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Show Sunday, February THE HERALD, Provo. Utah, 14, 1993 - Page E7 Understand the wood stoves available today on't son d this lady a dozen She'd rather have free pussy willows and hold up well under heat. They : tend to resist warping, but they caH : -crack and are heavy to handle.: With increased emphasis on air Sheet metal stoves are relatively- quality and the environmental coninexpensive and will quickly heat a sequences of burning wood, the rcMim. They will not usually last as first priority in purchasing a w long as the heav ier stoves, howev- stove should be to look for er, and ma warp more easily. g a stove. Plate steel stoves are heavier Traditional wisdom says the than sheet metal stoves and will ; most efficient way to extract heat last longer. Many plate steel stoves from wood is to let it smolder for are lined w ith firebrick to provide : hours, never letting too much air more even heating of the stove. get to the fire so the wood won't There are other materials such as j burn too fast. soapstone that may be used for. This kind of fire, however, is decorative applications and other "' g the most polluting. Today's specialty needs. wood stoves are designed Franklin-typ- e stoves have been to burn fires hot and fast and will not permit an operator to cut off around for many years and is the air supply. usually classified as a lower effiThe key to cutting smoke emisciency stove because the rate of sions is to feed smaller amounts of combustion is not controlled. The wood continually and to burn less adv antage of this type of stove is in wood.. New stove technology fo- either looks or lower cost. It's cuses on fires that usually not very clean burning. consume lots of air and relatively Controlled combustion stoves little fuel and burn wood completeare often referred to as airtight. In ly. This type of fire also produces reality they are not airtight, but less creosote, a major contributor because the combustion can be to chimney fires. controlled, the efficiency is typiTo ensure complete consumpcally higher. Most better units 0 tion of fuel, manufacturers rely on range in the percent efficienthree primary devices not present cy. By STEPHEN POE USU Energy Specialist By JERRY HARKAVY Associated Press Wm PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -Some people would be thrilled to be wooed with a dozen roses on Valentine's Day, but Amy Dacyczyn isn't one of them. The frugal mother of six would d prefer a bouquet of pussy willows tied with a red bow. g The author of the book "The Tightwad Gazette" has nothing against roses. "It's a question of, 'How much do I enjoy something?' in relation to 'How much did it cost?'" she said. ' Her opposition goes beyond price alone. "When you go to the card shop k and buy your spouse a or a box of candy and a card, that's just not very thoughtful," Dacyczyn (pronounced "decision") said from her home in the central Maine town of Leeds. "It's always more interesting if you can take money out of the equation and be resourceful, innovative and creative. It also ends up being more fun." In her book, Dacyczyn offers a dozen ideas for celebrating Valentine's Day that won't break your wallet (or your heart). Also included are suggestions sent in by readers of her monthly newsletter, on which the book was based. One of the author's tricks is to a door with a plastic booby-tra- p bucket filled with small paper hearts so that the lover is showered with valentines when he or she returns home. d Another suggestion: cookies. (And why spend cookie-cuttmoney on a commercial when you can just bend an empty tuna can into a heart?) Or try stomping out a big valentine in the snow. with Dacyczyn, a has as a artist, graphic training ood-burni- clean-burnin- : . " . . , j hand-picke- , . -' .',. v je ,. w-,' " ' i in i .. , i - -- I, best-sellin- v.V 1 i 0t J ' ''-'I'd- ... . xf. -- , r m ., - ,:, W.' S...-- . clean-burnin- .. Ei ox.-- . V A -f- ?- CL. - I r t " , ' - - . ; lean-burni- knick-knac- 40-6- in older stoves 1. A secondary ). (pre-1988- Good management of the fire box is necessary to maintain a long even burn. If too little air is admitted, the gases will be cooled, afV1 fecting combustion, heat transfer and creosote accumulation. This system. rt 2. A ceramic blanket near the type of stove was top of the stove traps enormous just a few years ago. but concerns amounts of heat to promote secfor the environment dictate more smoke for clean burning. of air particles ondary burning their flume. on the exhaust to stoves contain a preway Catalytic AP Photo in the cious metal catalyst that makes the 3. A combustor catalytic and fill a plastic bucket with the hearts Amy Dacyczyn cuts paper hearts from surplus envelopes. She'll flammable material in the smoke chimney uses platinum