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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Indoor boiler used outdoors
« on: February 06, 2013, 03:39:46 PM »
Indoor wood boilers are less expensive than the outdoor ones.  Is there anything wrong with using one of these and just building your own shed around it?  It seems like it would have all of the advantages of a "conventional" OWB.  In fact, I wonder if it would be better since you should be able to access everything without being out in the wind and snow when you had to work on it.

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General Discussion / Don't Own One
« on: December 25, 2010, 09:38:55 AM »
I don't own an outside boiler.  Don't worry I'm not a person who is going to cause trouble for those who do own them.  I kind of like them, but I'm looking for a justification for me to get one.  Comments would be appreciated.

I have an indoor wood furnace.  I have a small house.  The furnace keeps my house warm.  I burn a little propane when my furnace dies out at night, but not much.  So, I guess I don't need one.  In fact, I spoke with the local Wood Master dealer and after talking a bit, he told me that I wouldn't see much difference between what I have now and a wood boiler.  (I found an honest  man - I can put the lantern away.)

Bad thing is that I've become fascinated with them.  I even got the DEB boiler do-it-yourself plans.  There's a part of me that would like to get one of these.  They are interesting machinery.

I see some advantages and disadvantages.

Advantage - small savings in insurance.

Advantage - a lot less splitting of wood.

Advantage - Only one or two fill-ups a day.

Advantage - Burn green wood even though everyone tells you not too.

Advantage - constant house temperature

Advantage - wouldn't need to sweep wood bark and wood pieces from my basement floor.

Disadvantage - lots of money and work to put one in.

Disadvantage - burn a lot more wood.  Maybe I'd get better thermal efficiency with a really good boiler that has great secondary combustion or gasification, but with piping losses, pumping losses and heat losses from the outdoor boiler to the great outdoors, I'm sure more wood would be needed.

Disadvantage - more things to break

So - did I miss anything?  Are there any good reasons that I missed that I should get an outdoor boiler?  This is a weird post, but I'm sure there will be good answers.

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