BrotherBart said:The counterpoint.
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VCBurner said:Thank you John,John_M said:VCBurner, My house is 5 years old, well insulated, and tightly wrapped. How do I know? I built it. My lungs are compromised from TB I had a child and have been very sensitive (asthma and chronic bronchitis) to contaminated air for as long as I can remember. For the last four years I would have various and sometimes frequent lung difficulties from time to time during the winter. These respiratory episodes were annoying and uncomfortable, but not life threatening.
Last fall I installed a new woodstove (see my signature) w/an OAK providing outside air to the stove from under the pedestal. This winter I have had few if any of the breathing difficulties I had suffered during the previous four years. I would speculate that either my lungs have experienced a miraculous cure (highly unlikely at 71 years of age) or the wood stove w/OAK have improved the quality of my home's inside air. The stove has been burning just about 24/7 since late September. Since then I have noticed NO drafts or other negative changes to indoor air. But, I am definitely breathing much easier this year than my previous forty. ;-) This is just MY experience. Take if for what it is worth. John_M
Your experience has enlightened me and I hope will help others also!
VCBurner said:Thanks Semipro,
Sounds very intersting. I'm not familiar with data loggers or the idea of a heat recovery ventilator. But, I understand numbers and charts well enough to log data by hand and draw conclusions from it. I'd love to understand more about your operation. I also run a heat reclaimer(not connected at the moment), which uses heat from flue gasses in the pipe connectors to blow hot air. The magic heat puts out up to 30,000 btu's. The idea of sucking in air from outside to run through such a device sounds excellent Great reply, thanks again.
Semipro said:VCBurner said:Thanks Semipro,
Sounds very intersting. I'm not familiar with data loggers or the idea of a heat recovery ventilator. But, I understand numbers and charts well enough to log data by hand and draw conclusions from it. I'd love to understand more about your operation. I also run a heat reclaimer(not connected at the moment), which uses heat from flue gasses in the pipe connectors to blow hot air. The magic heat puts out up to 30,000 btu's. The idea of sucking in air from outside to run through such a device sounds excellent Great reply, thanks again.
Thanks to Highbeam and Blimp for the clarification on the HRV. In case anyone is interested here's a link to the data logger I'm using. http://www.iobridge.com/
Its amazingly easy to use needing only an Ethernet connection and power. The data you collect is stored online and can easily be accessed. I'm planning to use it next heating season to monitor heat distribution from our stove to the rest of the house.
Cheers.
76ER said:Hello all...I've got a question...I plan on putting an OAK onto my stove for next season but want to customize it a little bit. I would like to put an off shoot from the oak that would allow me to draw room temp air on start ups and with the swing of a couple valves I would be drawing outside air once the stove gets going...like a bypass..it is possible but am I breaking any codes by doing this?
Cheers Ian
John_M said:VCBurner, My house is 5 years old, well insulated, and tightly wrapped. How do I know? I built it. My lungs are compromised from TB I had a child and have been very sensitive (asthma and chronic bronchitis) to contaminated air for as long as I can remember. For the last four years I would have various and sometimes frequent lung difficulties from time to time during the winter. These respiratory episodes were annoying and uncomfortable, but not life threatening.
Last fall I installed a new woodstove (see my signature) w/an OAK providing outside air to the stove from under the pedestal. This winter I have had few if any of the breathing difficulties I had suffered during the previous four years. I would speculate that either my lungs have experienced a miraculous cure (highly unlikely at 71 years of age) or the wood stove w/OAK have improved the quality of my home's inside air. The stove has been burning just about 24/7 since late September. Since then I have noticed NO drafts or other negative changes to indoor air. But, I am definitely breathing much easier this year than my previous forty. ;-) This is just MY experience. Take if for what it is worth. John_M
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