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- From: "Square Ft Gardening" <mike_jordan AT squareftgardening.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] outdoor wood furnaces
- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:32:07 -0600
One of the things I like to do once I’ve got a handle on
something costly I’m going to purchase is to go to consumer reports on
the internet to look up what they have for info. You have to join but it’s
just $4.95 per month. The cheap skate that I am, I join and stay on a
month and quit. This is cheaper than buying their magazine and you get to
use their entire database to search. Hope this is helpful P.S. - We always enjoyed heating with wood and used it for
more than 10 years. Well that is until my wife burned the house down
overfilling it. (I only mean this as an aside and not an attempt to deter you.
Wood is good) Mike Jordan ContinuousHarvest.com From:
market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Wyatt
Jones I've
researched Wood Boilers as I was and am still thinking about getting one.
One thing to be aware of is that the EPA passed new emissions regulations
supposed to take effect in 2010. Whether they do or not in
2010 given the economy and energy problems we are having these days is
somewhat in question but thats the story as I understand it at present.
The Epa has a website listing all the approved models, with Central Boiler and
Greenwood Technologies very promonent there. Seems most the ones that
passed are gasification units, which are also much more efficient, need
cleaning less often because the fuel is burned completly to white ash and
more expensive. The Central Boiler website show a lot of options and they
have a lot of options, like greenhose heat exchangers of different sizes.
Even if the new regulations go into effect I imagine the older, already
installed, units will be granfathered in, depending on location, but maybe just
for a grace period. As I mentioned I'm thinking about it but a decent
gasification unit costs almost $10,000 plus you need a cement pad, plumbing,
electricity run out to it, heat exchangers etc, not a cheap proposition in the
short run. For now I decided to buy a tractor instead. If you don't
care about a big polluting monster in your back yard there are cheaper units
but I think its risky as there is no gaurantee they won't be prohibited
altogether sometime in the near future. Here
is a link to the EPA site listing Furnaces and their emmisions. It also
has links to the Company sites so you can look them over most closely. Wyatt
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Re: [Market-farming] outdoor wood furnaces,
Wyatt Jones, 12/28/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] outdoor wood furnaces, Square Ft Gardening, 12/28/2008
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- Re: [Market-farming] outdoor wood furnaces, Wyatt Jones, 12/28/2008
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