Mark wrote:
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:38 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Mark wrote:
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:27:10 -0000, "Mr Sandman"
wrote:

It strikes me that if we could extract more heat from the flue and attach a
fan like one you'd see on a fan assisted boiler, we get even better heat
output where its wanted and not up the chimeny. Ive not seen anything on
the market that does this...so do you think it'd be worth experimenting
with?
I may be "teaching grandmother to suck eggs" but it is very important
to ensure the wood is thoroughly dry to get the best effeciency. Store
it for at least a year in a well ventilated dry place before use.

M.
Or you can store it for couple of months next to the stove, or for about
5 minutes IN the stove.

That gets the moisture out all right.

I've often burnt relatively freshly cut wood. It burns. It takes a
hotter fire to dry it, thats all.

It does burn but, since some of the energy is wasted boiling water
which goes up the chimney, then it could be seen as less efficient.

However the reason I do not like burning "green" wood is the smoke
produced is much more unpleasant.

I tend not to use 'wood burning stove' and 'efficiency' in the same
sentence anyway.

Many would argue that it's better for the environment as it's not
using fossil fuels.


Well it is using fuel that will be fossil one day if left longn enough ;-)


M.