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Retrofit an IntesiFire to old wood burners

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Has anybody heard of these?
http://intensifire.co.nz

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Hi John;
I had not heard of this before.
Very interesting, although very vague about the design and installation.
No mention of how much heat is going out the chimney.
I suspect quite a bit.

Perhaps there could be a way to utilize this into a mass and store the heat.
Clean burning it may be but sending heat up the chimney is not efficient at all.

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I am not sure it does, its basic design is similar to other wood heaters which seem to radiate the heat from the wirebox.
It appears more efficient.
I am trying to find someone who has used it.
I have an old 30 year old heater that could be updated and its the same as his heater mentioned.

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I have found two more bits of info about how it works.
The first a Forum discussion; Forum discussion and image
the second drawings and description
Intensifire description

intensifire_LT90firebox_wm.jpg

Can you really tell me that we aren't dealing with suspicious baked goods? And then there is this tiny ad:

Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree And Updates

https://permies.com/t/170234/Rocket-Mass-Heater-Jamboree-Updates