How Much Coal Is Wasted Per Day Through a Barometric Damper?
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Not sure, but my thoughts are a Baro acts on a natural draft not a forced draft????????????? BUT if you have doubts---GO FOR IT--just make sure your CO detectors are up & working properly
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I should try it as my baro is only 8 or so feet for a window, so I could do it without to much trouble.....Carbon12 wrote:According to the article, outside air should not be provided directly to the Baro because it would then not function correctly. It's controlling the draft as per the pressure/temperature conditions between the inside of the house, the chimney and the outside of the house.
I wonder if an automatic computer controlled damper is made?
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Since the baro is for routing air around the stove, not through it, you may have to also plumb the stove dampers to outside air only, so that the stove dampers and the baro see the same pressure drops.
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60 gallon garbage bag has given me 30 minutes of breathable air so far,...............why are my finger tips blue?!!?
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Hahaha, my view on dedicating outside air would be ONLY if draft in the chimney couldn't be maintained without it. Otherwise, You loose the benefits of the barometric only adding part of the additional infiltration to adding all of its volume to additional infiltration. Hmm.
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You could pipe it sealed to the outside but then the stove and barometric would see two different pressures like Paul said and things would go south from there.
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You guys are really overthinking this whole issue and over what? A couple dollars worth or coal. Listen, it's Friday, almost noon (it's noon somewhere). Crack open a beer and forget about it.
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Sounds like a plan!!! Now,......how many beers does it take to stop obsessing over trivial matters? Enough to fill the vacuum between my ears,.....I'm guessing!
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That's awesomeCarbon12 wrote:Sounds like a plan!!! Now,......how many beers does it take to stop obsessing over trivial matters? Enough to fill the vacuum between my ears,.....I'm guessing!
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I can't see how, draft is draft, no?Lightning wrote:You could pipe it sealed to the outside but then the stove and barometric would see two different pressures like Paul said and things would go south from there.
I don't think the primary (stove) gives a hoot as long as it has the correct low pressure is applied to its exhaust "port" during a burn.
And YES, this is an exercise for no reason....I'm just stirring the pot for the fun of it lol!
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With, . . or without the bag ?Carbon12 wrote:Sounds like a plan!!! Now,......how many beers does it take to stop obsessing over trivial matters? Enough to fill the vacuum between my ears,.....I'm guessing!
Now if you take into account the changing ratio of the volume of oxygen verse CO2, inside a closed space that becomes exposed to a vacuum . .
Oh never mind, pass me a beer will ya ?
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Yes and no. Think of draft only as pressure drop and indoors verse outdoors have different pressure drops. There's the pressure drop affect of the house verses outdoors. If you expose only the baro to outside pressure drop it can't compensate for the pressure difference at the stove dampers.Gekko wrote:I can't see how, draft is draft, no?Lightning wrote:You could pipe it sealed to the outside but then the stove and barometric would see two different pressures like Paul said and things would go south from there.
I don't think the primary (stove) gives a hoot as long as it has the correct low pressure is applied to its exhaust "port" during a burn.
And YES, this is an exercise for no reason....I'm just stirring the pot for the fun of it lol!
Paul