Hello all,
Coming to a close of my first "Full" heating season with my EB-150. No storage yet. Been burning non-stop from 1st week in October and will shut down probably end of March or so. When all is said and done I'll have used 8 cord of not so seasoned wood. I figure once I get ahead with the wood I should be down to about 6 cord for the same time frame. Sound about right?
Either way, I went from 1000 gallons of oil per year to 300 in two years. 1700* $3.50= $5940.00 savings. Got my EB-150 for $5500 so it has paid itself off in 2 years, not counting accessories for install. That will take another 1/3 of a season or so.
Also, anyone ever hear of putting some rock salt in the fire chamber to turn the creosote to dust? Not on a regular basis but on occasion to clean the fire chamber walls. I'm told it won't bother the steel but what about the refractory? Anyone ever hear of such a thing?
Coming to a close of my first "Full" heating season with my EB-150. No storage yet. Been burning non-stop from 1st week in October and will shut down probably end of March or so. When all is said and done I'll have used 8 cord of not so seasoned wood. I figure once I get ahead with the wood I should be down to about 6 cord for the same time frame. Sound about right?
Either way, I went from 1000 gallons of oil per year to 300 in two years. 1700* $3.50= $5940.00 savings. Got my EB-150 for $5500 so it has paid itself off in 2 years, not counting accessories for install. That will take another 1/3 of a season or so.
Also, anyone ever hear of putting some rock salt in the fire chamber to turn the creosote to dust? Not on a regular basis but on occasion to clean the fire chamber walls. I'm told it won't bother the steel but what about the refractory? Anyone ever hear of such a thing?