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  1. jklingel Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 23, 2007
    279 posts
    Fairbanks
    If boilers like the Greenwood use un-split wood, and seem to like it, then I assume that stacking discarded 2x4's, etc, would be great wood fuel. Is kiln dried wood TOO dry? There is sure lots of that around for the taking. j
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  2. Nofossil Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 4, 2007
    3,279 posts
    Addison County, Vermont
    Don't know about the greenwood, but on the EKO the controller regulates the fan to control water jacket temp. Really dry wood could give you combustion temperatures that might be scary. I'm comfortable with 2000 degrees, but I had a load of dry wood that pushed 2400 degrees - that's too hot. Mix in a few pieces of green stuff and you should be fine.
  3. jklingel Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 23, 2007
    279 posts
    Fairbanks
    nofossil: glad I asked! 2400 degrees does sound a tad hot. I'll also check w/ GW, of course, should I buy one of their boilers. I think I can scrounge up a lot of scrap wood; this place is growing like a damn weed. j
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