Q: How hard/easy is it for lighting and more important how often do you need to light?

A: Our stoves light by using some kindling.  I like using scrap from my miter saw. If you don't run out of corn, the fire will run all season.  If you do run out of of corn, usually the stove will simply re-ignite it's self when fresh fuel is applied - assuming it wasn't without corn for longer than 18 hours.

 

Q: I need to know how corn heat compares to other types of heat by BTU Output, do you have any information on that?

A: We have a few resources to help you compare costs. Here's one, you'll need to know what the current cost of your fuel is - the calculator prices were current March 2008.

Fuel Comparison Calculator

 

Q: Do your timers "pace" the auger system for amount of burn?

A: The timers are only for keeping the fire going.

The stove has three modes:
1. make up mode - it makes up any heat loss that you might have from heat exchangers and pipe and so on.
2. demand mode - it is hooked up to your thermostat in the house it comes on when you call for heat.
3. high mode - it comes on when you need more heat than the demand mode can give (this works good when more than one building calls for heat)

Note: The timers come on only if none of these modes are on.

 

Q: Is there a thermostat on the boiler?

A: We have three thermostats on the stove.

1. Controls the water temperature (how hot you want the water) and the fail safe (if the stove goes below the setting it shuts the stove down and flips your house heater on).
2. High stage is set to a certain temperature and when it goes below that it kicks on the third stage.
3. Outside temperature it is set above freezing and when it is nice out it shuts the pump off (when the stove comes on it will turn on the pump).

The auger has the three settings on it to it is adjusted per mode that you are in.
The stove is controlled by relays. The only pc board is for collecting data not for any control (better for voltage spikes)

 

Q: Does it connect to MacIntosh computer?

A: Right now we don't have software to run on a mac.

 

Q: Is there an automatic start up to existing boiler if fire goes out?

A: Your heater is tied right into our stove if some thing would shut the stove down your heater would come on.

 

Q: Is there an auto shut down for too hot/cold?

A: We have high and low shut offs.

 

Q: How much water is in your unit (water jacket)?

A: The stove holds 110 (small) or 210 (jumbo) gallons of water.

 

Q: I have baseboard heat will your system still work?

A: With base board you would need a water to water heat exchange, our stove is an open system and your baseboards are a closed system.

 

Q: What kind of auger system do you have?

A: We have an auger below the pot. The corn comes up the pot and burns completely. The ash is blowing out of the pot by the air from the fans.

 

Q: What are the dimensions of the stove?

A: Our foot print is 3'x6.5'

 

Q: What kind of burn pot & how effective is it?

A: Our small stove runs about 300 to 350 stack temp. When we were testing the BTUs they told me that you need some heat up the stack or you loose the efficency of the stove (water condensates when temp is to cold as it hits outside temp and water forms in flu and cuts BTU).

Our stack temp varies depending on what mode you are on.

 

Q: Does stove include and inbuilt hopper and pump?

Yes

 

Q:  How much for all additional hookup to existing boiler?

That number depends on several variables, such as how far away from the house is the boiler going to be? 

 

Q:  Do you have sale on this item from time to time? 

We do.  Contact us for our current prices, or to negotiate your company discount.

 

Q:  I don't see a hopper, is this an included cost or something extra?

The hopper is there, inside the walls of the stove. The front half is burn pot/water jacket. The back half is Hopper.