Hey, everyone,
I am a VERY infrequent visitor mostly because my simple system has been perfectly adequate but I now have a problem.
I have an Empyre 250 outdoor wood furnace that I have used to heat my whole house for 7+ years. It has performed nicely in our mild NC winters giving us a 10-12 hour burn time on even our coldest nights. It is connected via a water-to-air exchanger in a standard forced air system.
However, we have added almost 1000 sq ft to our heated area and while the exchanger and blower is perfectly adequate to keep the house warm, my burn time can drop as low as 6-7 hours on our coldest nights.
It is still manageable but I would like to extend that burn time just for the convenience of not getting up so early. Obviously, I could get a larger stove but I am not willing to commit much more than $1000 bucks total to solve this issue.
The Empyre has a capacity of 150 gallons of water and I am considering doubling (or so) that capacity with an aux storage tank to see if it will let me continue to heat even though the wood supply may be exhausted or nearly so.
Any thoughts on the feasability of this idea? Problems?
Thanks in advance
I am a VERY infrequent visitor mostly because my simple system has been perfectly adequate but I now have a problem.
I have an Empyre 250 outdoor wood furnace that I have used to heat my whole house for 7+ years. It has performed nicely in our mild NC winters giving us a 10-12 hour burn time on even our coldest nights. It is connected via a water-to-air exchanger in a standard forced air system.
However, we have added almost 1000 sq ft to our heated area and while the exchanger and blower is perfectly adequate to keep the house warm, my burn time can drop as low as 6-7 hours on our coldest nights.
It is still manageable but I would like to extend that burn time just for the convenience of not getting up so early. Obviously, I could get a larger stove but I am not willing to commit much more than $1000 bucks total to solve this issue.
The Empyre has a capacity of 150 gallons of water and I am considering doubling (or so) that capacity with an aux storage tank to see if it will let me continue to heat even though the wood supply may be exhausted or nearly so.
Any thoughts on the feasability of this idea? Problems?
Thanks in advance