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zzyzzx
2012 Sep 21, 2:12am
Forget wood stoves, just wait for global warming to raise temps so you don't need them! Then install a wood burning air conditioning unit! Hmm, how would that even work? Maybe if you set it up outside the home, added a boiler for making steam, a turbine for converting steam to electricity, and ran wires from there to a conventional AC unit, that would qualify as a wood burning AC system, right?
A natural gas or propane powered powered A/C unit would be more feasible, as would a window unit powered by solar cells or a wind turbine.
freak80
2012 Sep 21, 2:18am
A natural gas or propane powered powered A/C unit would be more feasible, as would a window unit powered by solar cells or a wind turbine.
I just plug mine into the wall outlet. Economies of scale. : )
I was thinking burning wood was using a renewable energy source and good for everybody. The things you learn about the Bay Area that go against its so-called "green" stance.
Being in New Hampshire I know all about catalytic converters for wood stoves. they are fine if:
1) you are OK with staying awake nights to watch for chimney fires
2) you like to spend $500/year on a new converter when you get your stove and chimney swept
3) you like back-puffing (in effect an explosive sudden burning of smoke that has built-up in the firebox... think of how a piston works... suddenly all those gasses fire up at once... generally all that happens is there is a loud boom, the wood stove shakes, smokes gets pushed out of every crack in the thing... usually back puffing once it starts, only occurs rhythmically every 20-30 seconds)
4) you enjoy looking through all your fire starter materials for the odd piece of trash, such as a gum wrapping, that might destroy the converter
5) you like knowing that the converter is making no environmental difference whatsoever, but at least you are keeping a black Soweto miner a slave in a platinum mine
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Jack Waldbewohner
Yesterday Peninsula Heating and Air Conditioning came out and did the engineering work for installing a wood-burning stove in our living room. It is feasible. I liked the idea because it would give us a safe fireplace in a small space. There is an extra dividend to this installation. If power fails the stove will keep you warm and allow you to cook.