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SolarAndWood said:
Is there a reason a big stove can't heat DHW like the furnaces do?
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I don't think either is designed to heat water. A boiler yes, but not a stove and I don't think most furnaces have a DHW loop in them either. Installing a DHW loop in an appliance that is not designed for one can be VERY dangerous. It can be done with proper thought, execution, and safeguards, but it's generally deemed highly unsafe and most insurance companies, building inspectors, and appliance manufactures would say absolutely NOT.

You're better off keeping water loops away from intense heat and appliances which didn't come with them... things can go boom in a big and bad way!
 
Wet1 said:
SolarAndWood said:
Is there a reason a big stove can't heat DHW like the furnaces do?
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I don't think either is designed to heat water. A boiler yes, but not a stove and I don't think most furnaces have a DHW loop in them either. Installing a DHW loop in an appliance that is not designed for one can be VERY dangerous. It can be done with proper thought, execution, and safeguards, but it's generally deemed highly unsafe and most insurance companies, building inspectors, and appliance manufactures would say absolutely NOT.

You're better off keeping water loops away from intense heat and appliances which didn't come with them... things can go boom in a big and bad way!
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Even appliances designed to heat water have some nasty potential. I am moving my bed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmJoyuUJj2Q&feature=related
 
SolarAndWood said:
Is there a reason a big stove can't heat DHW like the furnaces do?
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There's outfits like therma-coil.com and hilkoil.com that make stainless steel coils to go inside a stove.
The consesus seems to be that this is not good for EPA stoves. For epa's, use something like this, http://www.fluemiser.com/
Of course you'll have to clean your chimney more than once a year now.

An old boiler man told me that stainless is not as good as black pipe for heat transfer and the little extra corrosion resistance is not worth the extra large price.

There is also an outfit in the States now producing woodstove boilers that look like windowed wood stoves but their name eludes me at the moment.
 
wow that is a great video!
 
I am happy with my quad 5100, 12 years and still running strong.
If I was building a house I would install the quad 7100 built in fireplace.
 
Ok, if fantasizing, I would like a 7 to 10 cf firebox, with a side or top load door door that had a conveyor mounted to it, attached to the conveyor would be a very large hopper or bin that you stack splits in. Then the loading door, conveyor and he door on the bin/hopper would all be automatically controlled by a " dial a split" knob. Which you could set for say minimum 2 or 3 splits to max load splits of say 12 to 15 or more, whatever fills the fire box. Fill the bin, dial the split count in, it opens the bin door, drops specified amount of splits to conveyor, runs the conveyor of splits to loading door which also auto opens, dumps splits in stove, opens air to full, closes the doors, shuts down conveyor, after its back up to temp & charred good, temp sensor auto tunes air down to desired heat output setting, and she burns away, till a certain drop temp is reached, and does it all over again. Man that would be saaaaaaawwwwwwwwwweeeeeettttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!! Of course it would need all the safety fail safes also, jammed conveyor or doors, overfire, too cool a burn etc. Oh and maybe a warning bell when the hopper has say one load or 5 or so splits left in it, to remind ya to refill the bin.

Ya getting all this Mike? Now tell Corie to git to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hogwildz said:
Ok, if fantasizing, I would like a 7 to 10 cf firebox, with a side or top load door door that had a conveyor mounted to it, attached to the conveyor would be a very large hopper or bin that you stack splits in. Then the loading door, conveyor and he door on the bin/hopper would all be automatically controlled by a " dial a split" knob. Which you could set for say minimum 2 or 3 splits to max load splits of say 12 to 15 or more, whatever fills the fire box. Fill the bin, dial the split count in, it opens the bin door, drops specified amount of splits to conveyor, runs the conveyor of splits to loading door which also auto opens, dumps splits in stove, opens air to full, closes the doors, shuts down conveyor, after its back up to temp & charred good, temp sensor auto tunes air down to desired heat output setting, and she burns away, till a certain drop temp is reached, and does it all over again. Man that would be saaaaaaawwwwwwwwwweeeeeettttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!! Of course it would need all the safety fail safes also, jammed conveyor or doors, overfire, too cool a burn etc. Oh and maybe a warning bell when the hopper has say one load or 5 or so splits left in it, to remind ya to refill the bin.

