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Greenbuilding Archive for October 2002
401 messages, last added Tue Nov 26 17:27:25 2002

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Re: [GBlist] windows and water



ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have experimented with coiling copper tubing directly inside the stove pipe. I then hooked that&nbsp;to an old hot water tank that was a closed system. I circulated the water through the coils with a small pump while the fire was going. I would burn my fire hot with the draft completely open so that the wood would burn clean and not create&nbsp;residue on the coils. I had an outside air intake for the stove so that no warm air was sucked out of the room. I monitored the stove pipe temperature which would reach over 1000 degrees F. below the coils and then be reduced to 300-400 degrees above the coils ( cooler than most stovepipes under normal use) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would burn a fire for appox. 1 hour ever morning and evening. it would raise the water temp. in the tank to 170 degrees. this would radiate throughout the day and night and keep my small house comfortably warm. ( I removed the insulation from the tank so that it could radiate, I have always thought this would be a good system for a retrofit of an old house heated with radiators)</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>t o m</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Soundesign</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lopez, WA.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>