Econoburn are marketing a Gassifying OWB, very different.
If I was them I would not use the term OWB at all. Nasty connotation.
If I was them I would not use the term OWB at all. Nasty connotation.
WRboiler said:I can't help it, the term OWB conjures awfull images of smoke monsters and ugly black stains. Maybe Remote Gasification Boiler... RGB. Won't be that important in the end as you say. Very glad to see Econoburn building a fine replacement for some of these monsters.
sdrobertson said:One thing I would strongly recommend is to send all sold boilers with a moisture meter. It shouldn't be that hard to find a supplier and most of the problems new (and old like me) have is with their wood supply. A few users that try and burn their boilers with wet wood can give a boiler a bad rep in a hurry even though its not the fault of the boiler. I wish there was a way to include a cord of wood for the set-up period but shipping would kill you so a meter would be the next best thing. Without the buyer knowing exactly what their trying to burn, its almost impossible to get the boiler running correctly. Joe Blow wood delivery guy states that his wood has been cut and split for 17 years and it'll burn good in any boiler.....a meter tells the operator exactly where they are. The buyer that is replacing his rotted out OWB is going to place this boiler in the same location and he will be using the same unsplit, freshly cut wood and expect it to gasify and produce more heat without smoke as his old unit. When he calls upset that its not working, a question on his wood quality can be answered with the included meter and I think this would help allot. Buyers like me are cheap and they have been burning wood long enough that we know what dry wood is, but I was totally wrong, and a borrowed moisture meter proved it to me.
flyingcow said:sdrobertson said:One thing I would strongly recommend is to send all sold boilers with a moisture meter. It shouldn't be that hard to find a supplier and most of the problems new (and old like me) have is with their wood supply. A few users that try and burn their boilers with wet wood can give a boiler a bad rep in a hurry even though its not the fault of the boiler. I wish there was a way to include a cord of wood for the set-up period but shipping would kill you so a meter would be the next best thing. Without the buyer knowing exactly what their trying to burn, its almost impossible to get the boiler running correctly. Joe Blow wood delivery guy states that his wood has been cut and split for 17 years and it'll burn good in any boiler.....a meter tells the operator exactly where they are. The buyer that is replacing his rotted out OWB is going to place this boiler in the same location and he will be using the same unsplit, freshly cut wood and expect it to gasify and produce more heat without smoke as his old unit. When he calls upset that its not working, a question on his wood quality can be answered with the included meter and I think this would help allot. Buyers like me are cheap and they have been burning wood long enough that we know what dry wood is, but I was totally wrong, and a borrowed moisture meter proved it to me.
Ditto on that![]()
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