or palladset up a booby trap over an unsuspecting spouse's door. He'll get a surprise shower of hearts. temium to further reduce particulate burn at a have emissions. systems Catalytic perature. d lived a frugal life for more than a She launched a newsletter on say how much she was paid. the potential for long, clean burns. It can be difficult to make a disBooks said it printed nearly a how to pinch pennies in June decade, but her thrift now seems tinction needs and between wants, Once the catalytic reaction begins, to put her in sync with the cultural 1990, and about 60,000 people quarter-millio- n copies of the but and advantages disadvantages wood smoke and creosote producbacklash against the excesses of subscribe. The subscription rate $9.99 book in its first month. each stove can help conof tion is drastically reduced. Alof type Because of the book's popularis $12 a year. (Dacyczyn suggests the '80s. sumers make a decision. Size, apthough this type of stove tends to getting together with 11 friends ity, Dacyczyn no longer has to material be a bit expensive, efficiencies are construction pearance, and sharing a subscription.) "There has always been a perpinch pennies. But she said a bigshould and efficiency higher and they tend to produce burning ger bank account hasn't changed centage of people in our culture in the fewer emissions. evaluation. heavily weigh chilLast year, three publishers of- the way she lives with her who were tightwads, but they've a heat output Most have stoves reshe a and dren her it in the closet," advances for her been doing fered husband, Jim, A Catalytic combustor ignites rating or a manufacturer's rating of 300-pag- e book. She refused to tired Navy man. said. the cubic feet the unit will heat. But and burns the creosote-formin- g volatile gases of incomplete comthese recommendations are estibustion. Under normal conditions, mates at best. Your insulation level and air in- a stove would have to operate at 1 filtration into the house should help ,100 degrees to burn volatile gasof es. This seldom occurs. proyou make the determination Volatile gases contain around 50 Pistols to Streisand, forget it. You per size. If you are in doubt as to won't be able to get on the horn the energy efficiency of your house percent of the energy in wood and or your heating needs, coasider also contain polluting hydrocarwith the Divinyls "I Touch Mbons. A catalytic combustor ig's ode to having an energy audit. yself or Sir Over-sizin- g nites and burns these gases at about is common the most Got Back." bottoms, "Baby 500 avoided. should that be Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-Lindegrees, which is the normal problem Not only is there a higher initial operating temperature of a wood is about as racy as it gets. On the other hand, what's investment, but it is difficult to stove. When operating a catalytic For example, President Clinton or you're in the mood for a little seny burn fuel efficiently without overstove, the stove must operate hot "Sexual Healing," you can call might want to take time out from wrong with a few minutes to insure for about 20-3- 0 while? in a once timents send the to heating. this most unromantic of presidensappilife action. a initiation have Cast iron the of stoves fills a a of catalytic long "The the call to down protial sounds song est of gift oozing honeymoon periods need found human with Valentine First lines. allowing people song Hillary phone air system autoair into sufficient allows matically the stove to burn fuel thoroughly, even when the operator has closed down the stove's primary air-inta- state-of-the-a- 1 lower-than-norm- al Vil-lar- heart-shape- er six-figu- re Sing a song of sweet romance for Valentine's By JOHN WEBB New York Daily News Even shy types with a heart of gold and a tin ear now can serenade their lovers for Valentine's Day. Thanks to the enterprising folks in Washington, g at out and touch reach can D.C., you someone with a selection from nearly 200 pop songs. Of course, at $9.95 per snippet, the service costs more than a song and a 'dance. On the other hand, it's less than the cost of a voice lesson. So whether "Memories" are lighting the corner of your mind, Mix-a-Lot- g" Send-a-Son- corn-syrup- The brainchild of brothers Dan- iel and Timothy Price, a Harvard MBA and an engineering whiz kid, will carry a tune anyg where in the U.S. at a designated time and date. Send-a-Son- No. '8017, Fleetwood Mac's ".Don't Stop (Thinking About Toif he can make the morrow)" White House phones work. But if your lover prefers Niror the Sex vana to Newton-John to communicate their deepest, most sensitive thoughts and feelings," says Dan Price, spokesman for the company. It bills itself as the latest success story in telecommunications technology. 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