Wortown Mick
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Im looking to make a homemade contraption of a heating system.
I want to build a heat exchanger to heat water over the firebox. I'm thinking an older steel wood stove with an exchanger built off the flue on top of it.
Pump water to another exchanger to make it work on an existing forced hot air system.
My first hurdle is selecting a stove, something heavily built, old ugly and square. Fairly big.
My second is an idea for my exchanger, I was considering an old steam radiator encased in steel to direct the exhaust gasses through, should heat up water pretty hot.
The next hurdle is a water-air exchanger, and a blower fan behind it. A circulator pump on the water line to make it function.
Fairly simple idea, I'm curious if anyone's got good suggestions.
I want to build a heat exchanger to heat water over the firebox. I'm thinking an older steel wood stove with an exchanger built off the flue on top of it.
Pump water to another exchanger to make it work on an existing forced hot air system.
My first hurdle is selecting a stove, something heavily built, old ugly and square. Fairly big.
My second is an idea for my exchanger, I was considering an old steam radiator encased in steel to direct the exhaust gasses through, should heat up water pretty hot.
The next hurdle is a water-air exchanger, and a blower fan behind it. A circulator pump on the water line to make it function.
Fairly simple idea, I'm curious if anyone's got good suggestions.