Off the Wall Idea Here!
Posted: Fri. Nov. 30, 2007 11:11 am
Has anyone tried this type of setup here? Currently I have two handfired units hooked up and working. The 'new' Franco Belge piped into my fireplace Chimney in the family room doorstairs that can almost heat the whole living minus a bedroom or two on mild days, not below 25 degrees at night. Now my other unit is hooked up to the inside oil burner chimney and I will be using this 'as required' for that extra heat when colder nights arrive. This unit heats the core of the house, but doesn't burn 24/7. And of course there is the old oil burner that is now my backup. Currently it isn't connected to the chimney but can be brought back on-line in about 1/2 hr after connectinf it up to the capped 'T' connector. Now the oil burner is tied into my baseboard heating system, but isn't be utilized.
Here's the crack-pot idea. What if were to pull out the 'oil firing guts', cap off the oil tank connection, and move away. Now if I were to pipe the exhaust from the Auxilty stove into the oil burner and use the exhaust exit to vent into the inside chimney, and cap off the other side of the 'T'. Now my exhaust gases would heat up the existing water jacket inside the old oil burner, and all I need to do is bypass the electronics and have the cirulating pump operate independently there by distrubuting the heat to those other bedrooms.
Other then the problems invovled in having the circuling pump cycle on and off. The only thing that might be an issue is creating enough draft to get the EFEL burning, and maybe sucking too much heat out of the unit to keep it burning? Of course the heater would have to be sealed up extra tight to avoid exhaust leakage, but it is intact. This setup could only be used on the weekends or during cold night when the Primary F/B is not able to heat the whole house. Another issue would be that the exhaust would have to be piped 'downward' after exiting the stove "from 17ins high down closer to floor level where it would enter the oil burner where the firing unit was removed.
Now that I've got you all thinking, 'is he nuts', anybody ever try such a thing? Is it legal? etc.
Here's the crack-pot idea. What if were to pull out the 'oil firing guts', cap off the oil tank connection, and move away. Now if I were to pipe the exhaust from the Auxilty stove into the oil burner and use the exhaust exit to vent into the inside chimney, and cap off the other side of the 'T'. Now my exhaust gases would heat up the existing water jacket inside the old oil burner, and all I need to do is bypass the electronics and have the cirulating pump operate independently there by distrubuting the heat to those other bedrooms.
Other then the problems invovled in having the circuling pump cycle on and off. The only thing that might be an issue is creating enough draft to get the EFEL burning, and maybe sucking too much heat out of the unit to keep it burning? Of course the heater would have to be sealed up extra tight to avoid exhaust leakage, but it is intact. This setup could only be used on the weekends or during cold night when the Primary F/B is not able to heat the whole house. Another issue would be that the exhaust would have to be piped 'downward' after exiting the stove "from 17ins high down closer to floor level where it would enter the oil burner where the firing unit was removed.
Now that I've got you all thinking, 'is he nuts', anybody ever try such a thing? Is it legal? etc.