rona wrote:
trailridinglady wrote:
If you want to heat water with your stove maybe you should check out what this guy did. I saw him at Farm Fest 2010 in Minnesota and got a card from him. It seemed like alot of people were really interested. lol
crosslinkconversions.com
I purchased this product and it works very well. During the winter I eliminate my electric cost for domestic hot water plus get double the heat out of the stove via the hot water. It is much better then the simple coils you see advertised.
I have been wondering about this myself. Tell me, how much more pellet tonage did you use getting this heat as opposed to before you installed it? Myself I turn down the stove to 50F for the living room at nite now and just use a small electric. The effect of that is to make my pellet usage go from 5 to 6 tons down to about 3.
. I used 240 bushels of corn ever year since, I got my 45 four years ago (I have the farmer fill my 80 bushel grain ben three times every year) the only difference this year is (I got another pony to feed along with the others), how much of it I feed to my horses ,the corn allows them to make more heat also, the horses share a bucket or less most days and the stove gets two to three. It has helped heat most of my house this year and all my hot water so far this winter. And if it does not get warmer soon, I will have to pay out for some more. O well I still have almost a whole tank of propane, ( We did not use much ) and It looks like we will not have to fill it again for a few years .
PS: Wish the horses ate pellets because corn was higher this year. I really can't complain, It paid for the new pony for the grand babies .I only had to pay 4.50 a bu not 6 like at the feed mill. And I have a warmer home to come into after pitching the stalls, And it's nice to take longer showers and not think of another bill. I hope this helps you some what. We like it some may not but at the very least ,we all feel better here being a little more GREEN.
