Have had my owb up and running for a month and half and every time I go outside I have to force myself to not check it out and watch it work. I now need to figure out how to get off the oil teat with my drill rig, that one is a little more involved.
When does the fuzzy feeling go away
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It's 4:30 in the afternoon, I rush home from work just to check my storage tank temp. and I ponder, fire or no fire after about 2 minutes of going back and forth, I crack a beer and light one (a fire that is ) I hope that fuzzy feeling never goes away.
I do exactly what Kipster does. My wife asked me why the knees on my sweats were dirty... I had to tell her... I was peeking.
ive got three of them im watching right now and i kind of like it. the only problem is the two that arent mine seem to be working better. its all good
This sure is helpful that I am not the only one "intrigued". Because the "little woman" was concerned I might be a little on the soft side
Willman said:
'nah- it's all about getting in touch with your inner geek-
-and realizing that all the people who snidely sneer at such geek-iness are paying through the nose for their "privilege" of being dependent upon other distant energy sources and technologies that they don't understand
Repeat after me:
it's _fun_ to be a renewably-oriented mad scientist
603doug said:
when its below 0 and its 4 am and you get up to check the OWB then you will need help.
until then all is well.
603doug said:
Between the boiler and "hearth" its hard to convince the wife that this is a good addiction to have.
Woodmaster 4400 for 2.5 years and I love her as much as the day she was new.
Inside warm and nagging wife
Outside cold and woodboiler
You be the judge
Inside warm and nagging wife
Outside cold and woodboiler
You be the judge
I've been heating with wood in Maine exclusively, no backup, for 30 years.
I still get that warm, fuzzy feeling everytime I look at my firewood stacked and covered in their neat little racks and I will until they pry the last stick out of my cold, dead fingers.
(Hmmm... that sounds familiar.)
I still get that warm, fuzzy feeling everytime I look at my firewood stacked and covered in their neat little racks and I will until they pry the last stick out of my cold, dead fingers.
(Hmmm... that sounds familiar.)
There is certain calming mediation the walk to the boiler to sacrifice a piece of wood knowing some oil pirate might have to miss an hors d'oeuvres
yeah, and 'though I risk getting us all sent to the Ash Can, in light of the ways that the "status-quo-ers" have sent the whole free market into a tailspin, I'd like to toss a CEO or two into the firebox of a gasifier....603doug said:
I make my living in the warm weather. So why am I waiting for the next cold snap to hit so I can see what she'll (gasifier) will do this year?? I don't have my wireless temp gauge hooked up yet, so I am using my kids play binoculars and peek through the blinds to see what the boiler temp is up to. Then I check the hearth forum to see what the guys are talking about (this hour). Repeat. Repeat.
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