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- From: jefftb@sr.hp.com (Jeff Brown)
- Subject: Re: Wood Heating
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:38:18 GMT
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- I have a cold air return near my stove that is for the forced air furnace.
- It only really works after the furnace runs. I think because the air is maybe
- only 80 deg that there is too much loss in heating the ducting. If you had
- a real high cieling in the room with the stove the air at the top would
- be much hotter and that might work better. Mine is also set up with a thermost at in the return to automaticlly turn on the fan.
- I have seen a fireplace like insert for new constrution that utilizies duct-
- ing to move the hot air through the housse. The key to this seems to be
- that instead of moving the warm air it pulls cold air from the oppisite
- side of the house and blows out hot air this creates a flow to evenly heat
- the house. I think it also assumes a somewhat open floor plan and an air
- tight new construction house. I think it was called "country' something.
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- Good luck
- Jeff Brown
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