How I heat my house for cheap in canada part 2

unusual heating using a waste product, a technical look at how it works, heres part three to this video www.youtube.com
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25 Responses to How I heat my house for cheap in canada part 2

  1. xerxies1941 says:

    @groutaone well impressive but…how much does it cost for the seeds/fuel..the price to get it to your house…the cost to load it into the hopper/silo…the cost of electricity to run the motors and the fans..inside and in your garage…so in total how much a month does this setup cost to run???

  2. groutaone says:

    @nils001 Thats correct

  3. nils001 says:

    so basically.. a huge pellet-stove?
    

  4. groutaone says:

    @BongoOldChap The transport cost is low as it only needs to move about 30 minutes to me

  5. BongoOldChap says:

    hows the running cost of it working out for you at the moment, is it like most things in life keyed into the fuel cost of actually transporting it to you? ive been looking at a system very similar but which would burn on woodchip as the fuel

  6. groutaone says:

    @hazmat440 Thats about as safe as you can get your natural gas heat to be, good idea

  7. groutaone says:

    @elmhoe69  The auger never freezes up

  8. hazmat440 says:

    nice set up i just did the same thing to my 1000sq ft house and used a outdoor natural gas water heater 40gal to do the job. i think it is one of the safest ways to heat with no carbon monoxide coming in your house. I have had a carbon monoxide scare for those who read this IT IS NO JOKE and I hope that people pick up on this idea sooner than later radiators the best best of luck and nice heater set up!

  9. elmhoe69 says:

    Does the augar under the bin ever freeze up

  10. groutaone says:

    @TheJimmax Thanks bud

  11. TheJimmax says:

    Cool beans dude. Or hot if you like. Very impressed.

  12. groutaone says:

    @egn83b I have these heating pipes about two feet underground in a styrefoam box, never freeze up but if I have them too deep then they sit in ground water and lose too much heat

  13. egn83b says:

    My question after living up north for two years how do you keep the pipes in the ground from freezing up? Do you insulate or just go deeper dig?

  14. irhererOfLoL says:

    @buckshot752 in the long run, it pays for its self. short term = expensive. long term = cheaper than electric boilers etc.

  15. groutaone says:

    @ursmarts Well thank you, Yes I do have an extinguisher in the building. I had one load that was on the wet side and that one I had trouble with it freezing and sticking in the bin, otherwise its fairly good that way, sometimes if its getting low I go out and give the bin a wack with a big rubber hammer to shake it off the walls

  16. ursmarts says:

    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?

  17. buckshot752 says:

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

  18. windspoint says:

    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

  19. SakariNy says:

    @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.

  20. Barnekkid says:

    Very interesting setup. 

  21. groutaone says:

    @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

  22. SakariNy says:

    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.

  23. groutaone says:

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

  24. dinnerandashow says:

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

  25. groutaone says:

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