Fireplaces with fans need flowing electrons - - we're back to the generator . . .
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 12:51 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We’ve had purpose-built recirculating gas fireplaces with fans in a couple > of homes and they do a really good job of generating heat. They’re not > terribly efficient, but in both cases they weren’t installed with the > intention of providing the primary source of heat, but to use when we > wanted to heat that immediate area or just take a chill off. > > -D > > > > On Dec 18, 2018, at 1:35 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > The other option is a generator . . . > > > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 12:42 AM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> I have two gas fireplaces in the house. > >> The first one is a gas log insert in an old wood burning fireplace. If > the > >> damper is open it puts out no heat at all. if the damper is closed it > will > >> run you out of the room. This is the type that was designed to be > ventless > >> so it's okay for the combustion products to come out into the room. But > be > >> aware that there is such in these combustion products. > >> The second fireplace is a direct vent where the chimney is a coaxial > metal > >> structure with hot air going up the inner pipe and air for combustion > >> coming down between the inner and outer pipe. There is also a blower > motor > >> that blows room air around the firebox to extract more heat. This is a > >> sealed unit with a glass front. I think it is about 50% efficient. As > >> above, so it is produced in deposit itself on the inside of the glass > such > >> that it needs to be cleaned every few months. > >> Overall, the direct vent is a much cleaner and more satisfactory > situation > >> in my opinion.but if you really want to produce a lot of heat something > >> like a Franklin stove would be ideal I think. > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018, 23:34 clay monroe via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com > >> wrote: > >> > >>> SWMBA has an ineffectual gas fireplace in her home. She plans to have > it > >>> upgraded and wants me to assist in making the best choice to replace > it. > >>> It makes some light and would have a hard time creating more heat than > a > >>> goodly pillar candle. > >>> > >>> I have been searching the interwebs for possible solutions. Anybody > >>> attempted to replace or upgrade their built in gas units? I think > this > >> is > >>> vented out a pseudo chimney not the direct vent sort. The furnace was > >>> replaced with a direct vent unit prior to purchase and has the cheapo > ABS > >>> pipes stubbed out the back wall. > >>> > >>> Desire is to have the unit provide more heat and light such that it can > >>> provide heat in the event the next shaker takes out the power. > >>> > >>> > >>> clay monroe > >>> redgh...@comcast.net > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of > > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who > > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > > for themselves." > > > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
