How Much Coal Is Wasted Per Day Through a Barometric Damper?

 
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Post by freetown fred » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 10:46 am

Not sure, but my thoughts are a Baro acts on a natural draft not a forced draft????????????? BUT if you have doubts---GO FOR IT--just make sure your CO detectors are up & working properly


 
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Post by scalabro » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 10:51 am

Carbon12 wrote:According to the article, outside air should not be provided directly to the Baro because it would then not function correctly. It's controlling the draft as per the pressure/temperature conditions between the inside of the house, the chimney and the outside of the house.
I should try it as my baro is only 8 or so feet for a window, so I could do it without to much trouble.....

I wonder if an automatic computer controlled damper is made?

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 10:53 am

Since the baro is for routing air around the stove, not through it, you may have to also plumb the stove dampers to outside air only, so that the stove dampers and the baro see the same pressure drops.

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Post by KLook » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 10:56 am

Oh for Gods sake!!! Just open the window and you affect the stove controls and the baro!!! :? :o

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Where is that garbage bag?

 
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Post by Carbon12 » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:03 am

60 gallon garbage bag has given me 30 minutes of breathable air so far,...............why are my finger tips blue?!!? :help:

 
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Post by Lightning » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:09 am

Hahaha, my view on dedicating outside air would be ONLY if draft in the chimney couldn't be maintained without it. Otherwise, You loose the benefits of the barometric only adding part of the additional infiltration to adding all of its volume to additional infiltration. Hmm. :lol:

 
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Post by Lightning » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:14 am

You could pipe it sealed to the outside but then the stove and barometric would see two different pressures like Paul said and things would go south from there. :lol:


 
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Post by Lightning » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:17 am

Then opening a window would lower the neutral pressure plane increasing air leaving the house up at the ceiling hahaha.

 
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Post by coalkirk » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:21 am

You guys are really overthinking this whole issue and over what? A couple dollars worth or coal. Listen, it's Friday, almost noon (it's noon somewhere). Crack open a beer and forget about it. :cheers:

 
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Post by Carbon12 » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:24 am

Sounds like a plan!!! Now,......how many beers does it take to stop obsessing over trivial matters? Enough to fill the vacuum between my ears,.....I'm guessing! :lol:

 
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Post by Lightning » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:27 am

Carbon12 wrote:Sounds like a plan!!! Now,......how many beers does it take to stop obsessing over trivial matters? Enough to fill the vacuum between my ears,.....I'm guessing! :lol:
That's awesome :lol:

 
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Post by scalabro » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:34 am

Lightning wrote:You could pipe it sealed to the outside but then the stove and barometric would see two different pressures like Paul said and things would go south from there. :lol:
I can't see how, draft is draft, no?

I don't think the primary (stove) gives a hoot as long as it has the correct low pressure is applied to its exhaust "port" during a burn.

And YES, this is an exercise for no reason....I'm just stirring the pot for the fun of it lol!

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:37 am

Carbon12 wrote:Sounds like a plan!!! Now,......how many beers does it take to stop obsessing over trivial matters? Enough to fill the vacuum between my ears,.....I'm guessing! :lol:
With, . . or without the bag ?

Now if you take into account the changing ratio of the volume of oxygen verse CO2, inside a closed space that becomes exposed to a vacuum . .

Oh never mind, pass me a beer will ya ? :D

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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:44 am

Gekko wrote:
Lightning wrote:You could pipe it sealed to the outside but then the stove and barometric would see two different pressures like Paul said and things would go south from there. :lol:
I can't see how, draft is draft, no?

I don't think the primary (stove) gives a hoot as long as it has the correct low pressure is applied to its exhaust "port" during a burn.

And YES, this is an exercise for no reason....I'm just stirring the pot for the fun of it lol!
Yes and no. Think of draft only as pressure drop and indoors verse outdoors have different pressure drops. There's the pressure drop affect of the house verses outdoors. If you expose only the baro to outside pressure drop it can't compensate for the pressure difference at the stove dampers.

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Post by scalabro » Fri. Dec. 20, 2013 11:50 am

I'll give it a try this weekend.


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