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house with stove

Bob Z · 2010-07-29 23:54:34

How much money does a house witha stove save you each week in coal and heating costs? i know its sumner but it will be cold in a month or 2

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30-07-2010 12:54am

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Bob Z

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How much money does a house witha stove save you each week in coal and heating costs?

i know its sumner but it will be cold in a month or 2

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#2 30-07-2010 9:47am
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well open fires send 70% or so heat up the chimney

most modern stoves are in the ~80% efficiency range

could probably calculate a figure from these two points

but of course also depends on what the stove burns

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#3 30-07-2010 10:31am
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I thought it was more like 85% of the heat up the chimney

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