I get the physics behind it. With "shoulder" wood.. You would be pissed if you paid for X cords and got all hemlock. Less BTU's per volume.
Same idea with burning it. Firebox is only X big... you can't fit as many BTUs in one loading as you can if it were something more dense.
BUT.. if those of us that have boilers with storage burn it. What's the downside? Just more loading is all I can figure. We aren't attempting to get a longer burn time because of storage.
The only goal is to keep the flue temps down, but not make creosote, and make as much of the wood as you can go INTO the tanks, Right?
Wondering if I'm missing anything. I'm ready for winter. Other than a DHW aquastat on my indirect that seems to be sticking. Hot water temp in the house is wandering. I've tried to blow it out with the compressor, and lubed a bit with WD40. No luck so far.
JP
Same idea with burning it. Firebox is only X big... you can't fit as many BTUs in one loading as you can if it were something more dense.
BUT.. if those of us that have boilers with storage burn it. What's the downside? Just more loading is all I can figure. We aren't attempting to get a longer burn time because of storage.
The only goal is to keep the flue temps down, but not make creosote, and make as much of the wood as you can go INTO the tanks, Right?
Wondering if I'm missing anything. I'm ready for winter. Other than a DHW aquastat on my indirect that seems to be sticking. Hot water temp in the house is wandering. I've tried to blow it out with the compressor, and lubed a bit with WD40. No luck so far.
JP