Outdoor Wood Burning Furnaces: Your Buying Options

If you are a homeowner, it is likely that you are aware of the cost of heating your home. Unfortunately, this cost is often high. If you are interested in heating your home, but for an affordable price you are encouraged to examine outdoor wood burning furnaces.

As with most other products, outdoor wood burning furnaces are available for purchase in a number of different makes and models. This choice is often a difficult one to make. Many outdoor wood burning furnaces provide enough heat and hot water for a large home or even multiple buildings, but not all will. To determine which outdoor wood burning furnace you should purchase, you are encouraged to examine your wants and needs. What you want to get out of a wood furnace is the best way to find and purchase a furnace that will best fit your needs.

While, you will have a number of different furnace models to choose from, you will also have a number of buying options. A large number of individuals and companies make and sell outdoor wood burning furnaces. In fact, there are so many buying options that many individuals tend to become overwhelmed. When shopping for an outdoor wood furnace, you are encouraged to make a well informed decision. It may only appear as if you are purchasing a wood furnace, but your purchase will have a lasting effect on the value of your home and the cost you pay to heat your home.

When it comes to outdoor wood burning furnaces, there are many individuals who are concerned with the cost. The cost of a wood furnace will all depend on where you are buying the furnace from. That is why it is important to fully research and examine a number of different individuals and companies. The best way for you to do this is to perform a standard internet search, if you aren’t already familiar with a dependable dealer.

You will find that outdoor wood burning furnaces can be purchased on and offline. Offline stores are often referred to as storefront retail locations. Each may provide you with what you are looking with, but many customers prefer shopping online. Online shopping is popular because it tends to offer a larger product selection. Most retail stores are limited on the number of products that they carry, including outdoor wood burning furnaces. This problem does not seem to exist online.

If you are searching for an outdoor wood furnace based on price, you are not alone. Many individuals wish to save money, in the long run, with an outdoor wood furnace. The only problem is that many are unable to afford the upfront costs of purchasing an outdoor furnace. For the best deals on outdoor wood burning furnaces, you are encouraged to compare before you buy. Taking the time to compare prices and find the best deal will often result in you saving money, both in the present and in future.

The amount of money you can save with a wood burning furnace will vary. Outdoor wood burning furnaces will save most homeowners a fairly large amount of money. The money you will save depends on a number of different factors. For a detailed estimate, you are encouraged to speak to a well-known and trusted outdoor wood burning furnace dealer, such as Hawken Energy.

Brad King is a writer for Hawken Energy where you can find a great deal on outdoor wood burning furnaces

Tips For Home Furnace Maintenance

Tips For Maintaining Furnaces

As always most furnace manufactures and heating contractors will recommend having your home furnace checked by a qualified service technician prior to each heating season. A qualified hvac service man will have the experience and proper test interments to check things that you as a home owner may not, there for if you can afford it I agree this should be done.

This article is simply some tips that your average home owner can do to prevent problems though out the heating season. Any time your dealing with a furnace and natural or propane gas extreme caution must be taken. One important thing to remember is not to do anything to your furnace unless you have the power and gas shut off to it. Testing the furnace while it is running should only be done by qualified heating service technician.

First and the most apparent is replacing the air filter. I recommend using a quality pleated type filter. You may have to cross the type of filter you have to find a equivalent replacement. Most type of filters should at least be inspected monthly, some higher quality filters may last much longer depending on the type of atmosphere and the type of filter.

All high efficiency furnaces will have some type of drain trap and drain hose. Blockage in the furnaces drain system is one of the more common reasons for no heat calls. Try to remove and clean the drain trap and blow out all drain lines. House hold bleach can be poured through the drain lines to kill bacteria that will grow into a slime and restrict condensate flow.

Inspect the intake and exhaust pvc furnace pipes out side the house to be sure trees and shrubs have not over grown into them. If possible remove the air intake and exhaust pipe at the furnace and check for leaves or other things that may have gotten into these pipes. This is another very common problem that occurs in many heating systems.

Visually inspect wire connections for being lose or shorted. Inspect factory plug harness connections to be sure they are securely plugged together. You can vacuum out the inside burner and blower compartments to prevent this dirt from getting into your burners and blower motor. Some blower motors require oiling and some do not. Oiling both sides of the blower motor may need to be done by a technician as the blower assembly typically needs to be removed.

As far as cleaning the burners and inspecting the heat exchanger I again recommend having a qualified service technician do this. You will also want to have him clean the flame sensor. Many people mistake the Igniter for the flame sensor and end up breaking it. Your service technician should also check safeties such as limit controls and pressure switches.

There may not seem like a lot you can do your self but being educated on your heating system may save you a service call some day. When you do have a technician at your home be sure and ask as many questions about your system as possible. Knowing how your system is supposed to function may keep you from having to call someone next time there is a problem.

Information by Terry Manlick at HVAC Maintenance & Supplies www.mainsupplies.com

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Building A Hobby Crucible Furnace

Efficient melting of metal in the hobby foundry requires a simple, but well designed, easy to operate melting furnace. A well-designed furnace does not necessarily mean it will be expensive to build, or that it is complicated to construct and operate.

If you're just beginning your metal casting journey, there will be a multitude of questions that will need to be answered; and if you follow some simple methods, your learning curve will be dramatically reduced.

A well-built furnace will take you another step along the path to being able to maintain an important piece of equipment for your hobby foundry set up. Without an efficient furnace your hobby metal casting experience could well be one of total frustration & disappointment.

It is possible to build a furnace from scrap materials found around the workshop. This is not to say that it will look trashy, or poorly made, the point being made here is that you do not need to build everything from new materials. The only material you will need to buy is the special high temperature resistant refractory to line the furnace walls with, plus a few brass connectors from the local plumber for the gas feed line and some brass rod to custom-make your own special gas jet for the burner. The rest you can quite easily make yourself if you have metal working skills.

One of the biggest problems the hobby foundry worker has to overcome, is to acquire the knowledge to build a high-energy output burner, the subject of burners can raise many arguments amongst hobby foundry workers, and there is a straightforward solution to building an efficient burner, by following simple instructions any practical person can fabricate an efficient burner that will quickly melt metals such as aluminium and bronze without effort. The process to build a high output furnace burner is really quite simple, but there are a few small parts that need to be machined on a lathe.

If you don't have the luxury of a lathe in your workshop, perhaps a friend can help you out. Although, many hobby metal workers do own a metal lathe these days, it is almost a must have for the average home engineer in this ever-increasing DIY age. You will also need a MIG or ARC welder (Max 180 Amp) to fabricate the furnace.

Be very careful with your gas pipe & joint connections, although there are no great line pressures involved with the gas feed to the burner, but any small leak could lead to the possibility of a dangerous explosion.

Propane gas expands between sixty and one hundred times once exposed to air. So be aware, gas is the most efficient fuel you can use to fire a crucible furnace, but it can also be an extremely dangerous material. You need to follow any building instructions carefully and not be tempted to take any shortcuts as they may lead to personal injury.

If you are a resourceful, practical person, you could build your own crucible furnace for less than $70.00US, this is a mere fraction of the cost of a commercial unit, and should be equally as efficient, and provide many years of reliable melting service.

Like many things in life, you can learn from established proven methods, or you can spend many months floundering around by yourself, not knowing what to do. To dramatically reduce your journey to metal casting success; learn from fourteen years of metal casting success, visit our web site now. http://www.myhomefoundry.com