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Speaking of corn stoves, any recommendations?

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DAN9-Midwest

12-23-2007 04:51:42




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The previous threads regarding corn stoves is interesting and something I had been thinking about. We have burned wood for decades as a supplement. I even mixed in some some sweet corn--dry on the cob--and it worked great. I read that here I think.

I have been looking at corn stoves but have no idea where to start or what folks own that works for them. We would not use it as a primary source and have 2500 ft of new house.

Any ideas or personal advice would be helpful.
Thanks.

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MT in Walford

12-23-2007 12:09:57




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 Re: Speaking of corn stoves, any recommendations? in reply to DAN9-Midwest, 12-23-2007 04:51:42  
The problem with many corn stoves is that they need electricity to run. No electricity, no heat. There is a few that run with out electricity.
Just my 2 cents worth
Mike



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Jason Sutherland

12-23-2007 06:14:00




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 Re: Speaking of corn stoves, any recommendations? in reply to DAN9-Midwest, 12-23-2007 04:51:42  
I have a LMF America's Heat and LOVE IT. I have a 2000 sq ft home and we went through 280 bu last winter in northern ohio. Now this is a full bore forced air furnace, not a stove. It has a 14 bu poly bin right beside it that augers corn into the fire pot from the bottom and that will last 7-10 days without filling. I use 15% or dryer corn right out of the bin. I built a screen (1/2 inch square steel cloth from TSC) that I put over the poly bin when I fill to keep back any large pieces of stalk and cobs. That has been my only problem. Before I built the screen, large pieces of stalk plug the auger and cause it to unscrew itself from the pipe and I had 10 bu of corn on my basement floor. Since the screen no problems what so ever.
I added a link for their web site and even at $4 corn, you are further ahead than fuel oil or propane.

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Midwest redneck

12-23-2007 05:45:09




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 Re: Speaking of corn stoves, any recommendations? in reply to DAN9-Midwest, 12-23-2007 04:51:42  
Get a stove that burns both corn and pellets. American Harvest burns both. Lopi makes a nice unit. Be sure that you have a source for the corn. Pellets are sold by TSC, and do it best centers.



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IaGary

12-23-2007 05:22:55




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 Re: Speaking of corn stoves, any recommendations? in reply to DAN9-Midwest, 12-23-2007 04:51:42  
I would personally save my money and put in a geothermal furnace when I wanted to replace my existing furnace.

Geothermal cost about as much to put in as a corn stove plus a new furnace.

But will save about twice what a corn furnace will save in utility bills.

Just my recommendation.

Gary



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Bob Farrell

12-23-2007 06:19:02




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 Re: Speaking of corn stoves, any recommendations? in reply to IaGary, 12-23-2007 05:22:55  
Gary - Do you have, or a source for, a detailed layout plan for a geo-thermal system? I am thinking of installing one but, don't have detailed plans. Can you or someone else help? Thanks. bob farrell



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Little Ed

12-23-2007 07:04:33




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 Re: Speaking of corn stoves, any recommendations? in reply to Bob Farrell, 12-23-2007 06:19:02  
Bob: I am not sure what you mean by a layout plan. We just went out twenty five foot from the basement wall to the first good place to drill and drilled three 150 foot deep wells. The company that put ours in only does wells. claims it is better for him because he doesn't have to spend much time on site selection, and is better for the customer because it is all located in one small location. The biggest drawback we have found to saving a bunch of money is that our electric supplier does not offer seperate metering and a lower rate to geothermal installations like some of the surrounding cooperatives. We are paying roughly the same electric bill that we were in the old house,but now our heat is entirely geo, where in the old house we had wood and propane for heat and electric for lights and shop. So we are deffinately saving time and money. We owned our own propane tank, and did not want to give up a backup source of heat for power outages. so we still cook with gas and have propane heaters in the basement. Hope this helps

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massey333

12-23-2007 06:30:18




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 Re: Speaking of corn stoves, any recommendations? in reply to Bob Farrell, 12-23-2007 06:19:02  
Just one link is water furnace.com,that is their website,maybe it will help give you some idea.If you buy one(any brand)JUST MAKE SURE they can service it.We had to take ours back out because of NO service people smart enough to work on them.



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Animal

12-23-2007 07:28:01




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 Re: Speaking of corn stoves, any recommendations? in reply to massey333, 12-23-2007 06:30:18  
I have a friend that has spent tons of money on his unit, just because no one in the area knows what they are doing.



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