I see a lot of commentary on Tarm and EKO here but what about Econoburn? I have heard that they are a Tarm knockoff... is this true? Does Econoburn have some distinct design benefits, or other advantages. Are any of you guys using one? Thanks
How does Econoburn stack up?
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I have been using mine since jan-08. Had some problems this winter as you can read in the other thread. But I do have some good news as the season is coming to an end. Come to find out that a lot of my problems with not getting enough heat was due to WET WOOD. Just guessing but was using wood with 20-50+% moisture. This did not give me very good results at all. But I got a load delivered since then that was 10-20%, and I have been happy with its performance. Been able to heat my storage and have a warm house even over night. It is warmer now so I now that it helps quite a bit but I still like what the boiler is doing better than before. Even got mine to idle a couple of times
I know that is not what you want but to me that is good news. Good results lead to good reviews, that is why I am writing this. Hopefully, the results keep getting better and I will continue to post my results as I have them.
I know that is not what you want but to me that is good news. Good results lead to good reviews, that is why I am writing this. Hopefully, the results keep getting better and I will continue to post my results as I have them.
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I've found that what's good enough for a conventional wood-fired boiler or wood stove is not necessarily good enough for a gasifier. It makes all the difference. Glad to hear things are working out for you, Eric. I know I've hit some wetter wood at times, and it's unbelievable how much difference that makes.
It probably doesn't help to have the salespeople say you can burn green wood. I know you can't in an EKO, and I don't see anything about the Econoburn that would make it any different in that respect. On the other hand, even though Tarm has been selling gasifiers on this side of the Atlantic for a decade or more, there's still not much of an installed base of Euro-style gasifiers like the Tarm, EKO, Econoburn, Biomax, etc., so we're all kind of pioneers in that respect. Think how unhappy we'd all be if we couldn't share information and experiences. Not to mention all the half-baked theories and crackpot ideas we tend to come up with.
It probably doesn't help to have the salespeople say you can burn green wood. I know you can't in an EKO, and I don't see anything about the Econoburn that would make it any different in that respect. On the other hand, even though Tarm has been selling gasifiers on this side of the Atlantic for a decade or more, there's still not much of an installed base of Euro-style gasifiers like the Tarm, EKO, Econoburn, Biomax, etc., so we're all kind of pioneers in that respect. Think how unhappy we'd all be if we couldn't share information and experiences. Not to mention all the half-baked theories and crackpot ideas we tend to come up with.
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