[TheForge] Wood Stove for Shop heat

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On Jan 24, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Rick Korinek wrote:

> Jerry,
> I'm in an area where there are a lot of outside wood burners.  Most are
> constantly spewing out a think, acrid smoke that seems a long way from 
> clean
> or efficient.  I assume that this is due to 2 factors--first the 
> combustion
> chamber is surrounded by the water jacket, keeping the combustion temp 
> down
> and second, the stove is dampered down for much of the time.
>
> If you know of cleaner burning outdoor boilers, please provide some
> manufacture's names as I would like to consider heating my shop with an
> outdoor unit, but want to be a good neighbor.  Thanks,
>
> Rick Korinek
> Island City Forge
> Minocqua, WI
>

Rich,

There is some reading about outside wood furnaces here.

http://www.woodheat.org/technology/outboiler.htm

There are small towns near me that are considering passing ordinances 
against these burners. A few of these in a small town can really ruin 
the air. Do you have any solar heat options?

Bob