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Stirling Work
By: Landyphil Date: October 18, 2013, 12:30 am
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I would have posted this last night but it was so toasty in the
house I went to bed instead!
Mrs Landyphil has bought me a superb piece of kit:
HTML http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o208/landyphil/Stirlingfansmall_zps6f5d1b82.jpg
A stirling engined fan to sit atop of our new (well this year)
woodburning stove. It's even in matching colours of Black enamel
and brushed chrome etc.
Makers claim it needs a heat difference of about 120C between
the base and the cooling plate on the back but even at about 70C
difference it was doing nigh on 200rpm. At 120C it was doing
probably about 300rpm+.
It's not like it blows the hot air in the fireplace like
something from Pratt&Whittle but does circulate the air much
better.
Not cheap but the then running costs are somewhat low!
I can now why they use stirling engine's on Subs and boats etc.
All you can hear is the sound of the bearings really!
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Re: Stirling Work
By: Drew Date: October 18, 2013, 12:54 am
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That, I like.
If our burner in the lounge wasn't a chimney insert, I'd be
having one of them (having said that, the room gets deuced warm
as it is).
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Re: Stirling Work
By: Landyphil Date: October 18, 2013, 2:27 am
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Have to admit it got far too warm last night.
By 11pm it was 28 in the living room and the stove was turned
down as far as possible as all the gases had burnt out the wood
so you could knock it right down without fear of sooting etc.
Prevously it didn't seem to really spread to the rest of the
house. With this wee chappie firing it's best towards the
doorway opposite this morning the whole house was peachy warm.
:thumbs:
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Re: Stirling Work
By: inglishg Date: October 18, 2013, 7:10 am
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My job for next week is to fit a wood burner at our place.
I'm not impressed how much I have been contributing to that Gas
company chief exec's annual £2m bonus... :smiley-furious:
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Re: Stirling Work
By: genem Date: October 18, 2013, 2:23 pm
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In a similar vein one of my tasks this weekend is to fit a new
blade on the log-saw and tackle the woodpile. The log-burner
certainly makes a big difference to how toasty the house gets.
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Re: Stirling Work
By: Lucy Date: October 18, 2013, 2:48 pm
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Heat wave?
#Post#: 77607--------------------------------------------------
Re: Stirling Work
By: TrueS2 Date: October 19, 2013, 2:22 pm
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Where from is this fine little piece? Would love one.....
Regards
Trues2
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Re: Stirling Work
By: Landyphil Date: October 19, 2013, 2:54 pm
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Quite a few sellers online. Have a google of "Vulcan Stove Fan".
Sadly all the sellers seem to be around the same price.
HTML http://www.vulcanfan.com/
HTML http://www.vulcanfan.com/
I should add it really does work well!
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Re: Stirling Work
By: TrueS2 Date: October 20, 2013, 12:58 am
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Cheers! I will check if SWMBO sponsors one for christmas. Cool
piece of kit! dogwalk
regards
TrueS2
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Re: Stirling Work
By: inglishg Date: October 30, 2013, 8:34 am
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Just fitted a wood burner at our place...
Nicely fills the room with smoke :smiley-furious:
Seems like my flue ain't long enough, and/or the cowl is too
close to the pitch of the roof. My next job is to fit a rigid
extension to the flexible flue liner and then fit a strap-on
collar to attach three supporting struts to the chimney stack.
(Should be enough double-entendres there to keep the likes of
Landy Phil happy :smilewide: )
I suppose the regs were written for a reason...not just to
generate income for flue manufacturers. The flue exits the lower
part of the roof-line above the gutter and only measures 3.3m
long. The cowl is also only about 1.5m from the roofline.
Apparently there's only guidance on flue length, but the cowl
should be 2.5m from the roofline or 600mm above the ridge...
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