[Greenbuilding] Oversized wood stove // was: H2k and NZE home modelling

[Corwyn]

On 1/27/2011 11:46 AM, Reuben Deumling wrote:

> I've also figured out
> how to make a fire that only lasts 50 minutes and adds about 4-5 degrees
> F to the rooms further from the stove, which suggests to me that I'll be
> able to make this woodstove work when I've completed my Larsen
> Truss/R-40 walls and the rest of it (someday).
> Or am I missing something? Is there a stove size (however this is
> measured) that is particularly well suited to tuning along this scale?
> Was I just lucky?

I am often in the position of wondering whether to build a fire today. 
It is getting on to 5:00pm, the temperature in the house is 65 degrees. 
  It will probably be a bit chilly (59) tomorrow morning, if I don't; 
however, I don't want it to be too hot, nor (to be honest) do I want to 
go through the effort.  Starting a fire is the time consuming part.  And 
short, hot fires, are more time consuming in the preparation stages as 
well (more splitting etc.)  I often check the weather report to see 
about nighttime temperatures, and longer forecasts.  And thinking about 
what I will be doing tomorrow.

The size of the stove has a small impact, in that a small stove will get 
to its peak efficiency faster, so a quick fire will spend more time in 
that zone.

I generally need to consider stove size from the other perspective (for 
clients).  How _big_ does it need to be to provide the desired heat in 
the amount of time available?

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