The combustor unit is burning the smoke and happily glowing and putting heat in the secondary chamber.But Im using a stove that I bought at Home Depot a few years ago and its rated as clean burn by EPA.
The coolest thing is when the stove is running at temp the flue outside runs clear, no one can even tell Im burning. And no smoky smell. OH my gas bill was 26 last month and that was mainly the water heater. Turns out after a search on the net that it was made during the Civil War in Alabama and is a collectors item. A couple of twisted news papers and a little charcoal lighter fluid and instant heat. For the next three days we are experiencing an inversion and a burn ban. The two stoves I remember the best was a Fisher Baby Bear and one my uncle made for us out of a 55gal oil drum. Chord pickout keyThe oil drum stove was perfect for the basement and did an excellent job for short periods of time. Living in the great wooded North CentralNorth West Pa.(kinda between the two) wood is plentiful and cheap (five dollar permit at the National forest for deadwood, standing or fallen. One area is where a tornado came through, still might be wood left there when heaven calls. Hutch Rebel Wood Stove Plus My TimeSometimes, when too busy or too lazy, purchase from locals for 45.00 a face cord, almost not worth going out myself, paying gas costs for the truck and chain saw plus my time away from the reloading bench and the needs of the boys I mentor. They deliver right to my door, but then, the exercise is of some value as well. It cost me about 95 a cord but it beats burning oil at 3.50 a gallon. Plus the house is warm 70 and if we have a power failure we are good to go Its a lot of work and takes a lot of time. I figure I save about 2500 - 3000 dollars depending on what oil prices do during the winter. Tetris 2d full screen freeI suppose if I figured the hours I spent it would work out to about ten bucks an hour. Fan pulls exhaust from burn chamber so if power goes out the whole thing stops. I use my Riley camp stove in the shop, and it is plenty, without using a lot of wood. They apparently quit making them back in the 70s, but this one had never had a fire built in it. The company is still building wood stoves, just not cook stoves, does anybody know anything about them. According to what i have read it takes a lot of heat to combust smoke and a catalytic unit is needed in most cases. My kitchen stove will smolder along with barely any fire in the box.
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