Tax credit for OWB's ?

[JJ]

I hear several adds on radio that there is tax credit available for wood stoves.
Is this true, and if so; does it apply for outdoor wood boilers?  Seems like a great incentive.

anyway; I am set this year for no oil.  Last year did not have enough seasoned wood, so ran out in middle of snowshow season.  (good thing oil was so cheep).

[beenthere]

Maybe a tax credit if you bought it in 2009.

If it is like the new windows I installed in 2008, then no credit. Only if purchased in 2009.

But the wood stove may be different.  A web search will likely get you the info, as well as the manufacturer.

Neat setup there. How many cords stacked there?

[JJ]

it is 10 cord of 20" logs.   I measured 80' of pallets, and is stacked above 4'.
I still have ~6 cord I am splitting, but may not be dry enough for this year; even though it has been cut and chunked up since April.

here is pic from diffrent angle.

[Gary_C]

I think from what I hear the tax credit that was part of the Stimulus bill has been deemed to apply only to the high efficiency OWB's. So if you bought that E-2000 model that has problems, you may get a tax credit. For the other models, nothing.

I just looked up the credit for Central Boiler. Any tax credit is only for models that have a certified manufacturers efficiency rating of 75 % or more. That means that my CB-6048 does not qualify and only the new E Classic 2300 does qualify.   

[ken999]

10 chord JJ??...how so?


I figured your stacks to be 8 1/3.

[SwampDonkey]

it is 10 cord of 20" logs.   I measured 80' of pallets, and is stacked above 4'.
I still have ~6 cord I am splitting, but may not be dry enough for this year; even though it has been cut and chunked up since April.

here is pic from diffrent angle.

Better get a tarp or shed over that before the snow comes. Just what I look forward to, wading snow, wind and -20F to feed the furnace before bed time.

[wi woodcutter]

Better get a tarp or shed over that before the snow comes. Just what I look forward to, wading snow, wind and -20F to feed the furnace before bed time.

Why don't you just load it during the day when you are outside anyhow?

[Larry]

Check this place for the straight scoop on tax credits.

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=tax_credits.tx_index

[SwampDonkey]

Why don't you just load it during the day when you are outside anyhow?

Cause I load it from my warm basement where my furnace and wood are located. Takes less than half the wood to heat. 

When I was making that post, I was talking as if I were in his shoes.

[wi woodcutter]

Why don't you just load it during the day when you are outside anyhow?

Cause I load it from my warm basement where my furnace and wood are located. Takes less than half the wood to heat. 

When I was making that post, I was talking as if I were in his shoes.

I know, I was just giving you a hard time.

[SwampDonkey]

I've got a nice warm fire now, and I'm just about to fall asleep. So, I guess it's time to sign off. 

[thecfarm]

I had a wood furnace in my other house for 17 years. I will take my OWB any day. I have burned more wood that would have gone into the brush pile than with my indoor boiler. Of course I can throw 4 foot wood into my OWB compared to 2 feet with my other one. My FIL came up and could not believe what I was burning in it. Can't get heat from branches. I told him that's what I was using,but he knows it all. I'm still clearing the pasture from right behind the house.When it drops down to below freezing all day and night I'll have to start buring some good wood.

[JJ]

I would love to build wood shed next to the boiler; but not this year.   This weekend I was going to tarp over the pile, with seperate tarp for each row.

To pitch the water off, I am running a center row of logs crossing the 2 stacks of each row pallets.  Should work better than last year; where I stacked the wood in big square pile, and covered with single large tarp.
The snow piled up high, making moving the snow difficult; and there were places where the water collected into giant icecube; which was tough to seperate from the tarp.  Also places where a hole punched through the tarp, water got into the pile and the logs froze into big popcicles.
 
Unfortuantly this weekend, like last weekend it is pouring rain out.

Generally I keep the wood uncovered for as long as I can, as once I tarp over it, it tends to stop drying as fast.

After having several homes I heated with wood stove; I like the outside OWB much better.  I do not bring the stink bugs, ants, and spiders inside; but burn them all up outside.

But a shed for the wood would be better...

           JJ

[SwampDonkey]

You eliminate the bugs by putting the wood down as you have it delivered or cut up. But a lot of fellows procrastinate on the 'get around to it' schedule of doing things.