[Stoves] Off topic

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Dick

Long time no hear...

Do you have an estimate of the total mass of wood you will use for space heating in a season?

Maybe you use cords as ‎your metric.

Next, do you have a good idea about the efficiency of the outdoor wood boiler.

Lastly, why was it located so far from the house?

Thanks
Crispin in -20 C Waterloo



In that it's below zero F at noon now, I was thinking that during 60 yrs. of heating only with wood, no one has ever asked what I have for backup  It they had asked, I could've said that I have an endless supply of WOOD, but that wouldn't have made me much warmer in a power outage than most.  I've had wood furnaces of varying degrees of efficiency,  One outdoor wood boiler 125' from the house, another OWB  naked within a 40X60' bldging,with tubing for hot water, poured into the floor, all dependent on electricity.  Now, using only 3 wood stoves, we are finally electricity free--heat wise.  In our lofty position of collecting university food waste for hog food, (a huge social leap from when I hauled all of Winona's  27K sewage to this farm) we have 32 ga. Rubbermaid barrels to pressure wash, which is done using a top loaded Sedore wood stove, with 2 water loops, which through thermo syphon, heats a used, elevated 80 ga. Marathon water heater.  When the power goes out, we just hook up the hot water to a diesel powered pressure washer----gotta keep those hogs happy.  I realize heat is of little concern to most, compared with the heating and cooking problems in 3rd world countries, but our social networks are becoming shakier, including heat and power..

Dick Gallien
22501 East Burns Valley Road
Winona  MN  55987

Dick Gallien
22501 East Burns Valley Road
Winona  MN  55987
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