing I failed to mention in my review is the Timberline sharpener was the real deal for me. Kept my chains razor sharp. After I finally learned the trick to setting it up. If your like me and just don't have the ability or patience to file the old way then this thing will make sharpening a lot easier. A great addition for me.
Thanks for reminding me to start the generator.
 
And the saws going to the dealer for a oiler fix.

Thanks

[WoodMOJoe]

Not sure what your flapper setup looks like but on my homemade setup (with an Earth-brand door) I have just put a paper clip on the bottom edge of the flapper and that keeps it from sticking closed.

[mlappin]

Haven’t had to use our generator this winter either, its actually a rare occurrence that we need it in the winter. Live on a state highway and the state park is hooked up after us so they tend to like to keep the lights on at the cabins etc. Usually spring or summer when a severe thunderstorm rolls thru is a greater chance of losing power.

Happy with the G400, heating a 2800 sq ft farm house that had the last addition in 1908. Heating a 40x45 shop plus 120 foot of sidewalk, used less wood heating everything with the G400 than the old boiler used to heat just the house and sidewalk. But was a milder winter as well. Used up about 2 cases of spray foam in a can in the shop and a couple rolls of fiberglass tightening everything up in the shop, plan on some ceiling fans between every other rafter by next winter and pretty sure a G200 would be fine then, especially if I can come up with a little extra coin and finish changing out the last 14 wood framed single pane windows in the house.

[coolidge]

Winter is not over yet!   Used a ton of wood, more than last year and still going, three year plan is down to two at this pace. Time for an upgrade I guess.

[Bluegrass Wood Burner]

I'm in Detroit on my job today on my way back home. Snow in forecast up here with wind chills near single digits. All this sometime tonight. Glad I'm heading south.
Ice storms is our culprit for power outages. My generator was bough because of past ice storms that left us without power for weeks. Boiler doesn't help much without the pumps and duct blowers working. But I'm glad I didn't need the generator. When I have to use my generator it means a lot of people are usually having rough time of it.

[mlappin]

Worst we were out was for three days after an ice storm.

Still thinking someday would like about a 24K standby on natural gas. A few winters back had -40 windchill and they even shut I65 down because of drifting, if we lost power then no way was a lineman going out to figure out why in a whiteout with 30 plus MPH winds. Could have got ugly in a hurry then.

[willieG]

I recently installed a 16 K standby and I think I could have gotten by with a lot less.

Here in Ontario Canada we have the ability to review our electric use on line about 24 hours later
so Monday we can view Sunday sort of thing. Plus we can choose to view it hourly each day

I have yet to see the Kilowatt hours ever go over 3  per hour and most times it is under 1. A high usage day for us right now is about 30 in a 24 hour period and has been as low as 24

[mlappin]

I recently installed a 16 K standby and I think I could have gotten by with a lot less.

Here in Ontario Canada we have the ability to review our electric use on line about 24 hours later
so Monday we can view Sunday sort of thing. Plus we can choose to view it hourly each day

I have yet to see the Kilowatt hours ever go over 3  per hour and most times it is under 1. A high usage day for us right now is about 30 in a 24 hour period and has been as low as 24

When I need to grind hay for the cows, I’ll plug two tractors in with 1000 watt block heaters, and plug the skid steer with a 750 watt oil pan heater in the night before I grind. Have 2750 watts in just getting equipment to start, then have two 350 watt heaters in each cow fountain, have two of those so add another 1400 watts, so have 4150 watts being used before we ever get to the house. Add in night lights, two large chest freezers in the milk house, another large one and a small chest freezer in the basement. Have a four inch well in at 110’ foot and just that kicking in pulls down the 9000 watt portable I have now, also if we loose juice in the summer can’t even think about running the central AC on the 9000 watt.

[coolidge]

You need some pto generators for those tractors.

[mlappin]

You need some pto generators for those tractors.

Yah….

But a self powered standby would be a LOT handier. Not to mention would need to leave yet another tractor plugged in all winter.

A PTO generator would require that I’m there as well to get a tractor fired up and hooked up.