Comments on: How I heat my house for cheap in canada part 2

By: groutaone

groutaone — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:05:15 +0000

@skipshooter1 If its ever time to upgrade I will look into something like that, thanks

By: dinnerandashow

dinnerandashow — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:33:49 +0000

Engines based on solid fuel have proved to be highly unreliable.
I imagine a boiler based on sunflower husks requires a lot of work.

By: groutaone

groutaone — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:33:06 +0000

@dinnerandashow I wouldnt say a lot of work, clean out ash every two or three weeks and some maint here and there

By: SakariNy

SakariNy — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:02:06 +0000

This looks like interesting machine. Video doesn’t show the insides of the burner, but I feel like there might be risk of having developing fire on the auger, and on the bin. And that’s due the auger feeds directly into fire, instead of material being moved with auger and dropped via gutter.

By: groutaone

groutaone — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:31:01 +0000

@SakariNy Yes thats a very good point you bring up and always a bit of a concern, the fire with this fuel source dies out quickly when the forced air shuts down with the auger, in all the years I’ve done this I have never had a problem, on real windy days I will sometimes put my hand on the auger where it enters the building to do a quick temp check, always seems to be cool there, so far so good

By: Barnekkid

Barnekkid — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:28:11 +0000

Very interesting setup.

By: SakariNy

SakariNy — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:21:52 +0000

@groutaone Oh, I didn’t think about the fact that your fuel doesn’t burn really well. Knowing that, straight auger looks better to me. But yeah, this system looks pretty interesting, great idea to burn something that otherwise would be vaste.

By: windspoint

windspoint — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:50:26 +0000

Great vid, excellent idea! Have you seen the vid where the guy has a generator and a motor hooked up to run for fee plus surplus electricity! That could be a way of powering your water pump and orga and fan for free! Cheers

By: buckshot752

buckshot752 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:48:04 +0000

Great video sir. However, this setup don’t look very cheap to me. depends on your perspective I guess.

By: ursmarts

ursmarts — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:24:11 +0000

You are a good speaker, well rounded video, you Northerners impress me. Didn’t see a fire extinguisher anywere, but I’m sure you have one hanging on the wall. Sunflower husks are great idea, to a product that would normally be thrown away or used as fertilizer. Do you have problems with them freezing in clumps in the hopper?