grizzly2 wrote:On my Hitzer 30-95 I have been running about 150* surface magnet temp. before the baro. when just idling on warmer days. The flue temp goes up to about 200* when I turn up the thermostat for the evening. Obviously how hot a fire one is burning will make a difference. I am running about the same WC as you.
So if the temp of the flowing gases at the core is about twice the surface temp - that 350deg - 400deg internal temp might be just enough to pull out some extra heat with a reclaimer.
I just bought a reclaimer and want to blow its output into a duct that heats my bedroom two floor up from the basement. You can only use a reclaimer on moderate flu temperatures.
Was going to build a tin shroud around my 30-95 to capture/direct the radiant but the way the air wash blows out over the front,it would be difficult to get all the bends correct.
Looks so much simpler to try a reclaimer and take it from the stack and let the reclaimer provide the blowing too.
Ill know soon enough...
BTW - those stack temps indicate that the 30-95 is pretty efficient at *not* sending most of its heat up the flu. Cheap wood stoves like my Vogelzang produce stack surface temps of close to 500 deg consistently -- even damped down all the way. they are just so leaky. A raging wood stove would fry a reclaimer.
