Shocking Wood Consumption of Outdoor Burner During Polar Vortex

Hi Dan!!😀😀 My Hardy boiler only holds maybe half to two thirds of the wood as your stove. But we fire it at about 5PM and then don't check it until 8 or 9AM. We get a good 15 hour burn in this kind of weather. Temperatures have been the same here as up by you. We keep the house at 74 also. But I keep the water in the system at 190 degrees witch seems to work the best for us. I wouldn't trade my stove for any other on the market that I have seen. Its worked great for 23 years now and working on number 24. LOL!! Take care buddy!!😀😀 Logger Al

It's been low to mid teens here, and my pellet stove has been running full blast, and it's keeping up. One 40lb bag is lasting 12 hours

I don't have an ODWB but I can say with certainty every house I have ever been in that uses them are the warmest most comfortable house you will find anywhere. My buddy heats the house, hot water, his shop and his dogs hut all on green wood. Ya they eat the wood to do it but depending on your situation they can be very beneficial.

Dan an excellent Video and information on the Wood Boiler. Same as my Wood Stove Downstairs. I will fill is around 10pm. For the night, next morning around 7am, still going and doing a good job of Heating the Basement, and the House a little. We only use about 350 gallons of Oil per Year with the Stove going from October, till sometime in April. Dependent on what type of Wood you Burn. My Favorite is Locust, next Oak, etc. You are right on the Money with that Boiler, very Efficient my Friend. Will be tuning in on Friday Night Live. Stay Safe, Warm, and enjoy. Ron from the Woodyard in Duanesburg NY.

That's pretty surprising the amount of wood used to keep your house that warm. Well done Sir.

When it gets to the single digits and windy here, we go through a 330 gallon tote cage of various hardwood in 4 days. We heat the house to 72° along with the basement and put a little heat to the garage. When we have a cold, still run of weather, we get 5ish day out of the same sized tote with similar wood. I LOVE our OBW! Warm floors rock!

You have an incredibly efficient outdoor wood boiler, one of the best I've seen! I think the reason for that is that you actually season your wood and use your wood boiler properly! Most people i talk to think they can just toss in ANY wood 😆🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

This was a very informative video, Ive seen a few others who talk about the system but don't really get into the frequency etc. This did that thanks for the info

hey Dan, Congrats on your Packers win moving on to the 9ers

How often do you have to clean out the ashes when you are burning that much wood? I had a Harman 3000 coal boiler and when it got really cold I was doing ashes almost 2X a day. I found keeping the heat at a constant temp made it a lot more efficient and kept the water temp at a nice consistent temp. I used cast iron radiators and it also heated our domestic hot water as well. Stay warm!

Wow Dan, That's COLD........🥶🥶🥶Get some 🪵🪵🪵 on the fire🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍 !

Mornin Dan, the plus is no mess in the house, no danger of fire in the house and very nice heat. The minus, they are hungry and you gotta go outside to feed em. John

I was running the wood stove last weekend as hot as the Packers performance in their playoff game in Dallas! I must give credit where credit is due as much as it pains me. LOL! Stay warm my friend.

Very interesting 👏🏻! You answered a lot of questions about heating in colder locations, the 2 pieces per hour put a lot of perspective on a wood boiler during cold temps. I’m curious what heating cost are for non wood users, here in the south it’s bearable. 👏🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

We're going through that arctic blast in N.E. Ohio also teens during the day and single digits at night. We have a cold blast coming tonight suppose to be in the negative temp tonight.

I’m no expert, don’t think I am being a critic. I worked in a body shop in a very cold climate. They had a outdoor wood stove as well. We didn’t split the wood unless we were starting the fire or after cleaning. I remember loading full round log lengths on the hot coals into the stove. They lasted for a very long time. The shop was quite large and the older section was not insulated to todays standards. We loaded twice a day, first thing in the morning and then again at quitting time, roughly 6:30am to 5:30-6:00 pm. We sometimes ran the big truck/bus shop at around 80-85f. Like I said I’m no expert, you may want to try bigger chunks.

I have the same boiler as you and also heat my hot water. However i do not split my wood unless its to heavy or large to fit in the door. I do not have mine in a shed. I burn lots of dead Elm, oak, poplar, birch, hickory and box elder. Im in Wi. During this vortex i fill boiler with 5 to 6 large blocks. Morning fill is around 8 am and then fill again around 5 pm. Always have a very good bed of coals simular to what you have shown. Over all im happy with the performance of this boiler.

I have the same thing with my 4400. Single digits and wind in michigan. Had to go to three times a day feeding.

Good demonstration on wood usage. I have a 4400 also however I my experience is I use a little more wood. My stove is exposed outside and distance to my house and sef manufactured water transfer piping may account for the difference. I heat an 1800 SF house (74 degrees) and a 800SF (50 degrees) garage.

The cold starts here tonight in foothills of NC . I could not stand 74 degrees I like 68 that’s where my house stays .