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Sorry if my last line added to the confusion, Joe. I meant to say, .."with, or without a baro.
A simple test is seal off the baro for length of time,... say a week, and see what changes there are in stove performance, house warmth, and amounts of coal used for a similar weather week.
Other than that, you'd need some very sophisticated test lab to see if a baro wastes less heat in windy conditions than having no baro.
Paul
A simple test is seal off the baro for length of time,... say a week, and see what changes there are in stove performance, house warmth, and amounts of coal used for a similar weather week.
Other than that, you'd need some very sophisticated test lab to see if a baro wastes less heat in windy conditions than having no baro.
Paul
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Paul, even with the simple test you suggested, I believe there are just too many variables to conclusively prove baro vs no baro. You make a very good point though about heated room air energy compared to heated flue gas energy getting yanked from the stove during wind gusts. A question of which one is worse.
There is a way to plumb the baro so that it uses the less expensive cooler air near the floor. You would need to use a horizontal section of pipe currently in your setup. Use a "T" to run towards the floor, then a "90" at the floor to install the baro properly. But I don't think the advantages of such a rigging would really show much difference.
There is a way to plumb the baro so that it uses the less expensive cooler air near the floor. You would need to use a horizontal section of pipe currently in your setup. Use a "T" to run towards the floor, then a "90" at the floor to install the baro properly. But I don't think the advantages of such a rigging would really show much difference.
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Lee,Lightning wrote:Paul, even with the simple test you suggested, I believe there are just too many variables to conclusively prove baro vs no baro. You make a very good point though about heated room air energy compared to heated flue gas energy getting yanked from the stove during wind gusts. A question of which one is worse.
There is a way to plumb the baro so that it uses the less expensive cooler air near the floor. You would need to use a horizontal section of pipe currently in your setup. Use a "T" to run towards the floor, then a "90" at the floor to install the baro properly. But I don't think the advantages of such a rigging would really show much difference.
For decades, baros have been recommended for use with so many modern heating appliances that have been lab tested, that I'd go with baro wastes less heat produced by the stove than not having a baro. I don't see any logic, or evidence, that heating appliance manufactures would, for so long a time, recommend a device that would waste heat.
Paul
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It's just all in people's heads.
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hotblast1357 wrote:It's just all in people's heads.
Now there's another topic. If someone has a hole in their head, would it help to have a baro installed, or not ?
Paul
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It would depend on how much their a** is sucking wind...Sunny Boy wrote:Now there's another topic. If someone has a hole in their head, would it help to have a baro installed, or not ?
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Lightning wrote:It would depend on how much their a** is sucking wind...Sunny Boy wrote:Now there's another topic. If someone has a hole in their head, would it help to have a baro installed, or not ?
Good answer !
Paul
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Takes a lot of nerve to accuse people of having something in their headshotblast1357 wrote:It's just all in people's heads.
Now I'm gonna go practice drawing so I can draw as good as Lee
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Just ribbing a little. But you'll notice I was running just in case they threw black rocks at mejoeq wrote:Hey now Don, are you bustin on Lee? I think he did a great job. It makes perfect sense to me.
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Joe, you realize that puts you in a "special" class.joeq wrote:Hey now Don, are you bustin on Lee? I think he did a great job. It makes perfect sense to me.
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We ain't talkin 'short buses' are weSunny Boy wrote:Joe, you realize that puts you in a "special" class.joeq wrote:Hey now Don, are you bustin on Lee? I think he did a great job. It makes perfect sense to me.
Paul