1. Welcome Hearth.com Guests and Visitors - Please enjoy our forums!
    Hearth.com GOLD Sponsors who help bring the site content to you:
    Jotul Cast Iron Stoves
    Woodstock Soapstone Stoves
    Hearth and Home (QuadraFire and Harman Stoves)

Search Results

Search Again
Page 1 of 4
  1. Kilted
    Post

    How many have battery back ups?

    Here is battery backup system: Battery bank 8 x 12V 250A battery connected as 2 parallel 48v strings for 48v 500A or 24kwh 12-18kwh usable. Inverter...
    Post by: Kilted, Jul 17, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  2. Kilted
    Post

    OIL

    You are talking about shale oil. The problem is getting the oil out of the ground. Look here for more detail; http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6366...
    Post by: Kilted, Apr 11, 2010 in forum: The Gear
  3. Kilted
    Post

    Woodgas Fireplace.

    Next I discovered how HOT this thing is, after the flames died down to charcoal I could not believe how much heat was still coming out of the fire...
    Post by: Kilted, Mar 19, 2010 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
  4. Kilted
    Thread

    Woodgas Fireplace.

    With a little prodding from GotzTheHotz I'm doing a post on what I have done with mine. First if you have not watched it the video from Mike Pepler...
    Thread by: Kilted, Mar 19, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
  5. Kilted
    Post

    Powering blowers on fireplace insert

    It depends if it is a true rheostat - wire wound power resistor with a center slider, or an electronic power control. If it is electronic then...
    Post by: Kilted, Feb 10, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  6. Kilted
    Thread

    Fan thermostat failling

    I have a Avalon PerfectFit, this comment will also apply to the Lopi Declaration as they are the same unit. My fan half way through the night just...
    Thread by: Kilted, Jan 30, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  7. Kilted
    Post

    Making kindling

    Use an inner tube and a froe. Watch the video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZPvLpexXFw about 2 minutes in. -- Brandy
    Post by: Kilted, Jan 22, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
  8. Kilted
    Post

    Cleaning out the ashes -- Indoor Air quality?

    I tilt the bucket into the stove opening as close as possible. Holding the bucket in left hand I also have the hose end of a canister vac at the top...
    Post by: Kilted, Jan 12, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  9. Kilted
    Post

    Interesting wind generator

    Correct Kilted, this is why so many of us are treating the wind plant in question with such skepticism - It...
    Post by: Kilted, Nov 26, 2009 in forum: The Green Room
  10. Kilted
    Post

    Interesting wind generator

    This site has a lot of info. The amount of power you can get depends on the swept area and square of the wind speed. Wind over a structure is...
    Post by: Kilted, Nov 26, 2009 in forum: The Green Room
  11. Kilted
    Thread

    Use of USA Forests for Home Heating - Can this Sensibly be Expanded?

    This popped up at one of my other favorite websites this weekend. http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5132 I thought the folks here would be interested....
    Thread by: Kilted, Feb 22, 2009, 2 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  12. Kilted
    Post

    air powered log splitter??

    Glad it works for you Brandy. how long are those splits?? they look allot shorter then i use??[/quote] Short splits yes two reasons; * Check the...
    Post by: Kilted, Feb 7, 2009 in forum: The Gear
  13. Kilted
    Post

    air powered log splitter??

    Hi thanks for the reply. I could not agree more. Since I have limited needs it works for me. My suggestion it is suitable for 1+ cord per year,...
    Post by: Kilted, Jan 19, 2009 in forum: The Gear
  14. Kilted
    Post

    air powered log splitter??

    What I did this weekend. I can not put the wood away yet as the heating season is not over. This pile is from Sat. & Sun. this weekend. Last...
    Post by: Kilted, Jan 19, 2009 in forum: The Gear
  15. Kilted
    Post

    How Much Wood to Equal An Atomic Bomb?

    Come to think of it. Considering how much heat I get out of one good size log in my woodstove I would not want all that energy released in a...
    Post by: Kilted, Dec 31, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
  16. Kilted
    Post

    Black layer of dust... on everything!

    I shovel the ash into a 5-gal galv-steel garbage can with tight lid. I tilt the can into the loading door so the bottom lip of can is almost...
    Post by: Kilted, Dec 23, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  17. Kilted
    Post

    Which is more efficient?

    DOOR CLOSED only!!!! I live in CA, go and read the stuff on http://www.baaqmd.gov/, http://www.sparetheair.org/, http://www.sparetheair.com/. In...
    Post by: Kilted, Dec 22, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  18. Kilted
    Post

    air powered log splitter??

    Yes I have one and like it. No it is not slower than death!! Do not even consider the manual splitter for more than reducing big splits down to...
    Post by: Kilted, Dec 14, 2008 in forum: The Gear
  19. Kilted
    Post

    A sign of the times?

    Hi it is a Avalon PerfectFit flush fireplace insert. An insert is the only thing that works in my old McKay house. There is a picture my insert...
    Post by: Kilted, Dec 14, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
  20. Kilted
    Thread

    A sign of the times?

    A neighbor had a pile of firewood go for a walk on Friday morning. Mind this is Mountain View, CA. It does not get what most of you folks call...
    Thread by: Kilted, Dec 14, 2008, 15 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
Showing results 1 to 20 of 73 Next >
Search Again
Page 1 of 4