I dont believe this. The x-factor is heat escaping up the flue. Efficiency is a very subjective item.
Best rear vent stove if not BK?
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Woody Stover
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Yeah, I guess so. Probably less heat goes up the flue when you run the BK real low. If you live where winters are mild you may seldom have to open the air very much, so you could take advantage of that. If we keep getting these kinds of winters here in the central US, we may not be opening the air much either.
Dairyman
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Squisher
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I have that heater in my shop Dairyman. And it does indeed have an adjustable metal coil thermostat on it that controls a air intake flap. Beast of a heater but pretty much on its last legs.
Dairyman
Minister of Fire
Oh I realize it is very important. In fact, I probably don't give it enough bearing when comparing the stoves. Maybe my BK would struggle in his house. I can tell you that if he was able to talk my mom into going up through the roof, he'd have a BK. The wide, even heat is unlike anything we've ever seen.
I think we were thinking that the progress would do a little better job of heating the house. But you know, it's an old, leaky house and one thing is for sure, he doesn't miss the old Fisher!
The wide, even heat is a benefit of a cast-iron jacketed stove. We noticed the same thing when we switched from a strongly radiant stove.
Highbeam
Minister of Fire
Or a cat stove that makes heat in a wide, even, way.
Got to admit that I didn't know what a wood circulator was but realized I had seen quite a few after your post.
Highbeam
Minister of Fire
Many of the wood furnaces on the market also use a bimettalic thermostat or other firebox temperature measuring controls to automatically regulate intake air. Some with electricity and some without.
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