Posted by JDseller on September 17, 2010 at 22:21:01 from (208.126.196.117):
In Reply to: OT Corn Furnace posted by Foghorn Leghorn on September 17, 2010 at 17:55:05:
I have had one now for over ten years. Mine is a Central boiler hot water one. I have it in a side shed on my shop. It is 250,000 btu. I heat my shop and house with it. Below zero with wind I use about two bushel a day. Average about one bushel a day. So if it stayed zero for a month with $5.00 corn it would only cost me $300. That is half what it used to cost with fuel oil and propane. Plus I have a hot water coil that heat our household water. I bought an upright bin with a flex coil auger at a farm sale. It was used for hog feed. I ran the auger through the wall with the motor on the inside. The furnace has a bin built in and I just fill it by switching on the auger. The dryer the corn the better it burns. I also use a grain cleaner to remove as many of the fines as I can. It just makes less clinkers that way. You might want to check on the wood pellets. They where cheaper last year than corn. They do burn cleaner. I usually keep a few around to light the stove with. Some of the guys around here blend them with corn to burn a little hotter. As for Adirondack case guy"s comment on the maintenance on the stove. The early ones feed the burn pot from the top or side they did have to be cleaned regular. Most of the newer ones feed from the bottom and they push any clinkers/ash out the top of the pot. They also have a forced air draft that cuts down on ash. I clean mine once in the spring after the heating season is over.
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