Power Vent for a Harman TLC

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Post by slippeddisk » Wed. Sep. 03, 2008 7:14 pm

This is all new to me. I just bought a used Harman TLC-2000, I have not as yet set it up and am wondering if I can use a power vent for this stove? Any help you can give me on venting this stove would be a great help.

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Post by Devil505 » Wed. Sep. 03, 2008 8:32 pm

I own the TLC but have a masonry chimney & can't specifically answer your question. Harman will only talk with their dealers so I suggest you contact an authorized Harman dealer & have them get a definitive answer, directly from Harman.
That being said, from a purely physics standpoint, I can't imagine why it wouldn't work with a properly sized & setup power vent???
To my layman;'s understanding, a power vent would apply the same negative pressure to the stove that a chimney does to draw the gases out & away.
Be safe though. Run it by a Harman dealer.

Edit: I would never power vent a coal stove myself though. It would have to run 24/7 all season & a cheap block chimney would be a permanent & not much more expensive way to go, imo.

 
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Post by cArNaGe » Wed. Sep. 03, 2008 8:38 pm

Pretty sure you shouldn't powervent a hand fired stove for the simple fact if you loose power where would the fumes go. Stokers can actually shut down the blow and stoker to kill the fire until the power comes on.

I had a post last year about pv an old cook stove in my kitchen and that was the response I got. But really would it work? Absoulutly, but not recommended for the safety aspect.


 
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Post by LsFarm » Wed. Sep. 03, 2008 8:41 pm

I agree with Devil505, if you can, build a chimney for the stove. It will last as long as the house, and it wouldn't cost much more than the powervent and the electricity it will burn...
With a regular chimney, you will not lose the fire if the power goes out.. with a powervent, you will loose the fire within 30 minutes or so. There is a lot of coal burning in the firebox, so you would want to have several CO detectors,,

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Post by Devil505 » Wed. Sep. 03, 2008 9:41 pm

cArNaGe wrote:Pretty sure you shouldn't powervent a hand fired stove for the simple fact if you loose power where would the fumes go. Stokers can actually shut down the blow and stoker to kill the fire until the power comes on.

I had a post last year about pv an old cook stove in my kitchen and that was the response I got. But really would it work? Absoulutly, but not recommended for the safety aspect.
Good point that I hadn't thought of!
(but, wouldn't the lack of draw, when the PV shuts down, effectively starve the fire of air & thus cause it to go out anyway?....Or is it the greater amount of burning coal in the firebox that is the problem?)

 
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Post by cArNaGe » Wed. Sep. 03, 2008 10:04 pm

In the Harman I'm not sure. I know my cookstove isn't airtight at all. I guess you could try it and see. Pull the plug on a good fire and see if your CO detectors go off. If they don't then I wouldn't worry about it.


 
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Post by slippeddisk » Thu. Sep. 04, 2008 5:38 pm

Thanks. I think the PV is out and I will go with a chimney.

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Post by Devil505 » Thu. Sep. 04, 2008 5:46 pm

slippeddisk wrote:Thanks. I think the PV is out and I will go with a chimney.
I very wise decision you will never regret. :)

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