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Just when you thought you have seen everything....

Dan Foley
Dan Foley Member Posts: 1,266
in THE MAIN WALL
You see this:
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  • billtwocase
    billtwocase Member Posts: 2,385
    Isn't recycling good for the environment?
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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,512
    You can't fix stupid!
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  • Abracadabra
    Abracadabra Member Posts: 1,948
    Ah yes... that setup preheats the incoming combustion air providing higher efficiency!


  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,374
    edited October 2015
    Must be the same guy that does all of the vertical steam headers.
    Could be a EGR system to cool peak combustion temperatures and prevent knocking while running lean. :)

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,870
    Maybe he used to be an auto mechanic. The old carbureted cars had a heat riser pipe coming up from the exhaust manifold to preheat the incoming air for warm up. He was just trying to replicate that. What's the problem? ;) lol
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  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,374
    KC_Jones said:

    Maybe he used to be an auto mechanic. The old carbureted cars had a heat riser pipe coming up from the exhaust manifold to preheat the incoming air for warm up. He was just trying to replicate that. What's the problem? ;) lol

    Most TBI systems had this as well as well as heated intake manifolds. The riser from the exhaust was usually called a "heat stove" from what I recall.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,625
    You only have to run one pipe outside when you do it that way! Saves on that precious commodity known as PVC.

    Dan, give us a pic of the inside of that thing.
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  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,625
    What's the dryer hose carrying, natural gas?
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