[Greenbuilding] Distibution and radiant heat and Morse stove solution

[Sacie Lambertson]

What are the eco-efficient fans you use Corwyn?

Re fans and distribution of heat from a stove, in our house the two ceiling
hung fans make a huge difference.  Maybe it depends on how high your ceiling
is.  In our case the center of the room has a silo-jog in it, rising 16 feet
off the floor.

The heat in this large room is nicely distributed.  So much of this heat
business has to do with other considerations though, direction of the house,
# and size of windows, height of ceiling, openness of the house and most
important of all, insulation and tightness of the structure.

Sacie

*On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Corwyn <corwyn at midcoast.com> wrote:
*
>
> *On 1/4/2011 10:32 PM, Tedd Weyman wrote:
> *
>>
>> * I have to chime in. This Australian marketing gimmick by Morse stoves,
>> claims of heating large areas including cathedral ceiling houses with
>> "radiant" heat from a single point (no matter what the fuel) is just
>> that: a gimmick. Its plain and simple false advertising and taking
>> advantage of hopeful and uneducated consumers.
>> *
>
> *
> I have an existence proof which says otherwise.  My house is heated solely
> by a single, point source, radiant heat source.
>
> *
>>
>> * Large spaces, multiple rooms and high air volume spaces are heated by
>> convection or other more systematic heat distribution systems . If you
>> have a single point radiant source hot enough to warm you 10 feet from
>> the source, you burn up 3 feet from the source. No distribution system
>> means spot heating and wasted energy. Old fashioned oil burning stoves
>> with air or hot water distribution systems are a lot greener and more
>> efficient than a single point super stove hot super big wood stove.
>> *
>
> *
> I admit that there is a cozy spot near the stove, very nice for warming up
> after coming in from the cold.  The rest of the house from the floor to the
> peak of the roof (25-ish feet above) are usually within 5 degrees.  No place
> in the house is uncomfortable except within
> 1 foot of the wood stove.  I often stand just outside that distance, and
> enjoy it immensely.
>
> The only heat distribution systems I use are 2 100% efficient eco-fans, which
> frankly I am not convince do much.* *
>
> All heating energy is in some sense 'wasted', so my objective is to reduce
> that as much as possible.* *
>
>
> Thank You Kindly,* *
>
> Corwyn* *
> *
>
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