secondary burn wood stove

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lenny

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kinda hard to see what I am trying to show but in the top of the stove there are 4 tubes with holes in them. Hot exhaust gases are directed through the top through convection effect, through the holes in the tubes and burn a second time adding efficiency to the burn. Most newer stoves have these now and it is a good feature. It also helps keep the glass clean which mine is not now but I never clean the glass anymore. If I burn a hot fire it all clears up like new so from time to time I burn it hot.
 

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lenny

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highhertel said:
I had a Quadra-Fire stove with the same setup, what an excellent engineered stove. Heated a 2,800 sq. ft. house in Door County with this free standing stove, used around 2 cords per year on a 'normal' year. Electric baseboard for secondary, rarely used.

Wonder how the new EPA emissions standards are going to effect the wood stove industry?

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/...epa-wants-to-snuff-out-wood-and-pellet-stoves

HH
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I have heard talk that gasification will be the norm, nearly all the smoke is eliminated on a true gasification. This stove does not have a lot of secondary burn unless you have er cranked up and than it's crazy but my house is to small to run the stove that hot. I bought this stove new and thought it was a proper fit but I was wrong, much to big for my place. In fact, I almost can never run the stove full open for long. Now if a guy could move the heat around better than yes it would be great. I do use a nice cyclone fan to push the hot air around and it works well but nothing like duct work.
 
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Woodtic

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The EPA bs has started in CA. Go figure . They are mandating some sort of catalyst stack or gasification . Even in a simple fire place.
 
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