Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers with NON EPA-Certified Models Only => Home Made => Topic started by: bigdaddyjak on October 09, 2012, 03:36:26 PM
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not a huge thing by any means, but i can say, i have owned an aquatherm. i believe it was a 275, it was rated for 5000sqf. so this should have enough water to heat 2500sqf
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Can't make out the pictures too well..... Is that a 55 gallon drum? Might I add that water volume is not a definition of heating capacity nor is square footage. I heated my 3500 square foot shop last winter with a small gasifier that only held 30 gallons, but required approximately 84,000 btu/hr to maintain 65 degrees with a temperature differential of 50 degrees. Not all that healthy but 16' ceilings take their toll....
My point is that the water is as much of a heat transfer medium as it is storage. If you circulate water continuously and have a healthy enough fire you could heat a very very large area with that. Your only set back potentially is surface area to transfer heat to the water. Maybe I'm looking at this wrong as I cannot make out very well from the pics, but if I am seeing what I think I am, it could work very well as long as every other factor not related to the burner is ideal to the conditions of operation.
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Sorry, not sure why the pic ended up so small, yes it's a 55 gallon drum
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What happened to the Aqua-Therm?
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Sold the house
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I have messed with the aquatherm enough, when i decide to build a permenent one i will build it same as aquatherm