Amish man's new miracle heater

Rick_77

An Amish farmer walking through his field notices a man drinking from his pond.

The farmer shouts, "Trink das wasser nicht. Die kuhen haben dahin gesheissen!" which means, "Don’t drink the water. The cows have pooped in it!"

The man shouts back, "I’m a Muslim, I don’t understand what you are saying. Please speak English."

The Amish farmer yells back, "Use two hands! You’ll get more!"

Paul P_2

What is it?

Looks like a scam to me.

jp_2

cows or cow poop?

i was in a cow barn this winter, 5F outside and they had the windows open so it wouldn't get too warm inside.

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methane

the rural chinese have been doing it for quite some time now

jackchips_2

Good question

Paul. I have seen an ad in the local paper for quite some time now and I believe the heaters are actually free but you have to buy the Amish cabinets.

I'd be curious if anyone has bought one and what it is. Not that I want one-LOL.

Jack

Steve Ebels_3

Scam is right

It's just a resistance type electric heater packaged in a nice cabinet. Where the Amish actually come into it is beyond me. Like they do a lot of research into electric heaters.......... Doh!!

If you read the ad carefully you'll notice a lot of words like "can", "may", "if".

There's a sucker born every minute even in this day and age. The said thing is the UPS guy says there's hardly a day goes by that he doesn't have one or two on the truck for delivery.

Paul Fredricks_5

The one thing that always gets me: Look at the ad. the Amish don't allow themselves to be photographed. Do you think they didn't tell this guy they were taking a picture?

ttekushan_3

I get questions about these

I get frequent questions about these and the other "full page ad" miracle heaters.

My answer is: (watts/hour)x(3.412)=BTU/hour. Notice the period at the end there. Period.

Now. If you heat one room vs a whole house, you are heating less space and *presto* you use less energy. The means of doing this effectively has nothing to do with the basic premise. Their particular heater has nothing to do with it.

I tell people to use those effective (and cheap) radiator style electric heaters instead, and no extension cords in either case. There's a big difference between a $79.00 unit and a $450 (and up up up)"full page ad" unit for the same effect!

-Terry

radioconnection_4

at 20 cents per kWh...

With our electric rates pushing 20 cents per kWh here in Connecticut oil heat is far more efficient and cheaper than running one of those gizmos! Even at 4 bucks a gallon, FACT!

steam on brain

heater

My mother purchased one. SHe needed a heater in her kitchen room and the claims of this one were/are a great testimony to the advertising guys, as they did their job well. It is full of hype indeed. Bottom line though, it operates very well as an electric heater. She is happy and I am surprised as well. It has hi/low mode, a remote control, a fake fire look, and the coffemaker fits on top of the cabinet nicely. It is a good device but I think a bit overpriced.

ALH_4

Is this the one?

Amish Miracle Heater

jp_2

why a scam?

if you lower the entire house temp, and heat the greatroom/TV room that will reduce heating costs. don't see why everyone thinks this is a scam.

seems pretty clear to me in the ad?

Bruce M

Top Ten Signs Your Amish Teen Is In Trouble...

Top Ten Signs Your Amish Teen Is In Trouble...

10. Sometimes stays in bed till after 6am.

9. In his sock drawer, you find pictures of women without bonnets.

8. Shows up at barn raisings in full "Kiss" makeup.

7. When you criticize him, he yells, "Thou suck!"

6. His name is Jebediah, but he goes by "Jeb Daddy."

5. Defiantly says, "If I had a radio, I'd listen to rap."

4. You come upon his secret stash of colorful socks.

3. Uses slang expression: "Talk to the hand, cause the beard ain't listening."

2. Was recently pulled over for "driving under the influence of cottage cheese."

And the number one sign your Amish teen is in trouble...

1. He's wearing his big black hat backwards.

John R. Hall

You might like my column this week

On this exact topic:

http://www.achrnews.com/CDA/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000285315

Unknown

wait a minute....

From my understanding that Amish are not allows to use any thing electric or work with electric ... Some old timers told me some boiler companies still make boilers with powerpile system for Amish sect as they won't use electric pump, 24 volts etc... Perhaps Brad can go into their culture and come out with a beard....