Ya getting all this Mike? Now tell Corie to git to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And a grill. It has to have a grill and rotisserie.
 
To replace my old Sierra I use now, either a Quad Isle Royale or possibly a Harman Oakwood. For my possible addition to my house, still working on that.
 
Blaze King Ultra in Metallic Brown with Blower Or the Big Woodstock that Todd and Dennis are talking about.

I really like the idea of even heat with the automatic damper and thermostat of the Blaze King.

I must say that I absolutely Love :cheese: My Englander 30 but with my house set-up and location, I need a second stove and want something with less wood consumption, super long burn times and larger capacity.

With my back and neck problems I need to do less cutting,splitting and stacking! :down:


Here is my newly painted Englander 30 in Metallic Brown....(dirty glass,just after 3 small break in fires....outside of course)

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Looking good Hiram. A basic black wood stove is like a cake without icing. ;-)
 
BrotherBart said:
Hogwildz said:
Ok, if fantasizing, I would like a 7 to 10 cf firebox, with a side or top load door door that had a conveyor mounted to it, attached to the conveyor would be a very large hopper or bin that you stack splits in. Then the loading door, conveyor and he door on the bin/hopper would all be automatically controlled by a " dial a split" knob. Which you could set for say minimum 2 or 3 splits to max load splits of say 12 to 15 or more, whatever fills the fire box. Fill the bin, dial the split count in, it opens the bin door, drops specified amount of splits to conveyor, runs the conveyor of splits to loading door which also auto opens, dumps splits in stove, opens air to full, closes the doors, shuts down conveyor, after its back up to temp & charred good, temp sensor auto tunes air down to desired heat output setting, and she burns away, till a certain drop temp is reached, and does it all over again. Man that would be saaaaaaawwwwwwwwwweeeeeettttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!! Of course it would need all the safety fail safes also, jammed conveyor or doors, overfire, too cool a burn etc. Oh and maybe a warning bell when the hopper has say one load or 5 or so splits left in it, to remind ya to refill the bin.

Ya getting all this Mike? Now tell Corie to git to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And a grill. It has to have a grill and rotisserie.
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Right on, how could I forget that!!!!!!!!!!
And maybe, just maybe, a 5 drawer filing cabinet smoker attachment!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hogwildz said:
Ok, if fantasizing, I would like a 7 to 10 cf firebox, with a side or top load door door that had a conveyor mounted to it, attached to the conveyor would be a very large hopper or bin that you stack splits in. Then the loading door, conveyor and he door on the bin/hopper would all be automatically controlled by a " dial a split" knob. Which you could set for say minimum 2 or 3 splits to max load splits of say 12 to 15 or more, whatever fills the fire box. Fill the bin, dial the split count in, it opens the bin door, drops specified amount of splits to conveyor, runs the conveyor of splits to loading door which also auto opens, dumps splits in stove, opens air to full, closes the doors, shuts down conveyor, after its back up to temp & charred good, temp sensor auto tunes air down to desired heat output setting, and she burns away, till a certain drop temp is reached, and does it all over again. Man that would be saaaaaaawwwwwwwwwweeeeeettttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!! Of course it would need all the safety fail safes also, jammed conveyor or doors, overfire, too cool a burn etc. Oh and maybe a warning bell when the hopper has say one load or 5 or so splits left in it, to remind ya to refill the bin.

Ya getting all this Mike? Now tell Corie to git to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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About a 2 million btu top loader?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY1fUSGXqg8
 
kenny chaos said:
Hogwildz said:
Ok, if fantasizing, I would like a 7 to 10 cf firebox, with a side or top load door door that had a conveyor mounted to it, attached to the conveyor would be a very large hopper or bin that you stack splits in. Then the loading door, conveyor and he door on the bin/hopper would all be automatically controlled by a " dial a split" knob. Which you could set for say minimum 2 or 3 splits to max load splits of say 12 to 15 or more, whatever fills the fire box. Fill the bin, dial the split count in, it opens the bin door, drops specified amount of splits to conveyor, runs the conveyor of splits to loading door which also auto opens, dumps splits in stove, opens air to full, closes the doors, shuts down conveyor, after its back up to temp & charred good, temp sensor auto tunes air down to desired heat output setting, and she burns away, till a certain drop temp is reached, and does it all over again. Man that would be saaaaaaawwwwwwwwwweeeeeettttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!! Of course it would need all the safety fail safes also, jammed conveyor or doors, overfire, too cool a burn etc. Oh and maybe a warning bell when the hopper has say one load or 5 or so splits left in it, to remind ya to refill the bin.

