Ed Copenhaver

Thekla, you are correct. I just put a 5" stovepipe elbow on the cup that the pellets fell into and burned, ducting the heat to the right side of the stove. It did not interfere with the pellets falling into the cup and burning on the design of my stove.

Recognizing that the fan was drawing air (and heat) to the left as I faced the stove (Englander insert), and the right side of the stove was only warm, I put a 5" elbow over the burn cup to duct the air and flames to the right. Now, both sides get hot ... grabbing some of the heat that was going up the chimney. Not sure how much I accomplished.

A Jim Mason has devoted what appears to be 10+ years studying and reseaching wood gas. I would say any one interested in wood gas look at his work. It was all open source ('til last version). The website is www.gekallpower.com.