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Subject:Re: Fridge Exhaust Normal?
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 15 May 2010 15:55:38 -0400

At 03:04 PM 5/15/2010, Will Taygan wrote:
>But, I'm concerned about the exhaust.  There is just the tiniest stream
>of heat coming out of the exhaust, while there is quite a bit of heat
>coming out of the interior vent on the left side of the fridge near the
>back.  Is this normal?  I'll probably pull the fridge anyway.

Perfectly normal.  The boiler tries to capture as much of the flame
heat as possible instead of wasting it out the flue.  But then all
that heat plus a bunch more from inside the fridge has to get out the
vents outboard of the stove.

Yours,
David