Wood Heat Stoves & Solar — wood stove design challenge

We have covered this topic quite a bit and regularly discuss the function and efficiency of older non-EPA wood stoves vs. newer EPA certified models. A lot customers purchase parts for their old stoves from us and are surprised at high costs or disappointed to find parts are no longer made. Although your old wood stove is in tact, burning wood and heating your home, the stove lacks efficiency and is costing you much more in fuel than a new stove would; while also contributing to air pollution. Since 1988 the EPA has required newly built stoves to meet emissions...