The neighbors are burning railroad ties

[stihly dan]

Wood smoke has thousands of times more carbon monoxide than an oil furnace tuned correctly. I have done the measurements. But cleaning a wood furnace there is no issue with breathing. Cleaning an oil unit, if you take a wiff at the wrong time it will literally take your breathe away. Oil is nasty.

 

[2strokenut]

wow wee
we all run 2strokes dont we

 

[Whitespider]

Well that's your theory

Theory??

Wood smoke has thousands of times more carbon monoxide than an oil furnace tuned correctly.

Thousands of times more?? By what quantified measurement?? By time or volume??
First of all, the amount of CO in woodsmoke will be variable (especially from an appliance)... varied by an near infinite number of things.
Second, I agree that an OWB will likely have more CO by cubic meter of emitted exhaust, but the oil furnace will emit many times more cubic meters per minute. My last oil furnace had a 14-inch flue (154²/in), many OWB's run as small as a 6-inch flue (28²/in). The oil furnace will be pumping some 4-6 times the exhaust per minute (maybe even more) into that little 10²/ft room (shrug)

If wood smoke (always) contains thousands of times more CO than the exhaust from an oil furnace... then I'm immune to CO poisoning.
My drunkin' azz has sat for hours on the downwind side of our fire pit many times... I ain't died yet.

Just sayin'.
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[Whitespider]

wow wee
we all run 2strokes dont we

Talk about carcinogens... geeeeezzzzz‼
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[the GOAT]

14" flue?!?

I had a coal boiler that had been converted to oil in the 60's. It had 2.25 nozzle and only had a 12" flue.

 

[Whitespider]

I had two with a 12-inch flues also... my last had a 14-inch.
I said 4-6 times as much... and my last was a converted coal furnace also.
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[066blaster]

 

[Whitespider]

Too funny‼
I want one‼
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[_RJ_]

The real question is what oil should I run in my saw?!?!?

 

[Whitespider]

I found the web site
http://www.frontiernet.net/~erickclasen/fm/stormysky/
And I quote...

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[nathon918]

It's just a matter of time till they outlaw them

They are not a necessity

so WTF do you care???

I just had to saw off a building and move it because it didn't quite fit in their ordinances

well maybe you should have known the ordinances BEFORE you built it...if it was built BEFORE the ordinance was put in place you wouldn't have to move it... your own damn fault

 

[stihly dan]

Spidey, you have me there at a technicality. I admit I did not think further into it other than a combustion reading at the 3 stages of burn. Also I have had to much whisky tonight to think much at all. But I can tell you that in my gasification furnace The lowest reading I had during the 3 stages was 20,000 parts per million compared to 4 parts per million on oil. This surprised the $hit out of me, I would not have guessed that. Also keep in mind that I agree oil smoke/soot is much worse for you/environment than wood. I was merely passing on info from tests that I took. And a camp fire smoke in open air is very diluted and you now this.

 

[066blaster]

so WTF do you care???

well maybe you should have known the ordinances BEFORE you built it...if it was built BEFORE the ordinance was put in place you wouldn't have to move it... your own damn fault

A bunch of city boys started moving out here so they had to make new ordinances to keep them inline. Now farmers have to try to work around their BS ordinances.

 

[nathon918]

A bunch of city boys started moving out here so they had to make new ordinances to keep them inline. Now farmers have to try to work around their BS ordinances.

so who's fault is it?...it would be the builders, for not knowing what they can't do...new ordinances/building codes don't apply to existing structures, only codes/ordinances that were in place during construction of the existing structure would apply

 

[Whitespider]

...camp fire smoke in open air is very diluted and you now this.

Yes... I know this.
And I like whiskey.
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[066blaster]

so who's fault is it?...it would be the builders, for not knowing what they can't do...new ordinances/building codes don't apply to existing structures, only codes/ordinances that were in place during construction of the existing structure would apply

Well the change so much no one knows what they can do anymore. It's agriculture. .we feed people. We need out buildings. This was on a 7 acre parcel we bought, and planted in to strawberries, , put that roof up to sell strawberries out of 2 weeks out of the year.. but it's zoned residential and you need to have a house before you can put up a accessory building. Even though it's always been used for agriculture and it's out in the middle of nowhere. They just want the tax revenue off a house.

 

[nathon918]

Well the change so much no one knows what they can do anymore

you're aware they change so often but don't look into what the current codes/ordinances are before building?
well you should probably learn to pick up a phone and call your local building inspector...or even go talk to the guy, but it seems from the info in this thread you don't like to do things like that...your own damn fault

 

[066blaster]

you're aware they change so often but don't look into what the current codes/ordinances are before building?
well you should probably learn to pick up a phone and call your local building inspector...or even go talk to the guy, but it seems from the info in this thread you don't like to do things like that...your own damn fault

They could have gave us a variance to keep it temporary or something, but no it had to go. They even whined that we had power and 2 irrigation wells drilled. But that was legal.. so they can kiss my ass

 

[Greenthorn]

I found the web site
http://www.frontiernet.net/~erickclasen/fm/stormysky/

I liked the pictures almost as well as the customer comments.......

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[Fubar]

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