us stove 5500 outside air?

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jsvo

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Jun 17, 2008
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friend of mine just had a 5500 us stove installed.house is old and not the tightest,but installer says it doesnt need outside air kit.stove seems to run nicely but weather warm now,nice flame,no soot,glass clean after about 8 hrs run time. what is your opinion?i thought it should have one,but this guy has installed alot of these.
 
jsvo said:
friend of mine just had a 5500 us stove installed.house is old and not the tightest,but installer says it doesnt need outside air kit.stove seems to run nicely but weather warm now,nice flame,no soot,glass clean after about 8 hrs run time. what is your opinion?i thought it should have one,but this guy has installed alot of these.

The conventioal wisdom on an OAK these days it that if the house is older and "leaky", don't bother. It's really for houses that have been built fairly recently (last 10-15 years) that are wrapped and very airtight.
 
I'm curious...wouldn't it increase the cold air being sucked into the house if you ran without an outside air vent? If so, maybe it isn't a safety issue but one of efficiency? If you pull in more cold air for combustion you burn more pellets.

Jon
 
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