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we have a hotdawg at work. It's old as hell in a rough environment an it still cranks. Any thoughts into implementing geothermal of sorts?What size unit do you have? I am in need of a greenhouse heater myself. Farmtek recommends the modine effinity units. They are 93% efficiency units compared to the hotdawg @ 80%. Farmtek says the hotdawgs will rust out much faster. Anyone elses thoughts? they want something like 2300 for a 110k btu effinity, nearly double the hotdawg
we have a hotdawg at work. It's old as hell in a rough environment an it still cranks. Any thoughts into implementing geothermal of sorts?
Anyone consider wood heat? I'm going with a small shed for a plenum and will be using a Blaze King catalytic stove to heat my dome GH. (with 4 acres of trees and brush...just can't see paying the corps for fuel) Gonna order both on Monday....
I already own 2 of these stoves. One is used as the sole source of heat for the house....one is in the shop/garage. I've never burned such a clean burning stove....nor have I ever burned a stove that would hold a fire as long as this one. Unlike many other stoves...you can regulate the temperature (and burn time) very easily on this stove.
Yeah...it'd take A LOT of compost to heat a structure here in CO. (build your GH in Greeley on one of those mega=stinky feed lots and it might work..LOL)
good luck all....
It >is< a bit of work to cut wood/etc.....but as I watch the whole N Dak pipeline thing unfold I am willing to do such work to keep from >fueling< the Oil/Gas industries nasty, dirty, disrespectful ways. I ripped the propane heater out of this house the first day I owned it...and the electric baseboards followed suit the next day. We are totally wood reliant here as far as heat goes.
But I do understand wanting the flexibility to leave/go on vaca....etc....which is something I rarely do because I bought a property I never wanna leave and have no real reason to go anywhere else as a result. :smoking:
best of luck finding the solution that fits your needs
Got ya. Thing is...this particular stove will burn for 24 hours or more on a load of wood. I can get 15 hours out of it by just walking the grounds and picking up small sticks...2" or so in diameter. Basically...stuff you wouldn't burn in any other stove because it wouldn't give you more than a few hours of heat. My last stove was like you described....wake up at 5AM to a cold house/etc...then you'd fire it up and 20 minutes later you were opening a window! 4-5 hours aftert that you were rebuilding the fire....
Last year I used one match to start the fire in December and burned continuously all year....loading the stove once a day....
I like the idea of propane until that truck pulls up.... LOL. Good luck!
For the security standpoint or cost?
May take a second look, how hard is it to set to achieve a reasonable burn time 18hrs+Got ya. Thing is...this particular stove will burn for 24 hours or more on a load of wood. I can get 15 hours out of it by just walking the grounds and picking up small sticks...2" or so in diameter. Basically...stuff you wouldn't burn in any other stove because it wouldn't give you more than a few hours of heat. My last stove was like you described....wake up at 5AM to a cold house/etc...then you'd fire it up and 20 minutes later you were opening a window! 4-5 hours aftert that you were rebuilding the fire....
Last year I used one match to start the fire in December and burned continuously all year....loading the stove once a day....
I like the idea of propane until that truck pulls up.... LOL. Good luck!
How much propane do these heaters go through? I assumed a decent amount but I don't know. Will my 25 gallon tank last a couple weeks or a couple days? I was thinking I need about a 80k btu at least. The greenhouse 24x24
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