I recently purchased a Harman 25th Anniversary stove and am anxious to get the stove up an running and see what it can do to help defray my annual home heating costs (using oil heat).
After thoroughly reading the installation manual and checking local codes, I want to install the fresh air intake instead of relying on combustion air from inside the house. This will allow me locate the exhaust port closer to my window (18" vs 48") and according to what I've read will reduce the likelihood of the unit smoking into the house in the case of a power failure.
I was wondering if anybody in this group has installed a fresh air intake on the Harman XXV (or any other Harman model?
There is little information in the instruction manual other than that a "2 3/8" I.D. noncombustible flex pipe" should be used. So I located a ready-made fresh air kit that includes the correct size pipe. When I went to check the fit, it is much smaller than the intake port on the stove.
The kit comes with adjustable clamps for both ends of the pipe. Unless I find a reducer fitting for the stove, there is no way to connect the
pipe to the intake.
In looking for answers in the HarmanPelletUsers forum, here, and on the internet in general, the only answer I could find was a person that thought it was not necessary to fully seal the outside air pipe to the intake. They decided to use metal duct tape to connect the pipe to the intake.
Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Mike
After thoroughly reading the installation manual and checking local codes, I want to install the fresh air intake instead of relying on combustion air from inside the house. This will allow me locate the exhaust port closer to my window (18" vs 48") and according to what I've read will reduce the likelihood of the unit smoking into the house in the case of a power failure.
I was wondering if anybody in this group has installed a fresh air intake on the Harman XXV (or any other Harman model?
There is little information in the instruction manual other than that a "2 3/8" I.D. noncombustible flex pipe" should be used. So I located a ready-made fresh air kit that includes the correct size pipe. When I went to check the fit, it is much smaller than the intake port on the stove.
The kit comes with adjustable clamps for both ends of the pipe. Unless I find a reducer fitting for the stove, there is no way to connect the
pipe to the intake.
In looking for answers in the HarmanPelletUsers forum, here, and on the internet in general, the only answer I could find was a person that thought it was not necessary to fully seal the outside air pipe to the intake. They decided to use metal duct tape to connect the pipe to the intake.
Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Mike