http://confessionsofamom.com/earn-free-fuel-for-a-year-plus-a-special-tax-credit/ A Website for Moms Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:25:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://confessionsofamom.com/earn-free-fuel-for-a-year-plus-a-special-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1400 Michael Sun, 02 May 2010 03:38:18 +0000 http://confessionsofamom.com/?p=2451#comment-1400 I've had a corn stove in my basement for 4 years now. We do not have it hooked up to the duct work, just let it keep the basement warm. When the basement is over 75 degrees you know we are getting some warm in the rest of the house. I ran my exhaust vent into an old chimney. I could have been just run out of the wall, but the chimney was there and in good shape. Some corn stoves do vent quite a bit of "fly ash" which can make a mess outside. Mine used to, but an update cut the ash a lot. I run a bit under a bushel of corn a day through my stove. Since I can just go out to the bin and get more this is great. It MUST be dry corn. Over 18% moisture corn is a pain. If you do not screen the corn expect to find junk stopping the auger. I've found rocks and bolts in mine. It's my fault, I combine the corn, things happen. Excess fines in the corn can cause some problems in the fire box. I run about a pint of wood pellets and a tea spoon of oyster shells per 5 gallon bucket of corn to keep the auger clean. The wood pellets seem to help keep things moving. It's easier to light the stove with wood pellets than corn. I wrap a handful of wood pellets in a piece of newspaper to light mine. It usually takes three of these starter bundles to get mine started. Good luck. I’ve had a corn stove in my basement for 4 years now. We do not have it hooked up to the duct work, just let it keep the basement warm. When the basement is over 75 degrees you know we are getting some warm in the rest of the house.
I ran my exhaust vent into an old chimney. I could have been just run out of the wall, but the chimney was there and in good shape. Some corn stoves do vent quite a bit of “fly ash” which can make a mess outside. Mine used to, but an update cut the ash a lot.
I run a bit under a bushel of corn a day through my stove. Since I can just go out to the bin and get more this is great.
It MUST be dry corn. Over 18% moisture corn is a pain.
If you do not screen the corn expect to find junk stopping the auger. I’ve found rocks and bolts in mine. It’s my fault, I combine the corn, things happen.
Excess fines in the corn can cause some problems in the fire box. I run about a pint of wood pellets and a tea spoon of oyster shells per 5 gallon bucket of corn to keep the auger clean. The wood pellets seem to help keep things moving.
It’s easier to light the stove with wood pellets than corn. I wrap a handful of wood pellets in a piece of newspaper to light mine. It usually takes three of these starter bundles to get mine started.
Good luck.

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