corner install why less clearance requirements?

[greythorn3]

ok i switched from parallel to wall install to a corner install, the stove has a clearance of 24" on sides to combustibles, but then when its a corner install its only 15"??? why would you not need the 24" like you do if you were to install it parallel to the wall instead?

how come they are reduced form 24" to 15"?? its a NCH-30 englander.

SKip

 

[Woody Stover]

ok i switched from parallel to wall install to a corner install, the stove has a clearance of 24" on sides to combustibles, but then when its a corner install its only 15"??? why would you not need the 24" like you do if you were to install it parallel to the wall instead?

how come they are reduced form 24" to 15"?? its a NCH-30 englander.

SKip

I think it's probably because the most heat comes out of the center of the stove sides, not as much out of the corners, so they can be closer to a wall.

 

[North of 60]

less radiant surface area concentrating on even a smaller exposed area. From the stove corner and on, the angle and distances increase significantly from there.

 

[Wood Heat Stoves]

Stoves put out radiant heat like the sun. The radiant heat waves are more intense going from one parallel surface to another as opposed to radiating at an angle. Regardless, the stoves are tested in a test lab under specified procedures with heat sensors on the wall and that's where they get the clearance that you have to comply with.