WOOD PELLET STOVES SALES ARE HOT

Staff Writer Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel ^ | 06/22/2008 | BY LARRY GRARD

[SeaHawkFan]

I’m not actually married, and won’t have sex outside of marriage. My future wife and I are going to have lots of fun and we are in our mid fifties.

[djf]

I’m not opposed to having sex outside of marriage.
I am, however, opposed to having sex outside of love.

What’s left of the romantic ramblings in me, I guess.

[JRandomFreeper]

You could turn the heat in your house OFF for the night and that’s enough to keep you warm till about 3 in the afternoon next day.

There isn't an OFF switch for the heat in this house. No central heat or cooling. I fix it as I am able.

But, you are right. From 5am to 3pm... life is pretty easy.

/johnny

[gogogodzilla]

Why is everyone focused on wood stoves?

Wouldn’t a coal stove produce a more intense heat with less fuel... and at a cheaper price?

[djf]

Coal stoves are much more common in the Northeast. As is the coal itself.

[stefanbatory]

they don’t have to deal with such Fascist dictates...just other Fascist dictates so far...I hate urban sprawl...

[dangerdoc]

If you are looking at a pellet mill to supply just a few homes, a new one is about 2K.

I already have a grinder that would work with grassy material, if you don’t, that will be another 500-100.

This price level is a system where you are manually moving material.

[hiredhand]

That's the impression I was under....that they don't operate very well with NO power! That rather reduces the overall effectiveness in a situation where conditions are such that power may be out. If your heating system is dependent on commercially available power, then the "weakest link" that we try to compensate for is still the weakest link!

This is the reason we didn't buy one of those nice, outdoor wood burning units. They ARE nice! I've got friends who have them and they can't say enough good about their particular model. But they had pumps installed which are dependent on 120VAC! I pointed out that they "say" that they heat with wood (and they do!), but that when the power goes out, their heating systems are INOPERATIVE! They have generators, but I remind them that their heating supply is limited to the run time of the generator.

Before we invested in wood heat (by this, I mean GOOD chain saws, a wood splitter, and the stove), we agreed to keep it SIMPLE. We did consider an outdoor unit, and I had already priced a stand alone 120W PV (Solar) unit to power a D.C. pump. But we opted to keep it SIMPLE. So as it stands, very little prevents us from heating in the winter. If the power goes out, we do lose ceiling fans, and air doesn't move as much and we get "cold spots" in the house. But pipes don't freeze, and everybody "generally" stays warm. We can cook on the stove as well.

I like technology a lot. :-) But when it comes to things such as shelter from elements and the ability to heat such shelter, we believe that a philosophy of keeping it simple is best.

[djf]

Gettin-ready-for-winter wood pellet ping!!

Got a ton and a half coming on Monday...