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Self-Reliant
HeatingTM
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Wood Economy
Calculator
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The most
complete wood calculator available!
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With the
Turbo Heating Unit you can choose
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the most economical fuel for you and save!
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Easy to Use!
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Just enter
the price of each type of wood in your area & the
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efficiency
at which you can use it, then click calculate or hit tab.
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Default #'s
have been provided if you don't know your local costs or burner efficiency
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Enter Your
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Stove Efficiency
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Enter Cost
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For every dollar spent
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Types of Wood
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per Cord
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you get this many BTU's
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Soft Woods (Avg.)
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Hard Woods (Avg.)
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Alder, Red
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Apple
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Aspen
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Basswood
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Beech
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Butternut
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Buckeye
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Catalpa
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Cherry, Black
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Chinquapin
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Coffeetree, Kentucky
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Cottonwood
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Dogwood
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Elder, Box
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Eucalyptus
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Hackberry
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Hemlock
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Hemlock, Western
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Hornbeam, East Hop
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Iron Wood
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Juniper, Western
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Laurel, California
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Madrone
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Magnolia
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Mulberry
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Osage, Orange
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Popular, Yellow
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Redwood, Coast
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Sassafras
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Sweetgum
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Sycamore
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Tamarack
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Tanoak
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Walnut, Black
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Western Red Cedar
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Willow, Black
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BTU ratings
are based on a cord (128 cubic feet) of wood.
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The more BTU's you get
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This
assumes if you took out all the air spaces between the
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for your dollar the more
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cord, their
would be a solid 80 cubic feet of wood.
The
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energy and money you
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wood used in
deriving the BTU values had a 20% moisture
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save!
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rating. Averages of certain species of tree have
been provided if you don't know the exact type
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you
have. For example if you don't know
the exact type of oak you have you can just use the
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oak (avg.) to give you a
close estimate.
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Calculate
How Much it will Cost you to Heat Your Home Annually
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It's Easy!
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Enter the following;
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The
best type of wood fuel for you, the square footage of your
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home, and the region in
which you live.
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Square
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BTU's/Per
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Footage of
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Region where
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Annual Cost to
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Types of Fuel
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Dollar
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Your Home
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you Live
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Heat your Home
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©2004 Self-Reliant Living, LLCTM. All Rights Reserved.
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