Wood burning stoves

Is there any danger in having wood stacked up touching the burner like Graham's picture? It must help do the final bits of drying before burning, but I wouldn't want it to start smoldering!
 
TopBanana said:
Is there any danger in having wood stacked up touching the burner like Graham's picture? It must help do the final bits of drying before burning, but I wouldn't want it to start smoldering!
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The principle is to get the cast iron of the stove hot so it will retain the heat. The only way to ignite those logs would be to get the stove glowing red hot which is simply not possible given the air supply and the fuel being used
 
Overexposed said:
The principle is to get the cast iron of the stove hot so it will retain the heat. The only way to ignite those logs would be to get the stove glowing red hot which is simply not possible given the air supply and the fuel being used
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The logs absorb the heat from the stove but they only get warm , I suppose it helps to "air" them after being outside for a couple of years.
 
We used to do something similar with logs for our rayburn, but that was to dry them out when our wood supply got wet, rather than airing them gently. We'd get slabwood offcuts from a local saw mill in 1 ton bundles, sliced through with a chainsaw into suitable lengths - sometimes it would rain before we could cut & stack, which took 1 weekend per month for our sole source of winter heating.
 
In '91 it started at £5/bundle, rising to £12/bundle by about 94/95, when they went bust and I had to scavenge for fallen trees etc to keep the family warm. :( I remember being told by a local councillor in a nearby village that I couldn't take the wood (from common land) because the wildlife needed it. :mad:

Then we fitted oil fired heating on the back of unexpected inheritance money and have remained comfortably warm ever since. :)
 
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How does that work? Does it start turning when the heatsink/fins get hot?
 
It does, using the Peltier effect to create electrical charge fro temperature diffirential
 
Yes, once the top of the stove starts to heat up it starts to turn the blades with the heat etc, hassle free. Once up to full temp and fan speed you couldn't put your fingers near it or it could end in Ouch mode.

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macvisual said:
To help dissipate heat from in/around a wood-stove I fancy trying something like this; a battery powered (quiet) fan which sits on the floor behind a wood-burner and helps move/push the air out from in/around the stove to help distribute warm air into the room.

Has anyone any thoughts on this method at all or would like to comment please...?

Regards;
Peter
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Sod wasting batteries on that, get or build a stirling hot air engine.
 
TopBanana said:
Is there any danger in having wood stacked up touching the burner like Graham's picture? It must help do the final bits of drying before burning, but I wouldn't want it to start smoldering!
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Errr - don't do that, the logs can catch fire, found that out to my cost about 8 years ago. :(.

I have a 12kw multifuel stove, I adore it - I have put my central heating on about 20 times in the last 10 years.
 
Applemuncher said:
Errr - don't do that, the logs can catch fire, found that out to my cost about 8 years ago. :(.

I have a 12kw multifuel stove, I adore it - I have put my central heating on about 20 times in the last 10 years.
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Ok. So do it with caution. I have been doing it for the four years we've had the burners, and the logs closest to the burner only get "hand hot"..
 
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