... (snip) I have always wanted to test and ... Bingo. Not only that, I'd bet that many manufacturers would not be very interested to hear that operating...
... (snip) ... Hi Alan: OK, so let's assume that your secondary air barrel stove was pretty, good, maybe as good as an EPA stove. Let's call it 70% efficient. ...
Hi Norbert; I would say what I had was a near perfect setup with those slits all the way around a six inch pipe. The top barrel was burning nothing but wood...
... (snip) ... (snip) Hi Alan: Not trying to knock it. I actually meant 70% as a good real world number. From John's comments, it follows that knowing this ...
Okay, Norbert; I guess I am really not one that should be talking anything about percents of effeciency. I am more like WOW, That works a lot better than the...
Question for all.....I have a demand propane water heater. The problem I have is 37 degree well water coming in to it which really chokes the flow. I want to...
A used tank style water heater with the outer tin and insulation stripped off of it will work fine. if your stove is in the basement you are in like flyn...
A map of well water temps can be found here, page down a bit for the right map. http://www.geo4va.vt.edu/A1/A1.htm gggGary from Wisconsin [Non-text portions of...
I think the poplar will be OK if it was live and your get it split and stacked in a dry place. I love elm, it is the best when it has been standing dead till...
I'm looking to buy or build a wood stove that will burn wood chips. I have a lot of brush I'd like to chip up and burn. I found one good reference on the...
... Nice concise summary. I've just installed a Greenwood 100 into my home's central heating system. Greenwood (Seattle, WA) claims 85% efficiency for this...
A rocket stove was outlined in Homepower magazine about a year or two ago. It is a custom built stove that is designed to be like a masonry heater. It is a...
Yup, I will split the poplar, stack it and cover it for the Winter. Same with the chinese elm. I remember burning those dead standing elms 30 years ago. They...
... Ah, do you know for a fact that it won;t burn wood chips and why? Or are you just making the assumption? The VTHR stove/furnace burns a ~5 g 'charge' of...
... Boy, if good engineering design was based on pages of eye-glazing and yet evasive verbiage, this guy might really be on to something. My bs detector...
Yes most of the American elms are gone but the Chinese elms are in abundance and many of them are dead. I am not sure if it is just their short lived nature or...
Take a look at Homepower magazine, #115, Oct/Nov 2006, pg 88. On page 89 there is an express warning that this is an experimental construction and should have...
... (snip) ... Hi: actually, those are not too hard to get. The standard test fuel is douglas fir without bark, so its heat content per pound is fairly well ...
Efficiency There are two types of efficiency to look at. Combustion efficiency can be determined by analyzing the exhaust gases. The thermal efficiency is...
i just put together a small woodchip burner using a 5 gal bucket, a small stainless steel trashcan and a few other pieces and parts. it burns well with no...
... (snip) Hi Tom: In my previous comments, I was referring to "overall efficiency", which is defined as "combustion efficiency" X "heat transfer efficiency". ...
It getting cold, oil has gone way up so I am once again finding my self burning wood to stay warm. Having gone through several name brand new stoves over the...
Dave, Thanks for responding.. How does that work, you spread a thin layer and let it dry? I guess you can't just shut the door on it till its cured? I never...
... other ... and let it dry? I guess you can't just shut the door on it till its cured? I never thought of a product that just didn't involve some kind of...
A pic might help, I doubt high temp silicone is "high temp" enough for a wood stove. Adjustment of hinges and latches and work with a grinder to reduce remove...
... the bead develop a skin like 1 hr? before i would use aluminum tape to tape over the bead/skin & it stays there! then, close the door gently so the bead...
Larry my new furnace I just bought has silicone door seal. The manual says if it ever needs to be replaced just fill the channel in the door with high temp...
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