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Looking for Heat Exchanger/Reclaimer for Furnace Stack
In an age of rising taxes, rising fuel oil prices and rising electric costs,
I am looking for ways to stop the waste heat from exiting my chimney. I have a Wickes W62 oil fired boiler with a 7" stack. I'm looking for either or both of the following: A heat exchanger with a forced-air fan that can extract some of the waste heat and heat the basement. A flu damper that shuts off flow to the chimney when the furnace is off. Preferably one with active spring-loaded damper that wants to be in the open position or with a failure mode that causes it to be open, also with some delay, alowing it to close, say 10 seconds after the furnace has shut off. I have insulated all the hot water pipes in the furnace room leading to the rest of the house, thus reducing the temperature in the furnace area. This area shares space with a workshop, so I need some heat. I remember a product on the market some time back that consisted of a stainless steel box with some hollow tubes in it--the box mounted in the stack pipe and had a thermostaticly-controlled fan to force the warm air out of the tubes. I spent some time searching Google last night but could not find a manufacturer of anything similar. Does anyone remember this product and who sells it? -- Take care, Mark & Mary Ann Weiss VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm Business sites at: www.dv-clips.com www.mwcomms.com www.adventuresinanimemusic.com - |
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Looking for Heat Exchanger/Reclaimer for Furnace Stack
A flue damper on an oil furnace is probably not a retrofit item. I have
seen the things you put in the flue pipe with tubes, etc. at Northern Tool and Equipment, but they don't seem to be in the catalog I have. You might try looking at their web page. My father heated our basement years ago by running the smoke pipe into a 30 gal. drum with a baffle in it to slow the gas down and let it heat the drum. It was very effective. But you don't want the temperature in your chimney to drop too low or you will get lots of condensation, acid, and gunk. "Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" wrote in message ... In an age of rising taxes, rising fuel oil prices and rising electric costs, I am looking for ways to stop the waste heat from exiting my chimney. I have a Wickes W62 oil fired boiler with a 7" stack. I'm looking for either or both of the following: A heat exchanger with a forced-air fan that can extract some of the waste heat and heat the basement. A flu damper that shuts off flow to the chimney when the furnace is off. Preferably one with active spring-loaded damper that wants to be in the open position or with a failure mode that causes it to be open, also with some delay, alowing it to close, say 10 seconds after the furnace has shut off. I have insulated all the hot water pipes in the furnace room leading to the rest of the house, thus reducing the temperature in the furnace area. This area shares space with a workshop, so I need some heat. I remember a product on the market some time back that consisted of a stainless steel box with some hollow tubes in it--the box mounted in the stack pipe and had a thermostaticly-controlled fan to force the warm air out of the tubes. I spent some time searching Google last night but could not find a manufacturer of anything similar. Does anyone remember this product and who sells it? -- Take care, Mark & Mary Ann Weiss VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm Business sites at: www.dv-clips.com www.mwcomms.com www.adventuresinanimemusic.com - |
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Looking for Heat Exchanger/Reclaimer for Furnace Stack
"Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" wrote in message news:... In an age of rising taxes, rising fuel oil prices and rising electric costs, I am looking for ways to stop the waste heat from exiting my chimney. I have a Wickes W62 oil fired boiler with a 7" stack. I'm looking for either or both of the following: A heat exchanger with a forced-air fan that can extract some of the waste heat and heat the basement. A flu damper that shuts off flow to the chimney when the furnace is off. Preferably one with active spring-loaded damper that wants to be in the open position or with a failure mode that causes it to be open, also with some delay, alowing it to close, say 10 seconds after the furnace has shut off. I have insulated all the hot water pipes in the furnace room leading to the rest of the house, thus reducing the temperature in the furnace area. This area shares space with a workshop, so I need some heat. I remember a product on the market some time back that consisted of a stainless steel box with some hollow tubes in it--the box mounted in the stack pipe and had a thermostaticly-controlled fan to force the warm air out of the tubes. I spent some time searching Google last night but could not find a manufacturer of anything similar. Does anyone remember this product and who sells it? -- Take care, Mark & Mary Ann Weiss VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm Business sites at: www.dv-clips.com www.mwcomms.com www.adventuresinanimemusic.com - |
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Looking for Heat Exchanger/Reclaimer for Furnace Stack
"Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" wrote in message news:... In an age of rising taxes, rising fuel oil prices and rising electric costs, I am looking for ways to stop the waste heat from exiting my chimney. I have a Wickes W62 oil fired boiler with a 7" stack. I'm looking for either or both of the following: A heat exchanger with a forced-air fan that can extract some of the waste heat and heat the basement. A flu damper that shuts off flow to the chimney when the furnace is off. Preferably one with active spring-loaded damper that wants to be in the open position or with a failure mode that causes it to be open, also with some delay, alowing it to close, say 10 seconds after the furnace has shut off. I have insulated all the hot water pipes in the furnace room leading to the rest of the house, thus reducing the temperature in the furnace area. This area shares space with a workshop, so I need some heat. I remember a product on the market some time back that consisted of a stainless steel box with some hollow tubes in it--the box mounted in the stack pipe and had a thermostaticly-controlled fan to force the warm air out of the tubes. I spent some time searching Google last night but could not find a manufacturer of anything similar. Does anyone remember this product and who sells it? -- Take care, Mark & Mary Ann Weiss VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm Business sites at: www.dv-clips.com www.mwcomms.com www.adventuresinanimemusic.com - |
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Looking for Heat Exchanger/Reclaimer for Furnace Stack
A flue damper on an oil furnace is probably not a retrofit item. I have
seen the things you put in the flue pipe with tubes, etc. at Northern Tool and Equipment, but they don't seem to be in the catalog I have. You might try looking at their web page. My father heated our basement years ago by running the smoke pipe into a 30 gal. drum with a baffle in it to slow the gas down and let it heat the drum. It was very effective. But you don't want the temperature in your chimney to drop too low or you will get lots of condensation, acid, and gunk. "Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" wrote in message ... In an age of rising taxes, rising fuel oil prices and rising electric costs, I am looking for ways to stop the waste heat from exiting my chimney. I have a Wickes W62 oil fired boiler with a 7" stack. I'm looking for either or both of the following: A heat exchanger with a forced-air fan that can extract some of the waste heat and heat the basement. A flu damper that shuts off flow to the chimney when the furnace is off. Preferably one with active spring-loaded damper that wants to be in the open position or with a failure mode that causes it to be open, also with some delay, alowing it to close, say 10 seconds after the furnace has shut off. I have insulated all the hot water pipes in the furnace room leading to the rest of the house, thus reducing the temperature in the furnace area. This area shares space with a workshop, so I need some heat. I remember a product on the market some time back that consisted of a stainless steel box with some hollow tubes in it--the box mounted in the stack pipe and had a thermostaticly-controlled fan to force the warm air out of the tubes. I spent some time searching Google last night but could not find a manufacturer of anything similar. Does anyone remember this product and who sells it? -- Take care, Mark & Mary Ann Weiss VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm Business sites at: www.dv-clips.com www.mwcomms.com www.adventuresinanimemusic.com - |
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Looking for Heat Exchanger/Reclaimer for Furnace Stack
I remebmer the product. I had a buddy some years ago who had one on his wood
burning stove. Perhaps you can get something like this at a fireplace shop? -- Christopher A. Young Jesus: The Reason for the Season www.lds.org www.mormons.com "Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" wrote in message ... In an age of rising taxes, rising fuel oil prices and rising electric costs, I am looking for ways to stop the waste heat from exiting my chimney. I have a Wickes W62 oil fired boiler with a 7" stack. I'm looking for either or both of the following: A heat exchanger with a forced-air fan that can extract some of the waste heat and heat the basement. A flu damper that shuts off flow to the chimney when the furnace is off. Preferably one with active spring-loaded damper that wants to be in the open position or with a failure mode that causes it to be open, also with some delay, alowing it to close, say 10 seconds after the furnace has shut off. I have insulated all the hot water pipes in the furnace room leading to the rest of the house, thus reducing the temperature in the furnace area. This area shares space with a workshop, so I need some heat. I remember a product on the market some time back that consisted of a stainless steel box with some hollow tubes in it--the box mounted in the stack pipe and had a thermostaticly-controlled fan to force the warm air out of the tubes. I spent some time searching Google last night but could not find a manufacturer of anything similar. Does anyone remember this product and who sells it? -- Take care, Mark & Mary Ann Weiss |
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