i recently started heating with wood in the house we bought that came with a fire boss wood stove. please excuse my terminology. it is a large stove that...
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Bob Reite
zerotsm
Dec 19, 2002 4:40 am
A common way to measure oil burner combustion efficiency (and less common for wood) is to measure stack temperature, incoming combustion air temperature and...
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paul_probus <paul_...
paul_probus
Dec 19, 2002 6:10 pm
... efficiency" ... Yes, the celsius absolute scale is called Kelvin, the Faranheit absolute scale is called Rankine, if my memory serves me correctly, which...
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paul_probus <paul_...
paul_probus
Dec 19, 2002 6:28 pm
... <Snip> ... measure ... to ... temperature of ... difficult, ... losses. ... Bob, What you did with the boiler was good, however, I have to disagree with...
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MH
hoagy@...
Dec 19, 2002 7:11 pm
... Yes, "the outside shell of" of my stove. BTW, thank you continuing this discussion. ... What would you suggest for the single wall (24ga?) sheet metal flue...
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cphylthumb@...
festivaljunkie
Dec 19, 2002 7:20 pm
My limited recall of thermodynamics causes me to believe that the Carnot cycle has absolutely nothing to do with passive space heating from burning ...
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Tinker
tinkertinman
Dec 19, 2002 9:09 pm
... From: <jperloff@...> To: <woodheat@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:13 PM Subject: [woodheat] fire boss puffing out front...
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Meszko William-Q10191
q10191
Dec 20, 2002 12:58 am
Absolutely correct -- the efficiency of a woodstove as a heat engine is 0%. See if you agree with the following however: Efficiency is Qroom/Qcomb =...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Dec 20, 2002 1:56 pm
Jonny and Tinker The backpuffing you describe is caused by ignition of a build up of combustible gas in the firebox. It means there is too much smoke and too...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Dec 20, 2002 2:17 pm
Bob, Although efficiency can usually be calculated from the data captured during EPA emissions testing, EPA does not require efficiency numbers to be produced...
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paul_probus <paul_...
paul_probus
Dec 20, 2002 5:11 pm
Ok, ok, I surrender. You are both correct. I actually dug out my Thermo book and looked up the info. and Carnot deals strictly with engine cycles. I was way...
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paul_probus <paul_...
paul_probus
Dec 20, 2002 5:22 pm
Sorry, MH, I've been leading you down the wrong path. I was completely off base. I had it stuck in my head that whenever you had anything that burned a fuel...
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MH
hoagy@...
Dec 20, 2002 5:55 pm
Thank you Paul for coming forth. I was having difficulties with the natural gas results. I'm still a bit confused and hope John or others here can clear this...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Dec 20, 2002 6:38 pm
MH, et al, ... First I should mention that I am no mathematician, and have always deferred to the engineering specialists when it comes to the complex...
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Grim
chows4us
Dec 20, 2002 10:06 pm
Hello I am new to the group and a newbie to using a stove but I have a simple question. If there is a FAQ, just point me to it. I have a small jotul stove I...
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Bob Raikes <bob.ra...
rkcr123
Dec 21, 2002 5:09 am
Every fourth load or so the ash/coal mixture on the floor of my stove (it's firebrick, no drawer) gets deep enough that I can't just build on it. I'm too cheap...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Dec 21, 2002 12:33 pm
Hi Bob, Sounds like you are doing just the right thing. The combustor is mainly active during the flaming phase of the fire and contributes less to stove...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Dec 21, 2002 12:46 pm
Hi Grim, Here is the mantra that has been chanted by experienced dealers for many years: "When getting familiar with a new wood stove, check the flue...
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Jonny Perloff <jpe...
jjperloff
Dec 21, 2002 6:28 pm
Thanks for all the good tips John. I think the main cause was that i tried to put too much wood in at one time. it also seems to happen more often if i load...
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Bob Raikes <bob.ra...
rkcr123
Dec 22, 2002 4:35 am
... - snip - ... Yep, I think I got too much one day so I'm being more careful and I bought a CO monitor. ... Yeah, that wasn't too clear. We load the stove...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Dec 23, 2002 2:44 pm
Bob, You don't need to disconnect the combustor as the temperature falls. The reason you want the combustor disengaged when starting the fire is that smoke...
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Patricia Price
pamandolia
Dec 23, 2002 3:58 pm
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Daniel O'Connell
docfish_ca
Dec 23, 2002 6:26 pm
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Dec 23, 2002 6:35 pm
Go here and unsubscribe yourself: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/woodheat/ Regards, John Gulland The Wood Heat Organization Inc. http://www.woodheat.org A...
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Ed Williams
chimneys@...
Dec 25, 2002 6:04 am
Hi Grim, Your insurance company, fire department, and your local Chimney pro usually say once a year, but with a new install the best is to monitor it. (Use a...
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lcilluffo <lcilluf...
lcilluffo
Dec 26, 2002 11:47 pm
Does any body know anthing about an Atmos or New Horizon boiler? Are they well made....
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Ted <ted_z30520@.....
ted_z30520
Dec 30, 2002 6:04 pm
I need to heat my 2 car detatched garage for welding & fab work in the winter in michigan. I am trying to find the lowest cost way to heat the garage in the ...
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Bob Belfer
chimneyman1
Dec 30, 2002 6:37 pm
Ted, IF you near Holly (zip 48442) my neighbor has a used stove for sale. You can e-mail me for his ph#. HTH, Bob Belfer chimneys@... Holly, MI [Non-text...
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Sam W Lydick <stov...
stove222
Dec 31, 2002 6:29 am
... Ted, if you are a welder, why not build your own stove. I promised the sponsors of this group to not mention any links to any specific sites, however...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Dec 31, 2002 1:59 pm
A simple wood stove with straight up metal (solid pack insulated) chimney is probably the lowest cost, best performing system for the space you have to heat. ...
