Greetings All:
First post, have been reading, and looking seriously now for a wood boiler. We have decided it is time to purchase a gasifier. I've burned wood essentially forever and we currently heat our house with a Lopi Liberty. We are leaning strongly towards putting the gasifier outside. This has me looking at the outdoor gasifiers. I actually looked extensively through a Econoburn unit yesterday at the dealers place. I was surprised to see the refractory forming the bottom of the primary chamber, slot to the secondary, and top of the secondary chamber appear to be a "poured in place" refractory. I don't know if it is literally poured in place, it looks like concrete (not a firebrick material), though I assume it is a high temperature refractory material.
Is this the same material that is inside the indoor Econoburns? My understanding is the outdoor gasifier is an indoor model wrapped in a different "outdoor" housing.
Is this refractory replaceable? Do people ever have issues with them? I'd think eventually they'd break.
I also didn't see the u-shaped refractory in the secondary chamber below the "slot", though the unit had just arrived and by no means was in operation or set up. Perhaps it is in a box somewhere...the dealer wasn't present to ask questions at the time. There was a refractory "slate" in the secondary chamber, about 12" x 10", which perhaps is all that is used there? I know the pictures/movies I've seen of the indoor models have that u-shaped refractory block.
Thanks,
Bruce
First post, have been reading, and looking seriously now for a wood boiler. We have decided it is time to purchase a gasifier. I've burned wood essentially forever and we currently heat our house with a Lopi Liberty. We are leaning strongly towards putting the gasifier outside. This has me looking at the outdoor gasifiers. I actually looked extensively through a Econoburn unit yesterday at the dealers place. I was surprised to see the refractory forming the bottom of the primary chamber, slot to the secondary, and top of the secondary chamber appear to be a "poured in place" refractory. I don't know if it is literally poured in place, it looks like concrete (not a firebrick material), though I assume it is a high temperature refractory material.
Is this the same material that is inside the indoor Econoburns? My understanding is the outdoor gasifier is an indoor model wrapped in a different "outdoor" housing.
Is this refractory replaceable? Do people ever have issues with them? I'd think eventually they'd break.
I also didn't see the u-shaped refractory in the secondary chamber below the "slot", though the unit had just arrived and by no means was in operation or set up. Perhaps it is in a box somewhere...the dealer wasn't present to ask questions at the time. There was a refractory "slate" in the secondary chamber, about 12" x 10", which perhaps is all that is used there? I know the pictures/movies I've seen of the indoor models have that u-shaped refractory block.
Thanks,
Bruce