The thing to keep in mind is, there is a big difference between the enthusiast market who buy, build, and maintain their own equipment, and JQP, who needs an automated coffemaker to make his coffee for him.
There is a market in the millions of units, oil burners with no gas available and HW baseboard loads. The bulk of the market will not have the footprint or budget for big storage. That is representative of who will come to the board for their inquiry.
If you were going to buy, build, or install in this market in the millions of units, would it be a WG design, because of the no storage and accept the on/off cycling and puffing as a compromise. Not for you, for your customer, would you sell and install it, in a market that is in the millions. The first time you burned the customer's eyebrows off, you would be out of business and on the street. The customer and his lawyer would be living in your house, eating out of your fridge.
It is a market waiting for the right product imo. The pellet boilers are getting there but need imo, turndown, condensing rated, and direct vent, no chimney.
If the right product is not there for the average JQP, waiting and demanding the right product is a viable option for the majority of the market. It's getting cold and wrapping in blankets is not JQP's idea of a solution. So they will come to the board and ask what does work.
Good point dan. And I see and understand what you are saying. But, pertaining to what you say about the millions of units. Home heating is a big market.
Similar to the automobile or fast food market. GM, Ford, Chrysler, McDonald's, Burger King, etc. etc. etc. have all been sued by JQP. Some for burning their customers with coffee that is "too" hot. Some for selling automobiles that were not safe enough. Those people that sued are not living in the family home of the family who own McDonalds. Or of GM, Ford, etc. And these businesses are not out on the street.
The Wood Gun is a wood burner, not an oil or gas unit. You can not compare them and expect the same safety rules to apply. To a certain extent, the manufacturer has some responsibility of course. And I believe AHS, just like the rest of the manufacturers of these Gassification boilers understand that. In today's world, not having a business plan that includes the proper safety features in your product will not bring you success.
That being said, I would not allow my young child to operate my Wood Gun, just like I would not allow them to run my tractor/loader/backhoe. Not until I had spent sufficient amount of time teaching them how to run it and they were then old enough to respect and understand the dangers of said product. There won't be a child buying a Wood Gun or a Tractor/Loader/Backhoe. As an adult buying a Wood Gun, you have a certain amount of responsibility to read, talk to people, and become familiar with the product before you run it. Reading the operator's manual is always a good plan.
I wish more of the people in the world were prepared to accept their own responsibility as an adult instead of a lawsuit and blaming everyone else for their mistake and lack of responsibility.
The Wood Gun is not a complicated machine. It takes some getting use to, similar to oh let's say your riding lawn mower. Probably not the best comparison, but comparing it to a coffee maker really isn't a fair comparison either.
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It is a little more complicated than the lawn mower. But, they sell wood stoves and everyone of them can be dangerous or safe. They sell snowmobiles and everyone of them can be dangerous or safe. They sell boats and ......... you get my drift.
So that difference you were talking about in your first statement, "there is a big difference between the enthusiast market who buy, build, and maintain their own equipment, and JQP, who needs an automated coffemaker to make his coffee for him." is really kind of, well, really big!
Most people in our society today do not buy Wood Stoves. Most do not buy Wood Boilers. Most of the ones that do venture into the wood burning for heat have had this passed down through generations of their family. Some do take it up for the first time in their family. Yes. But all have a responsibility of their own to learn how to do it safely.