totally wrong!
I've spend a ton of time researching wood burning stoves before purchasing a JUCA.
note the 235 degrees quoted was for outlet air temp. not burn chamber temps, which can go much higher.
I submit it's you that don't understand how open burn wood burner work.
the nature of air tight wood stoves is to control burn by reducing amount of air reaching wood. this lowers the burn temps, resulting in incomplete burns. this is why catalytic converters are needed. the new gen recirculation solves the same problem without a cat.
all heat exchanger work on the same principal. exchange may occur with different media. air tight stoves are limited to amount of heat that can be pulled out. since they are already running near limits.
not so with an open burn design. JUCA is one big heat exchanger, temp of smoke can be dropped by several hundred degrees with no issues.
an yes JUCA passes epa regulations with no problems. that's why I posted a pic of my chimney showing how much smoke is produced at full blast using green wood. since almost no creosote is created in chimney, no stainless steel liner is required during installation.
if you so feel inclined visit the JUCA web site, which hands down has the most amount of technical info on WWW for wood burning stoves.
Please note in no way am I telling anyone to burn green wood. Just because my JUCA can burn green wood with no additional creosote production doesnot mean your particular stove can. most cannot burn green wood without creating a smoke bomb.
if your particular air tight wood stove is not creating creosote, that simply means your cat or reburn process is working great! In no way am I saying your particular stove doesnot work great. there's lots of excellent wood burning stoves out there.
just that JUCA is the only one that I'm aware of that has a 12 cubic feet capacity without going to a OWB. no catalytic converter is needed or required. very clean burning with green or seasoned wood. best of all price was way lower than most other stoves of similar size.
RaisedByWolves said:
This is so uninformed its silly.
Burning green wood does nothing but create creosote.
The only thing funnier than this is your total lack of understanding of EPA stoves and their function.
My stove is never burning anywhere as low a temp as you claim yours to run at (nor would I let it) unless Im letting it go out.
My avarage stove temp is 650* and this isint even the stack temp.
My fire is NEVER choked off and I have little to no creosote or other build up in my chiminey after burning nearly 6 cords of wood since it was installed.
Does the Junka stove come with a do it yourself brainwashing kit?:monkey:
