boostnut said:RLLD said:I called Englander and spoke to the technical rep about the stove (furnance) I am interested in. He stated that they have been selling this model for about 20 years, and everyone loves it for its power to heat. Its 65% efficient and thus not EPA "rated", so instead of burning a cord per season I might burn 1 1/2 cords - not a big deal AT ALL to me.
Uhh, you were just throwing number out at random right? You do expect to burn more than 1-1/2 cords per season don't you? I'm guessing you could feed a cord per month to that unit. Sounds like your supply is in good shape for the remainder of this year + a good start on next. You may want to ask around here about wood consumption, could be a little higher than you expect.
Yes the number was thrown out at random, but the ratio should be close; I am interested in keeping notes on my consumption to arrive at an accurate number. I am one of those people who loves to track and analyze data.
So I plan to track the type of wood, its seasoning level, rate of consumption relative to average external and internal temperature. My end game is to eventually arrive at a stockpile of varying types of wood that I will then know when to use given the environmental conditionals; and also to arrive at known vent configurations as well.
In this way I hope to arrive at pre-determined "configurations" to maximize the efficiency of the operation.