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Post by olhillbilly on Apr 23, 2005 18:06:54 GMT -6
You ever try one of em wood-fired water heaters?
or one made outta an old water heater, painted black behind glass? Just wondering.
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Post by 12vman on Apr 23, 2005 20:39:50 GMT -6
Not yet but I sure would like to figger out another way to heat water. In the summer, I don't heat it. Room temp is good enough..
I'm trying to avoid using wood. I don't wanna use up all of my woods..
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Post by olhillbilly on Apr 23, 2005 20:50:09 GMT -6
With them wood-fired ones, and I dont see why one couldnt make their own outta an old gas heater. The manufacturers (for the ready made ones) claim they will heat onna minimum amout of wood. So it you got woods, then you prolly got old dead wood, ie, branches an wood scraps from projects etc.
I sent off once an got a brochure just to see and they send ya perty good detailed diagrams.
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Post by 12vman on Apr 25, 2005 4:17:32 GMT -6
I've been lookin' at those corn burners. I have lots of farmers around here that grow corn and I figger iffin' I invest in the crop, I might get some cheaper than I could get it at the feed store. They make 'um to heat water too.. cornstoves.com.bizhosting.com/ |
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Post by olhillbilly on Apr 25, 2005 13:36:19 GMT -6
Yeah, if ya take yer buckets an go to where they load they're trucks, you can prolly fill several. I tryin to remember whereI seen it. This guy an his son had came up with a corn stove that supplied its own pawer for the feeder.  Prolly was at the other end of the net, and I'm over here  If I find it, I'll send it to ya. |
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Post by olhillbilly on Apr 25, 2005 21:09:50 GMT -6
Hey, hows bout runnin a glycol based solution thru a radiator of sorts (inna collector) and down to yer water storage. Keep it all enclosed so ya dont contamiate yer water an either coil it around the inside or outside of a barrel.
I have a friend that rescued a couple big radiator thingys from his work, and we built a collector to house them. an he heated his swimming pool water with it. Just ran the poolwater thru it. But didnt use it in the winter, so no probs of freezing.
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Post by GRANDMA COW on Jun 1, 2005 22:01:53 GMT -6
I've been lookin' at those corn burners. I have lots of farmers around here that grow corn and I figger iffin' I invest in the crop, I might get some cheaper than I could get it at the feed store. They make 'um to heat water too.. I have been wanting to get a corn burning stove and be done with the wood stove but that has almost caused a divorce the last few times it has been brought up. Now I have to really wait until car is payed off  |
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Post by woodsrunner on Jun 2, 2005 0:26:41 GMT -6
Back in 1979 I spent a summer in mexico doing missionary work. Those "wood" fired water heaters are all over the place down there. (actually that's where they are made) They seldom burned wood though. There was no trash pickup and stuff like meat still came wrapped in paper. All the combustable trash was run through the water heater. When they needed a fire to hold a while they burned corn cobs in them.
Took less than ten minutes to have 15 gallons of water that would scald you if you weren't careful. In five minutes you could be in a warm shower. You didn't take long showers though, and baths were a better idea.
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