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Yet another good idea - not sure about the 20 ft shipping container that they say contains all the electrical generating equipment :shock:

Most people seem to get them from Maplins ~ £30 IIRC. Just do a google search as places like Amazon seem to sell almost everything these days. They are fantastic, I couldn't do without mine.

Thanks a lot Bernard, that is exactly what I have been looking for. I have the same problem as everyone with a woodburner - it gets too hot! I am considering putting some ducting up through the register plate so I can vent some of the air upstairs but in trials I have done there is little...

Thanks Matthew, I thought it probably was. Just looking at buying an ecofan (fan with peltier cell that sits on top of woodburner and turns when woodburner is hot - free electricity) but at £102 I can run my normal electric fan 24hrs a day for almost 5yrs for the same price in electricity...

But not too embarrassed.... Got one of those digital electricity meters but there is no info on it. Is 1 unit equivalent to 1kW? I'll get my coat...... :oops:

Onetap - I am intrigued as to why your solution is going to be so good, after all isn't a DHW cylinder simply one long tube in an enormous 210ltr shell?

It will be interesting to see if sufficient heat can be extracted from a standard tank only in reverse. One of my many cunning plans was possibly buying a 2 coil tank, using the bottom coil with the woodburner (indirectly) heating the tank as per normal, running the CH return through the...

By saying the tank is in the airing cupboard I presume you mean tanks as in 2 of them? My old system had a small cold tank situated directly above the large hot water tank giving very little pressure. That setup didn't last long... If there is space in the loft you could simply extend the...

Hi Rayburner, thanks for the message. I notice all of this is 5 months old so I was wondering what you ended up doing. Did you use your woodburner directly as in a thermal store or did you do it indirectly and connect the woodburner to the coil? I am interested as I am considering a similar...

Thanks for all the replies folks. Whatever design I come up with, I appreciate I will always have to dissipate the energy from my 27000btu boiler. With a simple design of stats, thermostatic valves etc this really isn't the problem. It is no different to any other setup that has a solid fuel...

Thanks sparkiedave, that was going to be the idea with this system. I have a cunning plan of thermostats/valves but it was more a case of finding out just how much heat could be exchanged this way. I am only looking at it because I have a spare cylinder. If the answer turns out to be 'very...

Hiya Folks, Notwithstanding all the issues regarding integrating a woodburner with back boiler into a vented system I have a simple question if anyone could help please. I have a spare copper cylinder lying around so was toying with the idea of using the woodburner to heat the whole tank...