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Post by drooster on Mar 16, 2017 10:31:33 GMT -8
Find a buyer for your old bowling pins : surely those are worth more than firewood!!
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Post by interlockon1 on Mar 16, 2017 17:38:27 GMT -8
Yes it still loves bowling pins. I have done a lot to it this past winter. It's performing better than ever. Step 1 was to get the chimney higher. It's above the roof line and drafting much better. Wind gusts never bother it. Step 2 was to fix the p-channel. I built one of sorts from stuff I had laying around. Does it work??? it doesn't seem to hurt. Step 3 was to go from a 6 to 8" barrel to flue transition. Did it. Other odds and ends I cut fire brick and stuck it along side the port, now the port is 4" deep. Not to lengthen it but to insulate the front side of the riser and port from being bombarded by ( In my garage ) sometimes the negative temperature primary air this thing has breath. Next I cut fire brick angles to "guide" air to the port. Maybe to create turbulence or take it away before going in. it was a weird idea that I couldn't shake so I did it. I cut another brick to Split the incoming air at the back of the port. you might be able to see it in the pics. Fashioned a door to close it all up and accommodate my p-channel and primary air hole. dropped a car radiator on top of the barrel for more surface area. I ditched the idea of any mass and am trying to extract every bit of heat off this thing NOW before I give a lil back to mother nature. It's working great. I have no way to test any of these things other than "felt heat". Currently, from dead cold it takes 6 minutes for the barrel to reach 1000 degrees and a lil beyond. ( I need a gauge that goes to over 1000) and it raises the temp in the garage 30 degrees minimum, which is ok in my book. It's smokeless in the same time frame. I love this thing goo.gl/photos/oxDF8Jfyc8gWvtZg7
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Post by SteveStuff on Mar 16, 2017 22:08:40 GMT -8
Excellent! I had wondered about a slanted back wall AND the brick to split the riser myself in my ideas.
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mudder
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Post by mudder on Mar 17, 2017 6:02:59 GMT -8
from the first pics you put up, it looks like there is no mass?
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Post by interlockon1 on Mar 17, 2017 15:23:49 GMT -8
Yes, I had plans to run it through a mass, then realized that I want all the heat now. I only occupy the space for 6-8 hours on the weekend days.
I am looking for ways to extract more heat from the barrel, got any ideas? The top of the barrel is a very thin sheet of stainless with a car radiator on top. I feel my only solution is surface area. I'm hell-bent on wrapping an a/c condenser coil around the thing.
I'm not opposed to forced air, I do use it sometimes. I just don't want to rely on it, it takes away some of the simplicity of these things.
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