I wanted to build this heat exchanger to reclaim some of the heat that is lost up the chimney of my wood stove.
Wood burning stove heat sink.
What the early stove makers discovered was that not only is cast iron strong enough to take the intense heat from the stove s fire chamber but that the thermal mass of cast iron also delivers heat long after the stove has gone out.
I only fired the stove up twice a day two longish hot complete burns and my exchanger pumped the 190f 88c water into a dozen more salvaged lp cylinders modified.
Would it be possible to put a large heat sink such as a big block of copper or whatever somewhere in the chimney assembly so the chimney can be shorter than it usually has to be.
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Use it with any heat source.
Burning absolutely dry seasoned wood plus always having a week s worth stacked in that hot dry shed to ensure it being both dry and warm really helped ensure a clean hot burn.
To keep a fire burning in the efficient zone like 375 650 on out woodstove i either have to make a fire in the morning let it die and then make a second one.
I use the wood stove to heat my workshop during the winter months.
I have seen heat exchanger units available in stores for around.
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Wood burning stoves have always involved an element of heat storage which was derived from their traditional cast iron construction.
Depending on how cold it is outside and what type of wood we re burning it puts out waaaaay too much heat at once and then it gets cold too quickly.
Building your own wood stove fan.
There are few things more comforting than a cracking fire in a wood burning stove on a chilly day.
Once you identify your stove model here is a link to the parts list for all earth stove wood stoves.
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We have a very efficient country striker woodstove heating out 1 000sqft home.