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phonetech430

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home made heat reclaimer
« on: October 05, 2014, 08:45:02 AM »
I have a 5036 getting ready for my 4th heating season. Im satisfied with the stove however a little disappointed in the efficiency . I'm the type of guy that looks for the better mouse trap. So ive been thinking about trying to add a heat reclaimer on my stove. Thinking about adding another pump plumbing it to a home made heat re claimer made out of copper tubing running up and down or in a circular shape (similar to a moonshine still worm) inside of the stove pipe from bottom up to about 1' from the top. Any thoughts or suggestions.
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Re: home made heat reclaimer
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2014, 08:57:05 AM »
Sounds like a darn headache to clean and a creasote trap
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Re: home made heat reclaimer
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2014, 11:30:31 AM »
I never have had any creosote build up in my stove pipe just a little ash.
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Re: home made heat reclaimer
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2014, 02:14:43 PM »
There is a commercially made product for this. I don't remember the name of it. Slimjim made his own and found that he gained some heat but it wasn't worth the trouble since the flue gasses would quickly cool when hitting the exchanger causing a bit creosote issue.
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