[ncapener]

Love my Dickinson diesel heater. Wish there was less heat going up the chimny.
I made a booster from a piece of house ductwork, a stove pipe cap and a computer fan. Cup square hole in endcap and riveted fan to the cap. Hose clamp cut in half and riveted to duct.
I wraped some copper tubing around the stack for more surface area.

$ 30 invested and it works great. I can turn the booster 180 deg to heat either main cabin or V-berth. Little noisy.

Since I needed to clean the stove out today, I wired a two position switch to slow down the fan with the built in rheostat. Love it. Absolutely quiet on low.

Easy to remove for the two weeks of summer....

Neal

 

[westsailpatti]

I just googled Nanaimo , it's 11degrees , I hope you have that thing cranked full blast !
Hey, here is a thought why don't you come down here to SoCal. and we will turn that set up into a still ?

 

[mitiempo]

I just googled Nanaimo , it's 11degrees , I hope you have that thing cranked full blast !
Hey, here is a thought why don't you come down here to SoCal. and we will turn that set up into a still ?

11 degrees Celsius is about 52 degrees F. Southern Vancouver Island is often the warmest part of Canada in the winter.

 

[newhaul]

Cool idea and in the long run it will save you fuel 11 deg heck at that warm I consider turning the heater off or at least down as low as it will go in fact just shut the pellet stove off its almost 14°c or 57.3°f here in Tacoma wa

 

[boatpoker]

Very clever, I like it.
Right about now I'd consider 11C damn near tropical.

 

[ncapener]

I just googled Nanaimo , it's 11degrees , I hope you have that thing cranked full blast !
Hey, here is a thought why don't you come down here to SoCal. and we will turn that set up into a still ?

Why would I need another still? ........

 

[pdqaltair]

A Bora-type cabin heater directed to blow on the heater can do just as well, and is free if the location works. Just be careful that the fan does not create a draft.

Personally, I like a cold sleeping cabin; 50F is about right. I sleep better.

Not finished at the time of the photo. The curtains had to go because they were ugly, and the stack is not fully secured.

 

[westsailpatti]

Why would I need another still? ........

One for beer one for whiskey . Or actually I don't know , a still makes whiskey . What makes beer ? Just jokin' around , read your bio . The brewer thing got my attention . Gotya there there on the C not F thing . Now if I could just do that MM thing .

 

[mikel1]

That heat scavenger is cool . . .

 

[miatapaul]

I like the idea as long as it does not cool too much as that can effect draft.

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[Delta-T]

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