Diplomat Chimney Fireplace Flue Heat Exchanger/Hot Air Exchanger, Exhaust Gas Cooler Black, XL Diameter 130 mm, 5 Pipes with Damper

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The first (obvious) lesson was that the steel for the tank and the tubes needs to be about the same thickness.

Because of what happens with water on changing state to vapor, I'm told that insurance companies get puckered-up about DIY water-heaters. I also was just reading another thread about using an old chain as a turbulator in a vertical fire tube heat exchanger. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . What I'm trying to get you to see is that there are other reasonable and safe methods of saving energy that are available.Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. I do however have easy access to some raw materials, so what I was thinking of making a heat exchanger coil from copper pipe and putting it inside a metal box which flue gas would go through before venting to the atmosphere.

The 6" Magic Heat Reclaimer is an investment in your wood/coal/oil/gas stove that helps you save money on your heating bill and adds to the warmth and ambiance around your stove. I wouldn't want to move that from the room my gas boiler is in though (bathroom, in the cupboard which previously housed bath towels and the like, I have just enough room left now for one shelf only 7.

I'm imagining welding several tubes into a small 30 gallon drum, which goes inside an outer 55 gallon drum with a removable lid for cleaning. The 6-foot electrical cord should be plugged into a standard 110V home outlet a must be kept 12" from the stove pipe/stove. If I understand his description correctly, he has no chimney; the pipe just goes out through the side wall.

On the prototype version I drilled the holes with a step drill, then ground them to their final size with a Rotary tool with a carbide cutter bit installed. I have no illusions that this will be a long-lasting stove, or high efficiency, however it is certainly fun to build and so far cheap.

The heat exchanger uses the high temperature of the flue gases of a wood burning stove and radiates it in the room, which increases the overall efficiency. You can see actual holes in my chimney pipe in some of the photos, below the heat exchanger unit, from previous experiments.