Another term you might hear a lot about is a damper. Dampers are flaps that open and close inside the
Fireplace flue. When the damper is closed, it seals the chimney, so hot air in your home can't escape.
When the damper is open and the smoke escapes, the smoke rises through the flue and exits through the chimney cap or terminal. Chimney caps are round, square, or uniquely shaped materials that act as the last barrier to allow or deny gas to leave the chimney system while protecting the fireplace chimney from external influences. If the chimney is not covered, debris, rain, and animals can sneak into your chimney. Therefore, adding a chimney cap to the chimney end of a fireplace will protect your chimney from being blocked by anything that could prevent it from operating efficiently.
Understanding the ventilation system is very important for people who already own or plan to buy a fireplace. It is also important to understand that the ignition system - that is, the parts that come together to generate heat in the fireplace and the parts that emit exhaust gases - is always the most important building block of any heating device.
One of the most important terms you need to know when talking about heat is BTU. BTU stands for British heat Unit. The BTU measures the level of heat that a fireplace or heater is capable of generating. Therefore, before you buy a fireplace, please ask the relevant guide and sales in order to understand how much BTU the model can produce, and make scientific and reasonable consumption purchases according to the actual situation at home.
When discussing ignition systems, one of the most common is the millivolt or vertical ignition system (in this case, a modern gas or alcohol fireplace). This type of indicator involves a system that burns even when in standby mode. Indicators are not turned on and off with the click of a button. It takes three different steps to turn on. Once turned on, it will continue to burn until you turn it off.
Another term is intermittent system. To use this system, you can activate the ignition system via a switch on the device, a wall switch, or a remote control. The control module will send voltage to the igniter to automatically complete the operation of the fireplace.
Finally, we can discuss the technology that some fireplaces might have - infrared heating. This really has nothing to do with the ignition system, but it is also a kind of heat generation and transfer. Infrared heating works much like sunlight in that it heats up through radiation. Radiation is the act of transferring heat from one object to another without touching it. Fireplaces with this technology can move heat from themselves into the space where it is needed, and quickly heat stationary objects, rather than waiting for hot air to fill the room from above.
March 22, 2024
Another term you might hear a lot about is a damper. Dampers are flaps that open and close inside the Fireplace flue. When the damper is closed, it seals the chimney, so hot air in your home can't escape.
