new to the tarm

[khedding]

Ok, I've been burning on and off since Nov. 1st. I'be installed a Tarm 2.5 that heats a 2800sqft house built 2yrs ago. It's been heating it great. Sometime to great with some of the warm weather we've been having. I left the controls on the panel set up the way they came. but i'm not sure if this is the best thing to do. I've shut the boiler off when it was getting back into the 50s and 60s. That's when I thought maybe I should be playing with the controls instead of shutting it off. Also, around that same time I started to get alot of yellow stuff coming down the inside and outside of the chimney. Any help or just good conversation would be great.
Kirk

[tallcorn]

What do you have for a chimney? Size, height, location, materials, direction of pipe joints, etc.? It sounds like you are having condensation in the chimney.
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Countryside 3500P (pedestal version) used 8-9 yrs, 24/7 during days requiring heat. All original motors. Burns moldy corn, and pellets equally well. Burn it if you got it.

[flyinbonanza]

khedding:

Keep posting info. I'm very interested in the unit that you have. I know they cost A LOT. But it sure looks like a nice rig. Many of the deficiencies in the unit I have appear to be adressed in the TARM.

How much corn do you burn vs. your gas bill. I see that you have a newer house, so I'd expect your heat bill to be reasonable in the first place. I've got a 125 year old house and I've seen natural gas bills over $700 for ONE month. So, I do burn a lot of corn, but I also have a large need for heat.

I'll burn around 25,000 lbs of corn this season. However, I'd expect my heating bill without corn to be between $2000 and $2250.

Would you say that you are impressed with the unit so far? In my experience, the first month or two are where the learning curve will cause the most grief.
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Burning since 12/2002, LDJ 165K boiler

[khedding]

To answer a few questions. My Boiler is in the garage, which is heated and attached to the house. I have about 4' of 6" black stove pipe until it goes through the cealing. Then it goes to 6" insulated. I have approx. 28' of chimney with no angles. Also a barametric pressure thing on the chimney, just as Tarm requested.

So far i've been very inpressed with the unit. It's built very well. Right now with the 12bushel hopper I fill it up every third day. I'm going through just under 3 bushels a day, but now we'll be in the 10's and 20's this week. I also run a 80 gallon hot water heater off it. For the 6 month's of heating season last year, I used about 1250 gals of propane. That was from the start of Oct. to the end of April. And I also have a very efficient fireplace that I used a lot also. So I guess we'll see how it goes. I'll keep you informed.
Kirk