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Posted by jdemaris on February 27, 2005 at 10:33:19 from (209.23.30.239):
Has anybody had any experience with high-efficiency wood-furnaces? I’m well
acquainted with many of “outdoor furnaces” on the market, but I’ve yet to see one that
doesn’t waste extraordinary amounts of wood. They work great and offer many
conveniences like the ability to heat multiple buildings, fire outside of the house, and
provide a long-burn time due to large capacity. That’s fine as long as you have an almost
unlimited supply of firewood and the ability to handle it. Since the EPA put restrictions
on woodstoves, the difference is incredible. I realize this is not news to many, but I’ve
been using a number of old woodburners until recently. I recently replaced a parlor
coal/wood potbelly stove built 1904 with a soapstone EPA rated 78% stove. It literally
uses half the wood to heat the same area and the heat is much more controllable. It
seems these new stoves can be run at a low setting without smoldering, unlike the
“air-tight” stoves that were popular 20-30 years ago. I recently installed a large, new
woodfurnace in my house hooked in with hot-air duct work and only use it in very cold
weather. It’s made by Meyers farm equipment Co. I installed it because using the more efficient
woodstove alone is not enough to keep pipes from freezing in the basement. Now, it
seems to me that if there WAS a EPA rated wood furnace, it too would use much less
wood. I’ve read and been told that since wood furnaces are exempt from EPA regs.,
there is has been very little advancement in their technology. Seems to be true. Most
advancements I’ve seen are hype in the advertising. I’ve read some literature on the H.S.
Tarm furnaces that are advertised as being extremely efficient, but have NOT been EPA
tested and I don’t know anyone that has one. Recently, there is a furnace being made in
Québec, Canada by PSG called the EPA Caddy. It HAS been tested, as far as I know, it
is the only wood furnace to get an EPA rating. I tried to buy one, but the company would
not sell it to me. I don’t know why. Maybe because I’m an American and not a
French-Canadian? The guy at the company that I spoke to, told me that they had no way
of verifying if my installation would be done properly, so I told him I’d buy it with no
warranty. Still wouldn’t sell it to me. So, I gave up, winter was coming on, and I wasted
over $3000 on the Meyers Woodchuck model 4000 furnace. It burns dirty, it is very low
tech, poorly assembled, and not even built of the materials they claim it is. It heats the
house fine, and I’m stuck with it for now. But - if anyone out there has found and/or used
a high-efficiency furnace, please post some info. about it.
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