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re: wood stoves
7 feb 2000
ray manning wrote:
>...i can't burn my stove more than an hour or so before it gets to
>about 85f in here. i'd definitely recommend sizing the thing properly.
you might tuck 200 10'x4" thinwall pvc pipes up under the rafters above
the stove. filled with a 3/4" hole and #3 rubber stopper, each pipe holds
about 56 pounds of water, so they can store roughly 200x56x(85-60) = 280k
btu while warming from 60-85 f, about 6 hours at 50k btu/h, with less
time between stokings.
they might store more heat standing up in a 4x8x10' insulated box next
to the stove, with better room temperature control, using a thermostat
and a fan or a motorized damper to circulate room air through the box.
nick
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