Heat reclaimer

[nrstateblitz]

Does any one know if they make a heat reclaimer for a pellet stove....Englander 25 PDVC....my exhaust gets very hot and this seems like a waste of heat.

 

[smoke show]

I thought about that with my selkirk direct temp, because the outside air comes in through the outer chamber of the pipe. If I take my oak flex pipe off maybe I could mount a muffin fan to the 2" adapter.

 

[lafalot1965]

I would be interested as well. I posed a few days ago (no replies) that I just installed a stove (Breckwell P4000) and went outside to check the exhaust. I put my hand under the vent and there was an awful lot of very warm (almost hot) air coming out of it. Made me wonder if I did something wrong on the install. I think my stove is only about 81% efficient which means I'm probably going to lose heat out the exhaust. I just didn't think it would be that much. I'll probably have some animals living under the thing by the end of the winter!!

 

[Xena]

It's been talked about here on the forum ----> https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/15155/

 

[yoscratch]

what about wrapping something around the pipe to help with heat exchange? some fins or something? someone artistic could make it into something really cool. Aluminum would be a good material to use.

 

[nrstateblitz]

I was considering buying a Magic Heat heat reclaimer they are made with 6 or 8 inch diameters ...i would think that you could use reducers to allow the 4 inch exhaust to attach to a 6 inch reclaimer then use another at the top of it to go back into 4 inch for your exhaust...couldnt it be installed with a pellet stove basement kit and ran up the inside wall of the house before venting outside...they already have a thermostat and built in fan.....does this make sense to anyone else....Any thoughts?????

 

[MainePellethead]

I agree with pook.....theres not alot of heat loss with a pellet stove so a reclaimer isnt really worth it IMO.