Corn stoves

[texican]

If you want a "hobby stove" or a conversation piece, I'm sure they're just great. But nothing beats wood. If the electricity goes off, your corn stove is worthless. Do you really want to be huddling around your coleman lantern or a candle for heat, because you're corn stove won't work without juice.

And of course, my eyes almost roll out of my head when I start thinking about burning food for heat...reminds me of refugees in Europe burning their furniture for warmth... of course they were hungry too, but the idea of burning food, instead of putting it into your belly, during hard times, just gives me the willies...

[RLMS]

We have a dual fuel furnace in the house. Oil and wood. 88 acres of woodlot. But the idea of a auto-feeder in the corn stove is appealing. The energy to run the feeder and blower can come off battery-power, 12vdc. it wouldn't be primary heat.

I would just rather build it than buy it.

Thank you for the input.

[Ken Scharabok]

Corn stoves have been a fairly frequent thread subject. Just do a Search on corn stoves in title only.

My observation is it would be very difficult as a do-it-yourself project. You require an auger system to provide the corn as needed and the proper amount of forced air to burn it properly.

[RLMS]

Thank you for the direction. It gave me what I was after.

Thanks again,
PMJones

[rambler]

I agree that an efficient corn stove needs some serious engineering, and is not a do-it-yourself design for most of us. Esp if you want to get insurance on the structure it is in.

--->Paul