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    Wood stove hack-secondary burn tubes added

    Here's a link to more info on the project and more I did to the stove later: Improving Efficiency of Older Wood Burner -- Adding Catalytic Combustor
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    EPA targets families that generate heat off the grid using traditional wood-burning s

    Ok, I realize you can find all you want to support your argument on such "trustworthy" websites like junkscience. I'm gonna defer to the US fish and wildlife's info on DDT and it's related compounds here as they've been studying it's effects since 1945 combining tests in the field with lab...
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    EPA targets families that generate heat off the grid using traditional wood-burning s

    Ever hear of DDT?? The EPA banned its use in 1972. It's use was responsible for the birds having soft shells on their eggs. They couldn't reproduce. The EPA and it's endangered species list, and it's ban of DDT has everything to do with the return of the bald eagle (and the peregrine falcon)...
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    EPA targets families that generate heat off the grid using traditional wood-burning s

    The EPA wouldn't be interested in wood burning if there weren't air quality problems in some areas because of it. Just as people have rights to heat their homes as they want, other people have the right to breathe clean air. Cleaning up newer wood stoves and furnaces is a good thing. They are...
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    Wood stove hack part 2- catalytic combustor

    Some of you may remember this post I put up a couple of years ago where I added secondary burn tubes to my older pre-EPA stove. http://www.arboristsite.com/firewood-heating-wood-burning-equipment/86675.htm This winter, I took it a step further and added a catalyst to squeeze a little more...
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    Solar Panels added to OWB

    You'll find all the answers to you're questions (and more) here: http://www.builditsolar.com/
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    FELLING WEDGE size

    I mostly use the 6-8 inch plastic ones from Bailey's when felling. Mine are getting kind of getting stubby lately. The way I'm reading your post, these trees were down and leaning on something else. If so, I'd make most of my bucking cuts part way from the top while the tree was up and easy...
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    600 gallons or 6 cords what pollutes more

    A cord of ash has 21.6 MBtu available in it so 6 cords =129,600,000 BTU in it. If you're burning it in a 60% efficient stove that makes 77,760,000 Btu of heat. There's 140,000 BTU in a gal of fuel oil, so 600 gal = 84,000,000 BTU. If the oil furnace is 79% efficient, that's 66,360,000 BTU...
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    Question about Cat-Stoves

    Yes, on the secondary thing. See my post a couple of years back: http://www.arboristsite.com/firewood-heating-wood-burning-equipment/86675.htm As far as the cat add on, there were several companies that made them back in the 80's. Most fit in the stove on the top where the stove pipe...
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    Would you replace partial gasket?

    Adjust door tighter?? The test I use for stove leaks is to build a hot fire, then close off the air inlets. Go around all the door gaskets, etc. with a butane grill lighter slowly. Any leaks will be obvious when the flame gets sucked in.
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    OIL---you better be sitting down when you read this ! ! At 100$ a barrel you should.

    Here's the real facts as I read them from your link: USGS Frequently Asked Questions - How much oil and gas are actually in the Bakken Formation? "The USGS estimates that there may be 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil in the Bakken Formation (with a...
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    long distance wood?

    Not sure if you're aware of this, but in NYS there's now a maximum firewood transport distance of 50 miles from it's source (unless you are kiln drying it) and you have to have documentation with you that shows where it was cut: Firewood and Invasive Insects - NYS Dept. of Environmental...
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    Wood stove hack-secondary burn tubes added

    You may be right, though the black pipe has been in for 3 seasons, so far with no sign of deterioration or warping. I originally thought I'd be using the gate valves to meter the secondary air, but just leave them open all the way. They are nice to have as a way to be able to shut off the air...
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    wood heat for a cattle tank?

    Not wood, but there are some good solar and insulated ideas here: Solar Water Heating Projects and Plans The trick is to make it tough enough for cattle.
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    Wood stove hack-secondary burn tubes added

    Big drill bit on a half inch drill. I had a step drill that I used, but I remember having to round up a larger drill to finish it off to size. Luckily I found the right size at work and borrowed it for the job.
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    fan limit switch

    Here's a good selection. Take your pick: HVACR - Grainger Industrial Supply
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    Tree length or 24"

    I cut my wood in Dec-Jan (just finished this years cutting today) and cut it to lengths where I drop the trees. When I get a chance in the spring or summer, I haul the cut rounds to the nearest trail with a DR power wagon, then go through the trails with my tractor/splitter and split it all. I...
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    New to me wood stove rebuild

    Yea, get the spray on stuff. Besides, if you roll on a thick coat, it'll insulate the stove and it won't get as hot. :hmm3grin2orange:
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    New to me wood stove rebuild

    Dude, that stove's got bad karma. Seriously, though, when I paint mine I use rustoleum hi temp wood stove bbq paint.
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    P.p.e. Or not for fire wood

    I don't run my saws without chaps and helmet/faceshield/muffs on. A couple of years ago I was working on a trail. I had just put my saw down and was pulling a cut overhead branch out of the way. I have no idea where it came from, but about an 8' long 2-3" diameter dead branch came down from...
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