The smaller FLFA-1000 shown . . .
Hot Air Wood Furnace
This photo is to show how the ductwork comes off the back of this furnace. This example is with the insulated underground ductwork which makes it look like a regular outside water boiler.
That means NO RUST EVER,
NO CHEMICALS,
NO WATER TESTS!
The thee smaller model furnaces have two fans; a 75 CFM forced-air induction blower to feed oxygen in from from the bottom though the grate (which most do not have), One 12" supply duct and one return duct, for better air circulation.
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Hyprotherm has an on-site warranty, unlike 85% of the manufacturers. Wherever you live, be it the US, Canada, UK or Europe, we will send someone to your location to repair your furnace if anything major* happens,
SIMPLE TOO! The only things needed are a thermostat wire, a 110V power wire and inexpensive 12" round ductwork.
This photo is to show how the ductwork comes off the back of this furnace. This example is with the insulated underground ductwork which makes it look like a regular outside water boiler.
This photo shows how many people run their ductwork through a basement window, which happens to be the exact size in many instances and makes installation a breeze!
This customer did a great job, connecting his 12" insulated ductwork to the Hyprotherm Hot Air wood furnace - with a substantial shelter above it, with matching steel!
FYI: If you are heating HALF as many square feet as our rating, you can load it just ONCE a DAY!
REMEMBER! There is no such thing as a furnace that is too big because it is NOT like an air conditioner,
where if you get one too big, it becomes inefficient.
This is like getting a bigger propane or oil tank! You can load it with more wood (full rounds - no splitting!) and it will burn longer and therefore you will load it less often.
No one has ever complained and said that I sold them one too big.
In contrast, many people have said,
"I wished that I listened to you!"
Wadena / Hopsco Forced Air Furnace vs
Hyprotherm Forced Air Furnace
Hopsco who purchased Wadena |
Hyprotherm Manufacturing LLC |
Firebox Thickness: only 3/16" only 24/28" deep |
Firebox Thickness: 33.3% thicker at 1/4" 55" deep! |
ODF1500: 780 lb ODF2000: 950 lb | TW1000:
1720 lb/2069
crated TW2000: 2220 lb/2477 crated TW3000: 2340 lb/2590 crated TW4000: 3380 lb/3630 crated |
Blower: Just 1500 CFM |
46.6% larger blower: 2200 CFM |
Heating area: ODF1500: 2,800 sq. ft. |
TW4000: 10,700 sq. ft. This is loading it twice a day OR ONCE A DAY heating half of that square footage. |
Duct
Size 10" |
20% bigger Duct Size; 12" I.D. |
Flue must be purchased separately | 87.5" Flue included WITH a chimney cap² |
Firebrick must be purchased! | No Firebrick needed due to thicker firebox! |
I
have never heard of this furnace until I saw this post so
I checked out the website. The first thing I noticed was
the tiny air ducts, then I saw only 500 cfm fan?! Those
two items would make me walk away and not look back. See review |
COMPARE to our 20% bigger ducts AND our 46% bigger fan! |
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OUR Flue drops down into the firebox 14 inches, trapping in the heat and the smoke but more importantly, the gases, due to this huge secondary burn chamber, which will be burnt off; valuable heat energy that would have been otherwise lost, up the flue.
That means NO RUST EVER,
NO CHEMICALS,
NO WATER TESTS!
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This furnace has two fans which use two supply ducts and two return ducts, to better heat large buildings.
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Hyprotherm has an on-site warranty, unlike 85% of the manufacturers. Wherever you live, be it the US, Canada, UK or Europe, we will send someone to your location to repair your furnace if anything major* happens,
Learn More...
SIMPLE TOO! The only things needed are a thermostat wire, a 110V power wire and inexpensive 12" round ductwork.
Learn More...
Having two loading doors; one on each end, makes it much easier to load a firebox that is almost 6 feet deep. Simply open one door and load it with logs that are 30" long and do the same thing through the other door and your firebox is full! Did you notice how you can see right though the firebox with both doors open (above)?
You don't have to handle logs that are 5 1/2" long and weigh 200 lb!
One ash tray is on each end as well, for easier clean out.
NO SPLITTING NEEDED with all of our models!
2: 430-ton Press Brake
We are the only manufacturer that uses a press brake to form a firebox and air jacket; both are made separately from 1 piece of metal.
Most everyone else uses 6 flat slabs of steel, with no inherent strength and that requires 12 welds and that is bad because welds are the weak spots.
This new firebox and air jacket are formed using a 430-ton Press Brake,
Cast Iron Grates
3: Cast iron grates are a stronger option, resistant to bowing and deformation like you may get with steel grates. $65 per grate; requiring 1, 2 and 3 grates, depending on model size.
Shaker grates, also cast iron are available as an option, mostly for those folks burning a lot of coal, where the coal is inclined to have clinkers.
Our smallest models have one grate, the next two sizes up have two grates and our largest models typically have three grates.
4: TWO 2010 CFM 3-speed furnace furnace fans on each end and a 75 CFM forced air blower with damper in the middle.
5: 75 CFM forced-air induction blower, forcing oxygen up through the grate (s), just like a blacksmith's forge!
6: TWO Pull-out Ash Trays
Most manufacturers make you open up the firebox door to clean out the ashes with a shovel. You will quickly find out that you are not going to get anywhere near the firebox because it will be 800 F or more!
They want you to open the firebox door and you will need to leave it open to let the heat out and I call that wasting heat. You will need to kill the fire to be able to shovel out the ashes and then you have to start a fire again, in the dead of winter.
With our furnaces you do it the easy way. Even with a fire raging, you can pull out the ash tray, dump the ashes into a fire proof container and slide the tray back in without missing a lick. Two handles on the ash trays make it easy. These trays are 1/2 (half) the firebox depth.
HyproTherm Insulation Information
Wood and Coal Boiler/Furnace Insulation
We now have the proper insulation that the furnace REALLY needs; (we and everyone else have been doing it wrong, according to the insulation engineers!)
We now have insulation with the equivalent of R-23 in the sides and R-57 in the roof and in the front against the 800 degree firebox with up to R-88 equivalent with the optional EXTREME Cold Weather Package for just $307 on any front-loading model (boiler or water-less hot air)! Available on top loaders for just $443.
The brown insulation you see is the Knauf insulation that is rated for 1000 F without failing. It is perfect for the air jacket because it only reaches 170 F; at those temperatures normal R factor (home type) insulation fails.
The white product on the front is called Superwool from Morgan Thermal Ceramics and is rated at 1800 F, without failing, which is excellent when insulating a firebox which can easily be 800 F to 1200 F; again where normal residential insulation will always fail!
See how great Superwool is on the video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9gjcnc6IAw
...A brave guy!
In this photo, you see the SolarGuard insulation on top of the Knauf, giving it an extra R-10 value plus it combats the three types of heat loss. This is significant seeing that this product is only 1/4" thick.
See the great video demonstration at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D3S9CpOzcc