Alaska Vent or Power Vent?

What is the difference between the Alaska Vent System and Power Vent System? A little confusing to me on their website?
(could be the beer I suppose)

Mark

Power Vent is mounted on the outside wall of a house and will suck the exhaust out a stove vs. a Direct Vent which will be mounted on the rear of a stove and will push the exhaust out of the stove though the wall to the outside.

So with the direct vent option there is a fan pushing air out from under the carpet(through the grate creating a positive pressure in the stove) and in addition to this fan there is a fan on the effluent of the firebox pushing air through the wall to the outside?

Mark

heatwithcoal wrote:So with the direct vent option there is a fan pushing air out from under the carpet(through the grate creating a positive pressure in the stove) and in addition to this fan there is a fan on the effluent of the firebox pushing air through the wall to the outside?

Mark

No the DV unit mounts on the flue pipe at the stove and creates a draft inside the stove while pressurizing all down stream flue pipe. You cannot have a positive pressure inside a coal stove, bad things will happen man..... bad things........

poor choice of words. I guess I meant there is a fan under the burn grate pushing air into the stove not necessarily creating positive pressure.

heatwithcoal wrote:poor choice of words. I guess I meant there is a fan under the burn grate pushing air into the stove not necessarily creating positive pressure.

That is the combustion fan, all stokers have one to burn the coal.

Understood Thanks

Do u have a top or bottom vent stove?

It is a top vent stove. Images are in:

What to Do? Harman Mag, AK Kast Console II and Pellet Stove.

Thanks for any additional info,

Mark