This is the list of parts we think you’ll need to install your stove.  You can buy this package from the EZBurn Parts Store where you'll receive free shipping.
- use coupon code STOVE

These are the parts we sell:  Note:  Time Saver Pipe is sold by the foot the manufacturer sells only in 100, 150, or 200 foot rolls.

The price of EZBurn supplied parts on this page is:   Your Shopping Cart: $1,833.33. 

 Additional parts you’ll need which are better to buy from your local home center.

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  Brass 90 degree 1” elbow – unknown quantity


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  Brass Tee – 1”  - unknown quantity


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  Compression Rings – tie the pex pipe together on the fittings – unknown quantity


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  1” Crimp to ¾” sweat adapter – used to move from 1” PEX pipe to ¾” Copper Pipe


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  3 – 1 to ¾ reducing couplings, these go to the solenoid valve ( 3-way zone valve)


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  1 – Full Port ¾ “ Ball Valve

Last year we received this question :  "I'm looking for a basic clothes dryer hook up drawing/kit.  If you don't have one, do you know of anyone."

At that time we could only say "What a great idea."  We had no knowledge of any kits or practical applications to create one.  Well, today I came across a potential solution for the problem and I wanted to spread the news.   Too bad there aren't more details, but this web page throws out some hint of how this could be done.

http://www.pauknermetalproducts.com/ah_dryer.htm

Paukner Unit Heater Dryer Options

Here's another way to help you take full advantage of your hot water heating system. By taking an AH60 Paukner Air Handler and adding these options, you can use your hot water heating system to dry your clothes. Options available include a 8" round cap, timer and a filter grill.

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Parts needed to connect to dryer will vary depending on dryer model and installation. Timer wiring is 24 volts. Filter Grill can be mounted on the front, right or left side, or bottom. Filter Grill cannot be mounted on the back of cabinet.

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EZBurn Parts Store has these items for sale, you can find them here:

AH60 Air Handler, Timer, and Filter Grill

http://store.ezburn.com/catalog/air-handlers.aspx?&guid=8903a700-e52b-4c19-9772-1b749881467a

I got a question today which was interesting to me.  It came from an artist in North Carolina, Norman Thomas.

Are the stoves adaptable to solar panels (this would be in the future)?  This could heat hot water in the summer and maybe save firing the stove in October and March and/or April?

I guess I've never thought about this, but it's something I'd like to try for my own outdoor corn stove.  We don't have as much sun in Minnesota as we do wind, but whatever sun we do get could surely heat my hot water during the summer months.  With the stove down due to warm weather it would save me some electricity. 

For the stove to work all the piping must be in place and so everything is there in terms of infrastructure to support solar panel operation -- except for the solar panels.  We've already tied the hot water heater into the corn boiler.  (When I say WE, I mean my husband of course.  I supported his efforts, though!!!!!!).

 I wonder if that'll work for us after all.  My situation is complicated a bit by the fact that for the last three years we've (There is the royal WE again…..) cooled our house in the summer by using the temperature of the ground to cool water then pipe it through the floors.  With a few well placed fans and one window mount air conditioner (to dehumidify) the temperature stays at a comfortable level.

 Truth is I'm all for anything that will take me one step further away from my dependence on Fossil fuels and towards something sustainable and renewable.  My grandchildren have to live in this world.  And their children after (should the Lord Tarry that is)  We must be better stewards of this creation than we have been.  Any place is a good place to begin.

Note:  this page is built with a new technology that may require you to allow a small download. 

http://www.faxt.com/silverlight/fuelcomparecalculator/EZBurnFuelCompareCalculator.html

This information is taken from a presentation to Staples high - which is stored at CleanEnergyResourceTeams.org web site:  http://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/central/Corn%20Boiler%20Presentation%20Staples%20High%20School1.pdf

• The EPA (environmental protection agency) says emissions from burning corn are negligible, and that it’s a CO2neutral process.


• Corn burns less than a gram of emission per hour


• The emissions from burning corn is non-polluting

This is just a link to an external web site:  http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/techline/fuel-value-calculator.pdf

Here's a blurb about why you may want to view it:  The Fuel Value Calculator is a tool that can be used to compare typical unit costs of various fuels.

Background Information on Estimates of Corn Stove Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Today, the Google alert came from the Cattle Network web site and the article explains how heating with Corn should be considered an alternative to heating with traditional means. Here is the URL: http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=205869

MCGA: Thinking About Going Green – Look No Further Than Corn Heat

DEWITT, MICH. – There is a growing trend in the United States to become more environmentally friendly by going “green.” Michigan’s corn farmers suggest Americans use corn heat as a “green” solution for not only reducing our use of foreign fossil fuels, but also as a way to lower home and business heating costs.

Businesses, homeowners, and municipalities can use corn, America’s renewable resource, as their primary heating fuel and make themselves more “green” by using corn heating units. Corn heating units are designed specifically to generate heat from burning corn kernels. Corn heating units are different than wood-burning stoves because they are designed to burn the dry granular fuel. Some units are biomass stoves and can burn other fuels in addition to corn such as pellets, nutshells, small wood chips, and other small grains such as rye, wheat and barley.

Corn is an annually renewable fuel source. It is grown across the United States and has been roughly an 11 billion bushel crop for the last three years. By using corn for heating purposes, we can help to decrease our use of fossil fuels and other rapidly depleting energy sources. As oil and other energy sources are being depleted; corn is replenished annually and therefore makes an alternative fuel source that is renewable year after year. “I take great pride in the fact that I grow corn on my farm and am able to utilize its potential as an energy crop to heat not only my home, but also my shop and office,” added Pat Feldpausch, Michigan Corn Growers Association (MCGA) chairman and a corn grower from Fowler.

Corn heating systems can be used for many different heating purposes. Corn can take the place of other heating sources that have been used in the past, such as electricity, propane, heating oil, natural gas, or wood. Heating a 2,000 square foot home would require approximately 250 bushels of corn a year. “Corn heating units are very economical and are a cost-effective alternative to heating with propane or electricity, or even wood,” said Chris Schilling, an engineering professor at Saginaw Valley State University. “Even with corn around $5.00 a bushel, it is still cheaper to heat with corn than with electricity or propane.”

Not only are corn heating units cost effective, but they are also environmentally-friendly. Since corn heating units are designed to burn under oxidizing conditions, the resulting smoke is nearly odorless and consists largely of carbon dioxide and steam. In addition, they do not emit significant particulate emissions. Unlike the combustion of ordinary fossil fuels, the carbon dioxide produced during corn burning does not add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

For more information on heating with corn, a list of corn heating unit manufacturers and dealers, and a list of corn sellers specifically for corn heat, visit www.micorn.org/heat.