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corn burning stoves and wood burning pellet stoves

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Ron Anderson

11-15-2004 11:31:13




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Just my 2 cents worth I bought a corn burning stove early this fall and really like it. I have it in the basement so it heats floor plus air coming up stairway. I don't expect it to keep up when it gets below zero then the furnace will have to help. But I like the idea of burning a bushel of corn for one day at a cost of 1.65. The idea of burning outdated seed corn bothers me a little because of coatings the seed corn companys put on seed corn but even at that it would go out the exhaust The one I have requires cleaning twice a week but only takes ten minutes to do. The thing I like I can put it on auto mode and it will maintain whatever temp you have it set at. It will even shut itself off and restart when room gets colder. burning corn isn't for everyone but if you have a gravity wagon and a bunch of pails it is a lot easier then lugging wood chunks in the house. Plus I am supporting local farmers rather them some camel rider.

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Paul in Ontario

11-16-2004 02:45:18




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 Re: corn burning stoves and wood burning pellet st in reply to Ron Anderson, 11-15-2004 11:31:13  
I would not use treated corn in one of these stoves in the house. The fire box is usually under pressure and any leak around the door would escape into the house. I am burning treated corn in my shop with a draft induced stove ( fire box is under vaccuum/ power vented ). Would not want the dust or red dog in the house. Does anyone here burn wheat? I have for a number of years. When I clean wheat for seed I run 100 extra bushels, which helps keep the stove clean and reduces plug ups. I have been loading pails and storing them as well about 40 or so. Have bee thinking about using my shop vac to suck the grain from my wagon into a day tank in the house. Would save some handling.

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wdTom

11-15-2004 17:48:35




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 Re: corn burning stoves and wood burning pellet st in reply to Ron Anderson, 11-15-2004 11:31:13  
If you want your stove to work better at heating your home try this. Put a register, maybe 2 ft. square, in the floor over it to allow the heat an easy path up. Now enclose the stove in a sheetmetal enclosure to keep the heat in so it will go up. The front of the stove can be even with the front of the enclosure to allow easy loading. Leave a few inches between the enclosure and the floor for air to get in. Leave the door to thebasement open or open a little as a return. Or install a return from another part of the house. This could be another register in the floon. I have seen a system make a huge difference from jsut having a stove in the basement and leaving the door open.

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I Bleed Green

11-15-2004 14:43:07




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 Re: corn burning stoves and wood burning pellet st in reply to Ron Anderson, 11-15-2004 11:31:13  

What make is your stove, and how much did you pay for it. How auto is the auto mode? Could I have one burning when im not around, like at work?



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Bryaninia

12-15-2005 08:37:02




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 Re: corn burning stoves and wood burning pellet st in reply to I Bleed Green, 11-15-2004 14:43:07  
Please do not purchase a corn stove made by U.S. Stove, their model 6039 built for this year is nothing more than a boat anchor. The company has done nothing to help out the people that purchased these units. They are ash making machines, you will be extremely disappointed in this unit



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MapleStone

11-15-2004 12:03:53




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 Re: corn burning stoves and wood burning pellet st in reply to Ron Anderson, 11-15-2004 11:31:13  
I assume you're responding to my message below, and thanks.

I like the up sides of the corn burners but the down sides, like I mentioned below, just don't justify the savings for me right now.

I think I would stay with the pellets for a while and maybe I could take time and develope a workable solution for handling the corn.

I read on the web site I linked below that they recommend mixing in some oyster shell to help with "clinker" build up. Do you have to do that with your stove?

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Ron Anderson

11-15-2004 18:59:35




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 Re: corn burning stoves and wood burning pellet st in reply to MapleStone, 11-15-2004 12:03:53  
The stove I have is called The Harman PC 45 corn stove. They have a website- just type name of stove and click go it will come up. I don't need oyster shells since there is a agitater that grinds up clinker material allowing it to be further burned then it drops in the waste pan. The auto mode means I fill it with corn, set room temp at 70 degrees and forget about it. It adjusts itself and if room warms up stove will shut itself off then in evening when it gets cooler the stove will sense temp change and start up by itself. I bought the hopper extension which means it will hold 145 lbs corn. That amount of corn will last a little longer then 48 hours. I clean it and dump ashes every three days. It takes only 10 minutes to clean it out. Bad part is it cost 2800.00 but the good part it works great and you don't have to babysit it. It starts itself no mixing wood pellets or anything. I guess I looked over all the different corn stoves and decided this was worth the extra money. I never look at it other then the ten minute cleanup every three days and adding corn. Near as I figure it may burn just a little over a bushel a day in the coldest weather. I don't want to look like a salesperson which I am not but would highly recommend this one. I talked to a lot of people last spring and the people who bought the Harman were happy the others said they wished they had spent the extra money and bought a Harman.

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