Unknown

wait a minute....

From my understanding that Amish are not allows to use any thing electric or work with electric ... Some old timers told me some boiler companies still make boilers with powerpile system for Amish sect as they won't use electric pump, 24 volts etc... Perhaps Brad can go into their culture and come out with a beard....

Brad White_185

BUT

I *have* a beard.

Thou jest!

Hey, what's this?

"clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop -BANG!- clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop...


A. An Amish Drive-By Shooting.

Paul Fredricks_3

Hey!

I was gonna use that one.

Thou ist unclean, English!

Bruce M

Thou should enjoy this one

An Amish lady is trotting down the road with her horse and buggy when she is pulled over by a cop.

"Ma'am, I'm not going to ticket you, but I do have to issue you a warning. You have a broken reflector on your buggy."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'll let my husband, Jacob, know as soon as I get home."

"That's fine. Another thing, ma'am. I don't like the way that one rein loops across the horse's back and around one of his testicles. I consider that animal abuse. That's cruelty to animals. Have your husband take care of that right away!"

Later that day, the lady is home telling her husband about her encounter with the cop.

"Well, dear, what exactly did he say?"

"He said the reflector is broken."

"I can fix that in two minutes. What else?"

"I'm not sure, Jacob ... something about the emergency brake..."

steam on brain

heater

Yes Andrew, that link you posted is the Amish heater that I referred to. It was on sale for about $300.
PFM

realolman

That

is bad.... but very good... that's funny.

Two Amish women were peeling potatoes. One says to the other, these potatoes remind me of my husband Amos's testicles.

The other says," My goodness ... are they that big?!?"

"No", says the first... "that dirty."

I'm sorry.. I apologise... I couldn't help it.

jackchips_2

I saw

a similar ad but the rest of it said the heaters were free when you purchased the Amish cabinet.

You also had to call between certain hours in different parts of the country to get one.

Good advertising but you have to ask if the Amish are really benefiting from them.

Jack

hootananny

Interesting

my take on this is that the Amish build the cabinets only. Then these are bought by the firplace company and assembld with the heater.
the Hooter

Bob Harper

I called them and they provided E-256217 as their UL listing standard. When I Googled it, it came up in Chinese, which, when translated, mentioned electric "air heaters, moveable and wall or ceiling hung". However, when I searched the UL site, this std. did not come up. I think it is a Chinese UL listing.

From what I've read and heard, it is basically a ceramic disc heater with a faux fireplace.

What does not add up is how they get 5,114 watts out of a 125 vac outlet. At 15 amps, the most that circuit can handle is 1,875 watts, which happens to be the largest hair dryers available for retail. To get 5100 watts, it would draw over 40 amps!

The chinese are supplying these fireplaces for almost nothing. The Amish are using them as a lost leader to sell their cheap cabinets.The probably pay $20-25 per fireplace to the Chinese.

Just because something claims to be UL listed doesn't mean it is a full appliance listing. It may mean the power cord is listed.

Bob

radioconnection_4

BTUs, not watts.

Hi Bob

They claim 5100 BTUs, not watts. The unit draws about 1500 watts. That's closer to being about 12 amps max, if the line voltage is 125 volts at the device.

Pete

Edward A. (Ed) Carey_3

Oh My

Hi Bob,

He is right. That is BTUs.

Now, I can't resist a chance to tell a joke.

An Amish man and his young son go into a Mall for the first time. Nether of them has ever seen an elevator before. They sat on a bench staring at the elevator, wondering what it was.

The elevator door opens and a really ugly old woman walks into the elevator. The doors closed.

Soon after, the elevator doors open again, and a beautiful young woman walks out of the elevator, and the doors closed again.

The Amish man looks down at his young son and says" Quick, go get your mother"

Bob Harper

Oops! BTUs. Makes a little more sense. I'll go back to sleep now,,,

That or it was cerebral flatulence.
Bob

Rick Kelly_4

Beware

Beware of Quakers passing themselves off as Amish. It's a problem with no easy solution.