Nov 3, 2017 · Here is a similar fireplace heat exchanger.... Via: Fireplace Furnaces -120,000 BTU Wood Burning Fireplace Grate Heater Hearth Heat Exchanger w/Blower The black pipe DIY version is …

Nov 2, 2007 · I have a masonry fireplace and am burning wood. I came across this Heat Exchanger online (see pic). Does this work (making room warmer) or is it just gimmick? Thanks.

Jun 20, 2005 · If you use any sort of heat exchanger there, you will now cool the flue gases resulting in creosote formation and the end esult will eventually be a plugged chimney or worse, a dangerous …

Jan 6, 2010 · I have a masonry fireplace and am burning wood. I came across this Heat Exchanger online (see pic). Does this work (making room warmer) or is it just gimmick? Thanks.

Mar 2, 2012 · It doesn’t matter if the heat exchanger is a solar collector or a grid of pipes in a fireplace or a stovepipe coil on top of a wood stove; the fundamental principles are the same for all three. Cold …

Nov 3, 2017 · I have a little wood stove with damper going in the fire place now. Burning 100,000 btu per hour of wood in the fire place to heat one room sucks.

Nov 22, 2008 · In order to make an effective heat exchanger in a fireplace, you would have to violate the code requirements for wall thicknesses and materials. If you build the fireplace to code then try to …

Sep 23, 2005 · Hi All: I would like to use 1" type M copper tubing to make a fireplace insert that fits over my cast iron fireplace grate. I will use a small fan to force room temp air through the tubing to be …

Nov 16, 2015 · Many years ago I attacked this issue by building a heat exchanger about like the one you included - except that it was made of pipes containing water. With a pump and some electric valves …

Nov 6, 2007 · The fan will blow air into the heat exchanger through the cracks, which is now has positive pressure instead of negative. The positive pressure forces the flames to rollout and either burn wires, …