Wood Burners

diehardbiker said:
$300? Thats all for electric? I have seen $2,000 in just a month and I am not kidding. That owner was in shock after seeing that bill, didn't believe it was accurate, asked me to check out. True business, it is accurate as hell. She got 400 amp main service, split into two 200 amp services, one of them is dedicated to electric furnace, nothing else. The electric furnace has 48KW (48,000 watts) element in it, just an hour it registered 48 kilowatts, thats how fast it goes. She finally sold that house few years ago as I just found out.
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Im talking $300 a month and no one here, I left the furnace on to keep the chill off at like 50 degrees and only coming on the weekend to work on the house, when I got that $300 bill I started shutting it off when I left... now remember there were nothing but lights used here if it was dark, I would charge the batteries for tools at the other place.

AC is cheaper to run, My total bill for the summer months running lights, AC, cooking, tv/internet and all that barely scratched $300
The heating elements in the furnace suck up the electric.
 
I got into the cleanout to take pics of the liners (clay) they start below the flue opening in the basement and go to the roof. None are broke.
 

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well, this one bird flew into the chimney and came into the basement, I caught it and took it outside and it flew back into the basement several times. The last time I caught it, I was going to kill it, took it outside and threw it towards the ground, well it caught flight before it hit and went back into the chimney again, so I went and sealed the hole, caught it and took back outside, and you know where it went.... well, its one of the deceased in the flue.
 
Because of rate increases, we now pay $200/month for full electric. That includes heat/AC, water heater, stove, washer/dryer, everything electric for a 2,100 sq. ft. house.
 
Reba said:
Because of rate increases, we now pay $200/month for full electric. That includes heat/AC, water heater, stove, washer/dryer, everything electric for a 2,100 sq. ft. house.
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Our rate dropped for the winter, this is a 1400sqft house with drafty windows and doors. I am caulking all the old windows to stop the drafts until I get them replaced, most new windows Ive done are on the second floor.This house is also full electric. Will convert stove and heat to gas next year as well as install wood furnace.
 
sonocativo said:
well, this one bird flew into the chimney and came into the basement, I caught it and took it outside and it flew back into the basement several times. The last time I caught it, I was going to kill it, took it outside and threw it towards the ground, well it caught flight before it hit and went back into the chimney again, so I went and sealed the hole, caught it and took back outside, and you know where it went.... well, its one of the deceased in the flue.
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The bird could of had a nest in the basement , the house was vacant for awhile. Some birds do go back to the nest they where born in .
 
sonocativo said:
Our rate dropped for the winter, this is a 1400sqft house with drafty windows and doors. I am caulking all the old windows to stop the drafts until I get them replaced, most new windows Ive done are on the second floor.This house is also full electric. Will convert stove and heat to gas next year as well as install wood furnace.
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We don't have a wood furnace but we have a wood stove which can supplement the heat in the winter. We always have free wood, which helps. My relatives in Vermont have a whole-house wood furnace and it seems to do the trick for them.
 
sonocativo said:
Birds have tiny brains.
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AWW! Poor birdies ! Crows are smart , they use to wait me for to feed them and would sit on the wire at 5:30 AM cawing for me . They would caw when I took my last dog out . My neighbors hated it so I stopped feeding them .
 
Are you at all interested in wood stoves? Even if they're not part of your furnace? If you had one on the lowest level, heat rises and it would heat your house. I'm gonna post a pic of my cats "sunning" outside our wood stove the pic is kind of dark, sorry.
 
A Rank here (4x4x8) is going between $40 self load and $100 loaded
add $50 for delivered and stacked.
 
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