http://richsoil.com/stoves http://permies.com I attended this workshop in February 2009. The primary instructor was Ianto Evans, author of “Rocket Mass Heate…
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Hang on, he said 5 experts in this field and then a bit later he declares
the barrel doesn’t fit over the brick stack they had made! Umm, I don’t
think that quite adds up, wonder how embarrassed the 5 experts were? Did 4
all immediately point to just one and say ‘It was he/she’s fault” that
would have been comedy gold.
Even experts make mistakes,that is how first light bulbs were made ,from
the mistakes ,it shows that each stove is individual if you want uniformity
buy a wood burner and send 200 to 300 degrees centigrade straight up flue.
flue temp on my rocket and 30ft pipe store after 6 hours firing is never
above 60C
DIY for a Biggggggg Rocket stove.. not mess’n around with a Coffee Can! LOL
[EDIT] I’m sorry… Not the cob… The insulator for the stove pipe.
Perlite, clay, water, what ratios? Thanks.
@Rhinoch8 Ianto has a book on it. i have an article at richsoil dot com
I have seen barrels burn through. Would fabricating a barrel with 5/8″
steel be better? I plan on running one of these things non stop for 7
months a year. Gets cold and stays that way for a long time in Northern
Saskatchewan.
its what the corn is on 😛
@paulwheaton12 — Don’t have access to one at the moment. I wasn’t clear
how it was being vented and if the combustion air was adequate to keep the
CO levels to a minimum. When I first looked at the video it wasn’t watched
too carefully, so I thought the double wall pipe was a single wall which
would have meant the exhaust was greater than the combustion air. I sent
the video to a HVAC building inspector to get his opinion.
Last comment from poster was 11 months ago but thought I’d ask anyway… I
checked the website but haven’t scoured any forums or anything, if I did,
I’d just be asking there… What is the cob’s composition? How much perlite
am I using to how much water and clay?
great job! Can you give me a video on how you light it? I suspect that it
takes a while to draw, so I want to find out how users of these prevent
smoke going into their room…
I noticed the barrel was still painted green, shouldn’t it be burned off
first? That could produce some toxic fumes. I don’t know, just getting
ready to build my first one.
what is cob
I think to get a really clear idea, you need to look at the drawings that
are part of the rocket mass heater article at richsoil.com. The chimney
*IS* the heat riser. Everything after the heat riser is working with
“exhaust”.
Check out the article at richsoil. There is an image there that shows how
it all works that I think will help you to understand.
@paulwheaton12 This video is way too convoluted. It’s all over the place. I
thought it could teach me how to build a rocket stove mass heater. Now I
don’t even know what a rocket stove mass heater is…
@definca FYI If you’re talking about the pipe in this video, you need to
look closer. It looks to me to be a piece of Triple Wall pipe that is used
inside the house through the ceiling, or anywhere that the pipe has to be
installed close to wood, or some other flamable material. Sure you’re not
supposed to use galvanized pipe for a burning heater, it puts of poision
gases, like you said. You can die from welding galvanized, if you breathe
enough of the smoke your welder is making.
Looks like one big ass fire hazard lol Would go to jail around if township
ever seen it.
There’s nothing said about how big a space this is going to heat. Nor do
you say where the location is. Is it a very northern clime?
It is my understanding that Max temp for hot dip galvanized plating is
480°F. If you can be assured your flue temps never get past that point at a
certain point in the design, it would probably be relatively safe. Anywhere
near the ‘rocket’ part of the stove should be verboten. You can use
stainless steel assembly style flue pipe. It’s not too bad price wise and
tougher than black pipe.
I love it when people are pioneering, improving, inventing by trial and
error, themselves. Make a great idea better and work for you and involving
us in the process.. I am not such a person:(, but it gives me inspiration.
Thanks!
I was thinking about building a worm gear with a speed controller to feed
wood pellets into one of these. Do you think that would work ok?
Where does this concept comes from? It is like super efficient and could be
used everywhere to get self-sufficiency! The only problem is if it get
known, to do something like making the energetic change, some kind of dork
will try and patent it 🙁
Cool. I can’t wait to see this perfected and mass-produced. I don’t get how
there’s no smoke. Of course, when the wood burns, smoke is produced, so is
the smoke absorbed into to pipe liner or does some chemical reaction change
the smoke into steam? Would the liner need to be replaced periodically or
could it go on indefinitely?
@dramey03 have you seen the full article at richsoil.com?
Enjoy watching the vids… Good to see people getting back to the real art
of heating from wood… Go back and take a look at the way people would
build stoves for heat and cooking long before we were here… You’ll be
surprised… It’s kinda like the way nobody knows how to change a tire or
oil in their car now days… Just sayin’…