Ya getting all this Mike? Now tell Corie to git to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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About a 2 million btu top loader?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY1fUSGXqg8
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Hmmm, I'd have to pass on that one. Not very aesthetic to look at. Where is the window? Doesn't look EPA approved. His logs look like they were cut that day.
And not sure how good a seal he gets on the top with the clumps of dirt & stuff resting on the closing surface.
I do like the push button lid closer though. But he should have it set up where you don't have to hold the button the entire time the lid closes.
Pretty impressive if home built though. I wonder how long that lasts and how much wood he uses a season?
 
BrotherBart said:
Looking good Hiram. A basic black wood stove is like a cake without icing. ;-)
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I have basic black, are you being discriminatory?
;) Its all orange , blue & yellow in the middle .
 
Ghettontheball said:
SolarAndWood said:
Ghettontheball said:
SolarAndWood said:
Is there a reason a big stove can't heat DHW like the furnaces do?
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epa stoves require hot burn for clean burn & water coil would cool the firebox
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Furnaces don't burn hot and clean?
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ithinx u mean boiler not furnace. cleanburn boiler involves gassification & mostly a hot burn however to burn clean. gotta have stochoimetrically positive environment for stochiometrcally delicious results,eh?
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Definitely mean furnaces. The big stoves have comparable fireboxes and output to that of the furnaces that advertise heating dhw.
 
Hogwildz said:
[Hmmm, I'd have to pass on that one. Not very aesthetic to look at. Where is the window? Doesn't look EPA approved. His logs look like they were cut that day.
And not sure how good a seal he gets on the top with the clumps of dirt & stuff resting on the closing surface.
I do like the push button lid closer though. ?
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:lol: the push button lid closer? hahaha thump :lol:
 
Hogwildz said:
BrotherBart said:
Looking good Hiram. A basic black wood stove is like a cake without icing. ;-)
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I have basic black, are you being discriminatory?
;)
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I discriminate against everything. Black stoves, soapstone stoves, cast iron stoves, cat stoves, coal stoves. Especially sawdust stoves. :lol:
 
Hiram Maxim said:
Blaze King Ultra in Metallic Brown with Blower Or the Big Woodstock that Todd and Dennis are talking about.

I really like the idea of even heat with the automatic damper and thermostat of the Blaze King.

I must say that I absolutely Love :cheese: My Englander 30 but with my house set-up and location, I need a second stove and want something with less wood consumption, super long burn times and larger capacity.

With my back and neck problems I need to do less cutting,splitting and stacking! :down:


Here is my newly painted Englander 30 in Metallic Brown....(dirty glass,just after 3 small break in fires....outside of course)

j8e444.jpg
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that looks awsum. the stove companyssssssssssssss should pick up on this and metallic colors.
 
I'm happy with my stove, but if Woodstock came out with a soapstone cat stove that would heat 2200 sq feet,
I'd be mildly interested. :)
 
BrotherBart said:
Hogwildz said:
BrotherBart said:
Looking good Hiram. A basic black wood stove is like a cake without icing. ;-)
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I have basic black, are you being discriminatory?
;)
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I discriminate against everything. Black stoves, soapstone stoves, cast iron stoves, cat stoves, coal stoves. Especially sawdust stoves. :lol:
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The question is, are you prejudice against Magic Heat units?
 
Hogwildz said:
BrotherBart said:
Hogwildz said:
BrotherBart said:
Looking good Hiram. A basic black wood stove is like a cake without icing. ;-)
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I have basic black, are you being discriminatory?
;)
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I discriminate against everything. Black stoves, soapstone stoves, cast iron stoves, cat stoves, coal stoves. Especially sawdust stoves. :lol:
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The question is, are you prejudice against Magic Heat units?
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All of them but one that I think is right where it ought to be.
 
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