Every solid fuel stove loses a large amount of heat through the chimney and flue and.
Stove pipe heat reclaimer reviews.
A more robust solution for air.
Exhaust pipe cooling fins.
Starts putting out heat before the stove does.
When you add a reclaimer to your wood stove pipe exhaust gases heat the pipe to approximately 280 degrees fahrenheit.
Once hot the quiet fan blows air through the heat exchanger and brings an extra 10 percent of the heat loss back into the room.
There are also iron pieces with simple fan blades that actually spin very slowly as the heat rises and runs over the blades.
All this heat would have just gone out the chimney i would sure recommend this heat reclaimer as it really works great.
I know i will always have one from now on.
The electric powered fan forces cold air to circulate around internal tubes heated by hot flue gases.
Wish it had a fan that didn t make any noise but the heat it puts out more than makes up for the noise.
The iron pieces get hot and increase the heat exchange capability of the stove by presenting a larger hot surface area to the surrounding air.
By the way my flue temps inside the pipe above the reclaimer is running 455f right now so the 30 000 b t u s numbers are pretty close it all depends where you have the heat reclaimer hooked up at on the pipe stove plus what stove stoker you are using and of course the quality of coal that you use.
This item us stove vogelzang hr 6 heat reclaimer fully automatic quiet 130 cfm blower fully sealed from flue gasses compatible with all wood or coal stoves 6 inch diameter flue pipe 4 blade heat powered stove fan for wood log burner fireplace increases 80 more warm air than 2 blade fan.
This to a small degree can help distribute some of the hot air.