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Ken, any update on the wood stove research?
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Not yet. I'm in major crunch mode right now trying to get a new product ready for introduction at a trade show. Hopefully things will loosen up by the end of the month. I really have to get the wood stove (or some alternative heat source) in by winter.
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Ken, not sure if I have mentioned this wood furnace before but this is the model I have in my home and I can attest that it puts out the heat and then some. It is rated at 135,000 BTU. We heat about 2,600 sq. ft. with it. I am VERY satisfied with it and its performance. I also like how VERY easy and low cost it is to add it onto your exhisting ducting for AC/Heat Pump. Removing ashes is very easy with the shaker grate and removable ash pan. US Stove also makes a larger model 1800G that puts out 160,000 BTU's.
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Randy, we should have installed something like that from the start instead of this POS WaterFurnace ground source heat pump. Unfortunately we don't have any room left in the mechanical room for a setup like that. I'm looking for something to either work with or replace the downstairs fireplace.
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I checked into the Waterfurnace retrofit on our 3K sq ft home, and found that it would be close to $40K...so that idea went away quick. Great idea, but too pricey, unless you are going to live there forever.
DRankin, I have an Earth Stove fireplace insert as well and wouldn't part with it! I have a 14' vaulted ceiling in the living room, and a lot of the warm air hangs out up there, doing no good. Even though I have two ceiling fans in the living room, itdoesn't move the heat around like I'd like. So I'm going to put a return air duct in from high on the wall and run to the air handler. A friend of mine did it and he says it works great, so we'll see.
Hoping your woodpiles stay high this winter!
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Ken, how many BTU's are you looking for?
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Probably something in the 75k btu and up range. After discussions with my wife it will probably go in the fireplace on the main floor so cosmetics are important too. I took this week off to do a bunch of work around the house and plan to shop for a woodburner this week. Colder weather is coming on too fast for me.
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mobilus: I'm curious if you studied the effect of a. reversing the blade rotation of the fans (OR even have the fans counter rotate to get an air flow going) and b. the height or presence/location of the fans in relation to the stratums of cold versus hot air i.e., maybe the fan needs to be closer/farther to the hot air to be effective. Too close or inside the hot air stratum and the effect is just stirring up the air but not moving it, OR perhaps getting the air flow such that cold air is pumped up and gets heated as it falls.
But I'm jis' sayin'...
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I have the same issue with heat collecting near the vaulted ceiling.
I use a "floor fan" that sits just inches off the floor and blows straight up. It keeps the air well mixed most days.
As noted it is even more effective when I adjust the ceiling fan to blow downward at the same time.
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EW, I reverse the fan rotation in the winter months, and you may be on to something with the question of the hotter air stratus in relation to fan location. The fans are suspended about 8-9 feet off the floor, closest to the apex wall. So they may not be at the optimum height. I'll check into that as soon as we light the fires this fall. And I've never thought about running the fans in opposite directions...makes sense too!
Thanks!
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