Just clicked on his first link. Apparently the effecta is north America's only condensing wood boiler at 92% efficency. Me i'd rather give up that last bit of heat in exchange for a boiler that won't rot as a result of water pouring down the flue.
But thats just me.
Or maybe some of those numbers are exaggerated?
My interest and use of boilers go back to early 80s. The Jetstream and storage has been in use for 30 of those years. For seventeen of those thirty years, work required that we live in another community, so over that period, the house was rented and we got to see seven other familys run the system. In spite of the boiler and storage being very simple to operate, two familys could not operate the system safely.
Your boiler will likely see many different operators, so I feel a Garn would be better suited to a variety of operators in that it is conventional in lighting and loading.
The Garn's firebox and storage are all in one, again very simple, and you will never regret having 1,500 or 2,000 gallons of storage.
On the subject of burning green wood, be committed to burning dry wood as there is nothing to be gained by burning green wood other than a lot of extra work. Four cords of dry wood will produce as much delivered heat as ten cords of wet.
with the garn is it reasonable to assume we could heat domestic water in the summer by burning a load once or twice a week?
what is the best way to get into contact with the garn manufacturer about pricing?
is it posable to use the garn as a storage tank for a solar water heater?
thank you for all the sound advice. I understand the concerns about burning green wood and we do not intend to burn greenwood. We intend to store seasoned and drying wood in the same area and if by chance the person feeding the boiler dipped into the wrong pile greenwood could make its way into the mix. since we will have a medley of residents and visitors helping with both splitting and tending to the boiler its only fair to assume that at some point the seasoned and green wood will get mixed up. that being said a boiler that will not malfunction or see excessive buildup from this type of error is an advantage.
with the garn is it reasonable to assume we could heat domestic water in the summer by burning a load once or twice a week?
what is the best way to get into contact with the garn manufacturer about pricing?
this system will be above my design abilities can anyone recommend a company for the design aspect of the system ?
is it posable to use the garn as a storage tank for a solar water heater?
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