On Dec 16, 8:48 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
"cshenk" wrote in message

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"S. Barker"
"epa compliant woodstove"??? You're kidding right? what's to be
compliant about a steel box with a hole in the top?

Dunno but he's either the same person or another who thinks there really
is such a thing. Perhaps it's a marketing scam some folks buy into?

I know a few years back, they were using a catalytic converter to clean the
air. Has to meet a certain efficiency also, IIRC.

Yep. A lot of construction, air flow, low pollution, etc regulations
have to met to even sell a stove now-a-days. I don't think you can
even produce a non-compliant stove for the market any more.

The 'compliant' sstoves are far more efficient and produce way less
pollutants than the old "Iron box with a hole" types.

Of course the 'efficiency' and 'pollutant' bits rely on them being
operated correctly.

Harry K