This would be in the way of a very UN~tech answer. I used to live in northern New Hampshire. They were fairly commonplace in rural areas but Maine was covered with them. The chimneys were not very tall. There was a fire box surrounded by fire bricks or limestone and then the tank. One fellow that I happened to talk to while he was still experimenting with his, said that the problem was in the distance between the boiler and the house.
There was also a method of creating a water holding tank around an existing heat pipe inside the house. The local fellows called it a plenum, which is not how the word is used in other areas. We had a 200 year old house and one of these things was in the house. I had no idea what it was for and it would hiss and carry on when the furnace was running. A local fellow was visiting and heard the racket and asked me why I hadn't adjusted the plenum? I had no clue...
He moved a set screw and adjusted something that looked like a damper and then turned the handle under a sink that I thought didn't work and there it was; free hot water.
I told you it wouldn't be technical.
Clarissa
monstblu <anthony_hall06@comcast.net> wrote:
I have watched the post for a while now but really haven't posted. Now
I have a question. I know that this group has a varied group of
opinions. Outdoor woodburning boilers. I did a search this morning
hoping to get plans to make my own. Moneys tight and Michigan is
cold. I have not found plans but I have found lots of flaming by govt
organizations. I hate to be the doubting thomas but I can't help but
to believe that some if not all this flaming is indirectly from the
existing fuel industry. But it has raised several questions for me I
am hoping to get answered. Can these be built more effecient it seems
that oxygen starvation is how these units work(leading to smoke)? I
have read a longer chimney is better anybody have an idea on how tall?
Does anyone have plans or know where I can find them? I am genuinly
curious as to everyones opinion, I personnally live in the country, I
have enough deadfall around my house to heat for years, and thanks to
Michigan icestorms always ad to my supply.
Clarissa
"He who holds, must first have discovered.
He who has discovered, must first have sought..."
~tale of y Chadee
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