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« Reply #225 on: January 17, 2009, 07:48:21 PM » |
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In all fairness to Frank, He traded in his horse for a gator..... He traded his Cowboy Hat for the Tin Cap (I wear one also) He traded his sheep dog for a Bernard and he did have a donkey to remind him of days gone by. Don't remember seeing him (donkey) the last time I was at Frank's ! Frank? With all that he has to do.......... and since he has several 'hundred kids' he does not have much time to learn "pic & puter". Besides the experience of being at his place is more fun than pics anyway  |
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« Reply #226 on: January 17, 2009, 09:39:03 PM » |
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He traded the Donkey for the blind horse   |
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« Reply #227 on: January 19, 2009, 10:06:59 AM » |
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Careful, Kirk, I will tell Alice that you are making fun of her mini Donkey and her blind horse. |
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« Reply #228 on: January 19, 2009, 02:38:18 PM » |
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« Reply #229 on: February 02, 2009, 09:26:21 PM » |
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The whole month of January was all Biomizer heat! We have kept the house a cozy 70-72 degrees and it appears all is working well, other than the ash stir. We are still trying to figure out why the motors keep failing. The secret fuel we have been using is nothing more than.............Drum Roll Please.......................  Overall, we have saved about $1500 so far this year. That is based on a reduced electric bill for the water heater and far less propane purchased. If things keep going the way they have I believe the Biomizer will pay for itself in three years, or three winters of use. This is the first whole winter we have had it. The tail end of last winter just got our feet wet but did save some money. |
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« Reply #230 on: February 02, 2009, 09:53:01 PM » |
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Well, finally, something that hominy is goo for, besides nothing. |
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« Reply #231 on: February 02, 2009, 09:55:28 PM » |
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« Reply #232 on: February 03, 2009, 08:12:33 AM » |
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so what is hominy feed
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« Reply #233 on: February 03, 2009, 08:38:28 AM » |
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Its the left over crap from the corn mill. Its the stuff that wont make corn meal, corn flower, etc.
Hominy is now being fed to cattle, chickens, hogs etc all over the country.
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« Reply #234 on: February 04, 2009, 06:43:02 AM » |
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It must be awfully dry, Kirk. Do they bag it or do you get it in bulk?
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« Reply #235 on: February 04, 2009, 08:02:48 AM » |
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I picked up a gravity wagon full of it from the cerial mill. It is very dry and is working better than any fuel I have tried!
In fact, it burns so well that the ceramic temps are high enough that I have not been needing the propane for intial start ups.
The ash contect, or lack of, is amazing. I have burned probably a ton of this stuff and the ash would fit in a 5 gallon bucket with room to spare.
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« Reply #236 on: February 04, 2009, 08:12:41 AM » |
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Its the left over crap from the corn mill. That is the same thing as GRITS , right?  |
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« Reply #237 on: February 04, 2009, 08:20:55 AM » |
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Close. Grits would be the product before this.
I think what they should realy call it is corn garbage. Its all the fines and dust droppings from the manufacture of the other foods they make. All the particles gathered up in the dust collectors go into what they call hominy hoppers. Its that stuff that they sell as feed, or for me, Rocket Fuel!
I will keep using sawdust but its nice to know I have an alternative fuel in the event I run out of sawdust.
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« Reply #238 on: April 07, 2009, 08:30:48 PM » |
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The Biomizer mothballed for the season ?
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« Reply #239 on: April 07, 2009, 09:08:14 PM » |
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Actually they scapped the residential model last week. Lots learned from the testing and they are going to introduce a bigger & better model later this summer that has fixes for the issues we identified.
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« Reply #240 on: October 29, 2009, 11:35:40 AM » |
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Anthing new about the boimizer??
Thanks Alot Mr Mom
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« Reply #241 on: October 29, 2009, 04:38:47 PM » |
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I bet the weather will be about right now for a refire.
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« Reply #242 on: October 30, 2009, 12:59:22 PM » |
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Escaped or scrapped? Actually they scapped the residential model last week. Lots learned from the testing and they are going to introduce a bigger & better model later this summer that has fixes for the issues we identified.
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« Reply #243 on: October 31, 2009, 09:05:41 AM » |
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They have scrapped the unit model I have. I cant use my unit because the computer controls had to be returned upon completion of the testing. Now I have a skelatin of a burner with no computer controls to run it.
They were hoping to have a new model ready by this winter but it doesnt look like that is going to happen.
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« Reply #244 on: October 31, 2009, 09:52:47 AM » |
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Well, Kirk, you might just have to purchase a hot water furnace, like me, for the house and kiln. I do burn some sawdust in the Summer months. |
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« Reply #245 on: November 12, 2009, 09:35:00 PM » |
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Well its now Official! No more Biomizer. The project has been shelved indefinatly  |
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« Reply #246 on: November 13, 2009, 05:31:46 AM » |
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Didn't you pay for your unit Kirk? It would look like you we be legally elugable for a refund, or that could at least return your unit to functionality.
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« Reply #247 on: November 13, 2009, 10:23:28 AM » |
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I got my money back six months ago. Now i have a unit with no computer controls that they told me I could have and do with it what I please. Any ideas?
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« Reply #248 on: November 13, 2009, 07:49:48 PM » |
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How hard could it be to reverse engineer a computer operating system? Actually, could you not set it up to run manually? Once it was lit, could it not be set to feed slowly? And then use a rheostat to control the auger speed to fuel it or increase the temps? I bet it can be done. |
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« Reply #249 on: November 14, 2009, 04:55:28 AM » |
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That sucks. After all that work. Got to be a way to make it work. Remember where theirs a will theirs a way |
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