Anyone heard of the Lil' Powerhouse

It looks like a regular OWB to me......... I'm guessing that all they claim would be true if you burned dry seasoned wood in a conventional OWB.......

I agree with Matt. The best line in the whole ad is where they gratuitously point out that dry wood was dried with solar energy.

Other than labeling their competitors' technology as "20th Century" and their technology as "21st Century" I don't see anything to distinguish these boilers from conventional OWBs.

Funny how the "baffle them with bs" approach seems to dominate most OWB marketing efforts.

with all the sold tags on the front of them just makes me want to buy one!

I'm not that smart BUT I would NEVER buy a bolt together boiler,just my 2 bits..

I call BS. Looks like the same old song and dance or maybe in this forum I should say looks like someone is blowing smoke.

Some of the lines make absolutely no sense.

Like this one.

"THE 170 GALLON UNITS WILL DO ABOUT 1/3 THE HEATING OF THE LIL'POWERHOUSE CONSIDERING THE OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE- BOILER OR WATER STOVE ARE BURNING GREEN WOOD!! AND THE LIL' POWERHOUSE IS BURNING DRY CURED WOOD!!"

So what pray tell happens if you burn dry wood in whatever model they are comparing to?



Or this one.......

"With higher firebox temperatures the heat is transferred at many times the rate into the antifreeze."

Many times the rate of what exactly?



And this statement

"The Lil' Powerhouse helps you the consumer heat in the most economical way, by burning clean, dry, wood."

How exactly does owning a lil pwerhouse automatically make your wood dry whereas a standard OWB does not?


PT Barnum would be proud.

Yah, that's what I was thinking.................

My EKO 40 only uses around thirty gallons before my plumbing is added, generates temperatures in excess of 1800*f, produces no smoke at peak operation. It has smaller wood storage because it doesn't need a large one. It's not uncommon for old fashion wood stoves to have internal temps near 1000* or slightly above. Just where are they placing their temperature probe? Most boiler makers tell you the thicknesses of their combustion chamber and water jackets. I think the ad is lacking in essentials, like today's news media, and focused on the glitz.
Granted the cost is lower, but even at today's prices those savings go up in smoke and dwindle to the point and plateau of a financial liability. What will wood prices be in ten years if we continue to consume wood the way we have been consuming fossil fuels? The savings today would be moot. The ad conveniently avoids the "wood smoke" issue that has municipalities enacting their local legislation to ban OWB"s and the federal EPA forcing OWB manufacturers to step up to the plate with catalytic conversions that are adding thousands to the cost of their products but not really improving efficiency.
The choice is certainly yours Husker :coolsmile: but a gasifier (not just EKO) unit would be a move to less work and expense in the long run...Cave2k

And he hasn't sold anything since May! Buyer beware!

Chris