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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: coolidge on August 29, 2017, 06:48:38 PM

Title: Too early
Post by: coolidge on August 29, 2017, 06:48:38 PM

Wife asked when I was going to start the boiler. Never even hit 70 today.

Title: Re: Too early
Post by: mlappin on August 29, 2017, 08:34:53 PM

This will be only the third summer in recorded history here that it didn’t hit 90 at least once.

Corn doesn’t look bad, actually might be pretty surprising when we start picking. The soybeans are gonna suck, period.

Title: Re: Too early
Post by: aarmga on August 30, 2017, 08:44:49 PM

Global warming at its finest.

Title: Re: Too early
Post by: coolidge on September 01, 2017, 05:48:21 PM

Well I hate too say it but I had to lite the boiler.
SIL is staying with us for the weekend with her 7 month old, figured 64 in the house might be a bit chilly for the little guy.

Title: Re: Too early
Post by: E Yoder on September 02, 2017, 07:33:23 AM

Mine runs all summer. I like the hot water.
We're showing this weekend, the heat feels mighty good. Chilly damp weather.

Title: Re: Too early
Post by: FrozenMongrel on September 03, 2017, 06:37:40 AM

Quote from: E Yoder on September 02, 2017, 07:33:23 AM

Mine runs all summer. I like the hot water.
We're showing this weekend, the heat feels mighty good. Chilly damp weather.

How much wood do you burn over the summer supplying hot water? It doesn't cost me that much a month to run my 50 gal electric hot water heater and I'm pretty sure I'd burn through more wood than it's worth.

Title: Re: Too early
Post by: E Yoder on September 04, 2017, 04:04:01 AM

I've never measured precisely, I burn up scrap laying around. It's just a few pieces a day. I've got four kids and it does hot water for a rental cabin too. 7 people total. Well worth it. I'd never have hot water for the last shower otherwise.