Colder than a penguin's tail feathers, what's in your hopper?
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RingoesMan
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Not supposed to be much warmer in NJ tonight and I'm feeling you on the lack of insulation. I'm in a 200+ year old farmhouse trying to keep things above 62 so the oil doesn't kick on. I love sitting right next to the stove and feeling a cool breeze blow across the room. Got the Ligs locked and loaded, stay warm brother!
B Smithers
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Yes corn will put out more BTU's than pellets and in my opinion it burns much cleaner. Corn is also much cheaper than pellets right now, win/win in my book!
Johnny_Fiv3
Feeling the Heat
50/50 green supreme and 100% pine horse bedding pellets. It's -4 outside and 76 in here. 60 pounds of each in. Mix them in a bucket.
Johnny_Fiv3
Feeling the Heat
Sounds like you need to upgrade to an outdoor wood boiler.
Not one of the new EPA ones though! Needs to be an older "incinerator" type.
woodmakesheat
Feeling the Heat
I have burned a 50 / 50 mix and yes your Harman will do it. Corn does burn hotter than pellets. The ash is just different. I may load a 50 / 50 before bed tonight. If you want to just give it a try go to TSC and buy a bag of feed corn. About $8 a 50lb bag. Expensive this way but it's $8 bucks and you can see for yourself.
TheUnknownKnows
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Burning HJ Crabbe. They are calling for -20 before windchill up here in Millinocket, ME tonight. The P43 is gonna get a workout.
tjnamtiw
Minister of Fire
Don't forget that you need a different vent pipe if you burn corn. And I think they are rated at the same btu's per pound.
we had a guy in RI try that a couple years ago. It was his wife and in a wood stove.
Somersets in the CPM and straight corn in the SCF. CPM just idling at the moment. Was going to do a test run of the AWF softies, but the house got warm before the hopper of Sets got anywhere near empty. Oh well, there will be other cold nights.
UpStateNY
Feeling the Heat
Pacific Clean Fire softies. 8800 BTU per lb . I got two bags on the floor near by ready to lock and load.
Old Spartan
Burning Hunk
Heatr's and Platinum Fire at about 2 to 1 mix. Minus 11 outside and a toasty 73 right at this seat.
robert65
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F4jock
Minister of Fire
Wilbur Feral
Minister of Fire
Hamer's as well. My go-to cold weather pellet. Would burn them all season if I could get a better price. $300 / ton picked up, vs $239 for Presto's, which are not bad - but not Hamer's.
TimfromMA
Minister of Fire
Absolutely! I grabbed two bags for my experiment. If you are going to burn corn it needs to be purchased in bulk. It's cheaper than pellets locally when you get a ton or more. I like keeping my options open since price jacking is so popular these days. The $8 per bag at TSC was an experimental gold plated special suggested if they would like to see what the corn mix is like. They are like grabbing a bag of pellets but 10 lbs. heavier, clean, and easily obtained.
I did go the little extra cash on the multi-fuel pipe. Figured it would not hurt and would be in place if the need arises. IMO corn leaves a bit more mess when burning vs. pellets and that was a 50 / 50 mix. Not 100% corn. The corn pellet mix did not function any differently than all pellets but did seem like a hotter burn. Could be a figment of the imagination. That said, if it is cheaper then it's all good.
ironpony
Minister of Fire
jdinny
Burning Hunk
Hopper's full of Heatr's
-3° outside-74° inside. sitting here in shorts and no shirt, getting ready to go out and load up our sleds.
I'm lovin' it!
-3° outside-74° inside. sitting here in shorts and no shirt, getting ready to go out and load up our sleds.
I'm lovin' it!
B Smithers
New Member
Understoood, my stoves were setup from day one to burn corn as I have easy access to it. Most suppliers in my area only carry mufti fuel venting and stoves as those are most commonly asked for. I read in an earlier post about TSC being $8 dollars a bag for corn which is probably true, and at that cost they are making a good profit. If you can find a farmer you will buy corn for around $4 a 50# bag right now,at least here in michigan. As far as BTU's I know what it says on a bag of pellets, but I will argue all day long that corn will give you far more.
tjnamtiw
Minister of Fire
Keep arguing but................. http://extension.psu.edu/natural-re...lled-corn/heat-energy-content-of-shelled-corn
Corn is more uniform than pellets so it stands to reason that you would be able to feed more POUNDS/HR which would translate into more BTU/HR, which leads you to believe that corn is hotter. So you really are looking at feeding the same heat content per pound material at a higher rate. You just use more pounds per hour. This is the same phenomenon that leads to the misnomer of 'hotter' pellets.
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