Simple Wood Stove Heat Exchanger

Simple Wood Stove Heat Exchanger ENERGY Wood Burners 65 Rick Plunkett of Albany Ky recently sent FARM SHOW photos of a heat exchanger he built for his indoor wood stove that makes use of an old barbeque grill cover The cover traps hot air coming off the top of the stove and uses a motor and fan unit to send the air out through the house’s original ductwork “We started experimenting with this idea about 20 years ago and have used the current setup for more than 10 years It works great and doesn’t cost much to operate ” says Plunkett The stove is located on the one end of Plunkett’s house The problem was that the stove alone couldn’t keep the other side of the house warm So Plunkett’s dad set the cover off an old Weber barbeque grill on top of the stove notching out one side that fits against the stove’s chimney He cut a hole on top of the cover and bolted a small electric fan over it then ran a 2-in dia flexible hose from the fan to a ductwork vent in the basement’s floor He also bolted a thermostat onto the cover next to the fan “The add-on fan helped circulate the heat evenly throughout the entire house ” says Plunkett He didn’t spend much money on the project “I bought the fan motor and thermostat at a closeout sale for a total of about $10 ” notes Plunkett Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Rick Plunkett 577 Campbells Ferry Ln Albany Ky 42602 ph 606 306-1981

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