Re: corn furnace and alternate fuel info
Thanks AZ Civic. What I have found is when it get really cold, the gas kicks in for about 20 minutes, but that is maybe 2 times a day. The really great thing is the co-op I'm joining is only 130 bucks a ton.
The one thing I have noticed with the corn, the fan that pushes it just isn't strong enough. I have ordered booster fans for various parts of the house, and I'm hoping with booster fans I can push the air fast enough to keep the whole house warm. The ducts are acually hot to the touch in some parts of the house, so it definitely has the capabilities to make things real warm.
My neighbor has an outside, wood fired boiler coming sometime next year. He didn't tell me how much he payed, but the boiler looks like a nice storage shed, but puts out 500,000 BTU's! That is incredible. He should have not trouble heating his house. Plus, between he and I, we have enough scrap wood on our properties to last him for years and years.
We were looking at my corn stove, and he had lots of questions. I told him it would never work for his house. He needs a real machine. I told him about the outside boiler, and he was sold after he got the info from the manufacturer.
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