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Originally posted by Vic Eaton
Have a look at my home made heat exchanger for c30 radio truck
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Hi Vic...\
If I turn this pix 90 deg(See hanging roll wire to indicate "Down") I see that the unit fires Up..through your marvelous heat exchanger,terminating at the end of the spiral pipe vent with the vent cap....which is "Inside" the occupied space...
Well done...the problem that I see is ...
1....When you light it and run it ...stand out side so you don't asphixiate your self...making an "Inside" heater rather unnecessary if you are lying on the floor from carbon monoxide poisoning..
2...Your heat exchanger will remove the heat from your flue gases OK but that is a no no..
The flu gases must be hot to rise and "Condense " outside the flu pipe..
THis is the reason for the engineering on stacks and flus..
Flue gas temperatures,flu diameter and length and height to name a few..
Once flu gas condenses ,in your case,inside the stack,they are very acidic and will eat up your stack,run back down and eat right through rhe burner and the floor of the what ever you have it mounted in..
And this will happen quickly ..
From the monent you light it abnd stary your hx blower..
Try it and check the condensation running down the inside of the flu..
Taste it ..
But the workmanship is excellent..
Just don't run it..