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|    Re: Radiant floor heating from a wood st    |
|    28 Mar 12 10:53:42    |
      f8db9e8b       From: MyNameForward@ReplaceWithMyVices.Com.invalid              Sometimes complexity is needed to keep things simple.       The storage tank can accept heat when the stove puts it out, and       distribute it when needed. An expansion tank is needed on any       closed-loop system. The only way you could hope to avoid pumps would be       to move the fire downstairs (evidently into a boat at your site as       described - or make it a two-story cabin.) Even then thermosyphoning to       a whole floor is tricky to engineer and may involve very large (and       expensive) pipes.              As for getting the heat in the first place, the greater the temperature       difference, the smaller the heat exchanger can be for the same output.       Getting useful heat from "warm walls" is a lot harder than from a hot       stove.              --       Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by       Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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