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    Chairs in the wood-heated home...

    Believe me, there have been lots of times I've held various loose parts of chairs in my hands... and have been tempted to just toss them into the...
    Post by: morgantruce, Jul 6, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Chairs in the wood-heated home...

    I'm willing to bet that I'm not the only person who has had a problem with chairs in a wood-heated home. Think about it. Remember that nice set of...
    Thread by: morgantruce, Jul 6, 2010, 30 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Where do you buy kindling?

    Us country mice shouldn't be so hard on our city cousins... they're just more used to paying for things than we rural mice. I can just barely...
    Post by: morgantruce, Feb 18, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    wood heating / solar power / recycling

    The eight solar panels are Arco M-75 (later bought out by Siemens I believe) They are about 13x48" and 40 watts per panel. I'm not given to...
    Post by: morgantruce, Feb 17, 2010 in forum: The Perfect Picture
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    wood heating / solar power / recycling

    Since moving here, the only outside work I've had done was having the excavation done for the house. Heavy equipment can dig a hole for a basement a...
    Post by: morgantruce, Feb 17, 2010 in forum: The Perfect Picture
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    wood heating / solar power / recycling

    It's amazing how good things sound when wearing a decent set of headphones. The stereo separation is quite a bit better actually than listening to...
    Post by: morgantruce, Feb 17, 2010 in forum: The Perfect Picture
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    wood heating / solar power / recycling

    Those batteries sound like their function is to keep power to PC's just long enough to shut them down. Alternative energy systems require "true"...
    Post by: morgantruce, Feb 16, 2010 in forum: The Perfect Picture
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    wood heating / solar power / recycling

    My rather unscientific approach: (1) If you push or abuse batteries, you have to monitor their performance very carefully and very often. (2) If...
    Post by: morgantruce, Feb 16, 2010 in forum: The Perfect Picture
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    wood heating / solar power / recycling

    I would not want to give anyone the impression that you need to be an electronics whiz to set up an alternative energy system. I certainly am not....
    Post by: morgantruce, Feb 15, 2010 in forum: The Perfect Picture
  10. morgantruce
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    wood heating / solar power / recycling

    West of Clarksburg a bit...
    Post by: morgantruce, Feb 15, 2010 in forum: The Perfect Picture
  11. morgantruce
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    wood heating / solar power / recycling

    The solar panels connect to a charge controller which charges a bank of golf cart batteries. The batteries connect to an inverter which change the DC...
    Post by: morgantruce, Feb 15, 2010 in forum: The Perfect Picture
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    wood heating / solar power / recycling

    Yes, that last item I mentioned has a seat that is very cool in this season...
    Post by: morgantruce, Jan 9, 2010 in forum: The Perfect Picture
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    wood heating / solar power / recycling

    Here is a winter photo of my woodshed containing six cords of seasoned red oak. At the left front corner of the shed is a pole atop which is mounted...
    Thread by: morgantruce, Jan 8, 2010, 22 replies, in forum: The Perfect Picture
  14. morgantruce
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    Strange Hot Water System

    The very first time I filled the system with cold well water, both tanks sweat a tiny bit for a couple hours... and that that was it. We aren't using...
    Post by: morgantruce, Jan 7, 2010 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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    Strange Hot Water System

    Since the cold water first enters the 40 gallon tank to be pre-heated, any insulation I put on that tank (during woodstove season) will be...
    Post by: morgantruce, Jan 7, 2010 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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    Difference between "Radiant" and "Convection" stoves

    As a group of people gathered here to glorify the burning of zillions of trees in various ferrous boxes --mainly for the pleasure of the resulting...
    Post by: morgantruce, Jan 6, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Difference between "Radiant" and "Convection" stoves

    Yes... and you will also be increasing the "heat" generated at the power plant which serves you and along the wires that carry that electricity to...
    Post by: morgantruce, Jan 6, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Difference between "Radiant" and "Convection" stoves

    An old friend once took a very small fan (no bigger than your fist) and mounted it to a five-foot length of 4" aluminum duct. He then hung the...
    Post by: morgantruce, Jan 6, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Strange Hot Water System

    I am very much aware that the tank near the woodstove needs some insulation; I am being cautious in choosing some sort of insulation that can stand...
    Post by: morgantruce, Jan 5, 2010 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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    Difference between "Radiant" and "Convection" stoves

    Marty, Considering all of that, it's just amazing we manage to stay warm in front of our stoves.
    Post by: morgantruce, Jan 5, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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