Dear Home Heaters I agree with a lot of Dean's suggestions, but not the one about driving the exit temperature down to ambient. H2SO3 (hydro sulphurous acid) precipitates out of wood smoke at about 150 deg C and eats the daylights out of the chimney pipes. Keep you exit temperature above 160 C so you don't have to replace metal parts so often. Also, if you happen not get complete creosote decomposition there is an immediate threat from the condensing of the creosote on the chimney surface which accumulates and can lead to horrendous chimney fires when a hot fire is lit at a later period (typically on a very cold night). Then, like my former neighbours, you are butt-naked in the snow warming yourself with the remains of the livingroom floor joists. Regards Crispin heading towards David Hancock's house - Stoves List Archives and Website: http://www.crest.org/discussion/stoves/200209/ http://crest.org/discussiongroups/resources/stoves/ > Stoves List Moderators: Ron Larson, ronallarson@qwest.net Elsen L. Karstad, elk@wananchi.com www.chardust.com Other Biomass Stoves Events and Information: http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1010424940_7.html Bioenergy http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975339_7.html Gasification http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975672_7.html Carbon List-Post: <mailto:stoves@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:stoves-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:stoves-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:stoves-subscribe@crest.org> > For information about CHAMBERS STOVES >http://www.repp.org/discussiongroups/resources/stoves/Chambers/Chambers.htm
