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Rigged an aluminum heat sink over the fireplace,....hung a slow blowing 12V mini fan that pushes air across it,...got the hearth filled with cured out Bradford Pear wood,...which is plentiful around here.

The thermostat is set on 64 and the thermometer indicates that it's 70 degrees inside the house,....so the furnace thinks it's July. It's asleep.

My Toolmaker inspired heat exchanger seems to be working pretty good.

My goal is to make it to Valentines day on 400 gallons of propane.

We'll see.

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We’re only using a 30K BTU propane stove, with ceiling fans for circulation. The thermostat is set @ 64degrees also. We’re keeping 3 levels/3800 sq/ft. quite comfortable.....though the basement is a bit cool. You need pants and long sleeves down there! We’ll probably use a bit more than 400 gallons by Valentines Day.....but not a lot more. It really depends on how many days we’re below zero! memtb

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How about a picture of your apparatus or is it proprietary?


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How about a picture of your apparatus or is it proprietary?


I would,...but my pic posting gadget won't work on this computer.

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We haven’t used the heater yet. We had AC on last weekend.

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Originally Posted by Bristoe
Rigged an aluminum heat sink over the fireplace,....hung a slow blowing 12V mini fan that pushes air across it,...got the hearth filled with cured out Bradford Pear wood,...which is plentiful around here.

The thermostat is set on 64 and the thermometer indicates that it's 70 degrees inside the house,....so the furnace thinks it's July. It's asleep.

My Toolmaker inspired heat exchanger seems to be working pretty good.

My goal is to make it to Valentines day on 400 gallons of propane.

We'll see.

Had one of these in my first house, they work great.
[img]https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-8bc...Grate_Heater_1__65444.1567192138.jpg?c=2[/img]


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Originally Posted by Kyhilljack
Originally Posted by Bristoe
Rigged an aluminum heat sink over the fireplace,....hung a slow blowing 12V mini fan that pushes air across it,...got the hearth filled with cured out Bradford Pear wood,...which is plentiful around here.

The thermostat is set on 64 and the thermometer indicates that it's 70 degrees inside the house,....so the furnace thinks it's July. It's asleep.

My Toolmaker inspired heat exchanger seems to be working pretty good.

My goal is to make it to Valentines day on 400 gallons of propane.

We'll see.

Had one of these in my first house, they work great.
[img]https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-8bc...Grate_Heater_1__65444.1567192138.jpg?c=2[/img]


I've seen those around. They want big money for them these days.

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Originally Posted by Bristoe
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Originally Posted by Bristoe
Rigged an aluminum heat sink over the fireplace,....hung a slow blowing 12V mini fan that pushes air across it,...got the hearth filled with cured out Bradford Pear wood,...which is plentiful around here.

The thermostat is set on 64 and the thermometer indicates that it's 70 degrees inside the house,....so the furnace thinks it's July. It's asleep.

My Toolmaker inspired heat exchanger seems to be working pretty good.

My goal is to make it to Valentines day on 400 gallons of propane.

We'll see.

Had one of these in my first house, they work great.
[img]https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-8bc...Grate_Heater_1__65444.1567192138.jpg?c=2[/img]


I've seen those around. They want big money for them these days.

Make one. While you have time before the cane starts growing.


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I don't know, first-hand - but I've been told that some of those heat exchangers can cool the flue so much, that they need to be swept more often.

Any one know if that's true?


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Originally Posted by Bristoe
Rigged an aluminum heat sink over the fireplace,....hung a slow blowing 12V mini fan that pushes air across it,...got the hearth filled with cured out Bradford Pear wood,...which is plentiful around here.

The thermostat is set on 64 and the thermometer indicates that it's 70 degrees inside the house,....so the furnace thinks it's July. It's asleep.

My Toolmaker inspired heat exchanger seems to be working pretty good.

My goal is to make it to Valentines day on 400 gallons of propane.

We'll see.

Had one of these in my first house, they work great.
[img]https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-8bc...Grate_Heater_1__65444.1567192138.jpg?c=2[/img]


I've seen those around. They want big money for them these days.

Make one. While you have time before the cane starts growing.


I'd probably do that if I still had a machine shop at my disposal. But those days are over,...thank goodness.

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Supposed to dip into the 50's here tonight. At least the AC is not running for a day to two.


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Originally Posted by mark shubert
I don't know, first-hand - but I've been told that some of those heat exchangers can cool the flue so much, that they need to be swept more often.

Any one know if that's true?

Never had that problem. Biggest advantage to them is all you need is a slow burning fire, and just the coals laying on the grate keeps producing a lot of heat. The one I had came with a door where the hot air blew out the top.


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How much is propane now. Haven’t bought any in 20 years.

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$2.85 a gallon here.


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