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gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8600
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 12 9:28 pm Post subject: Rocket wood stove!!
https://www.richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp Looks intriguing

baldybloke

Joined: 24 May 2008
Posts: 1388
Location: Wiltshire

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 12 9:56 pm Post subject:
There are some interesting articles on that site. Have added to favorites and will read them later. Thanks

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4586
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 12 10:07 pm Post subject:
Interesting.... going on the colour of some of the links, I've obviously been to that site somehow, some time already! Ah well, bookmarked for future reference!

pyrotech

Joined: 10 Jul 2007
Posts: 107
Location: Aylesbury

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 12 12:24 pm Post subject:
Fine for the yanks, but wouldn't we need to have a chimney meeting the same requirements as a standard wood burner? Bet that would mess with efficiency.. Would it really have no CO? Love the idea, and looking into it as well.

Toffer

Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Posts: 247
Location: Sutton St Edmund, Lincs

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 12 12:42 pm Post subject:
I've had a go building one of these with an oil drum and some old piping and it works really well, very impressed with the sideways burning fire, it looks well cool. I haven't been able to get to the heat sink seat bit yet, will be trying that later this year. Here's the linky https://www.hootershall.co.uk/2010/11/01/rocket-stove-experiment/

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 12 1:04 pm Post subject:

pyrotech wrote:

Fine for the yanks, but wouldn't we need to have a chimney meeting the same requirements as a standard wood burner? Bet that would mess with efficiency.. Would it really have no CO?

Love the idea, and looking into it as well.

I don't think the height of the external chimney makes any difference unless it was so high the draw would be to fast for the exhaust gases to heat the 'mass' before exiting.

digit

Joined: 23 Aug 2009
Posts: 88
Location: Neath,South Wales

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 12 6:59 pm Post subject:
Wouldn't you need a very well vented room, or the rocket stove would suck all the oxygen out of the room.

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 12 9:09 am Post subject:

digit wrote:

Wouldn't you need a very well vented room, or the rocket stove would suck all the oxygen out of the room.

Don't you already need that for any type of combustion heating?
Especially now so many homes are sealed with UPVC.
Another video on rocket mass heaters.

troyannick

Joined: 24 Dec 2011
Posts: 605

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 12 9:24 am Post subject:
Wow thanks gz this looks great gotta try and build one of those.

dolmen

Joined: 07 Oct 2011
Posts: 108

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 12 7:05 pm Post subject:
Anyone know links to where these are being used in a house situation? TIA

TTouch Homestead

Joined: 13 Oct 2011
Posts: 703
Location: Cardigan, West Wales

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 12 7:08 pm Post subject:
dolly- have a look on youtube. lots of vids...

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8600
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 12 7:12 pm Post subject:
gogle rocket stove- plenty on there, including videos

Mutton

Joined: 09 May 2009
Posts: 1508

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 12 1:35 pm Post subject:
When we are trying to get our multi-fuel stove started it draws better with the lounge door open. Have plans for having an air vent direct to the stove from the outside one of these years. (Just vague plans, nothing really researched yet, so if anyone has already done that.....)

troyannick

Joined: 24 Dec 2011
Posts: 605

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 12 1:42 pm Post subject:

Mutton wrote:

When we are trying to get our multi-fuel stove started it draws better with the lounge door open. Have plans for having an air vent direct to the stove from the outside one of these years. (Just vague plans, nothing really researched yet, so if anyone has already done that.....)

Is the flue/ chimney clear was having trouble with my woodburner, cleared the flue what a difference.

Mutton

Joined: 09 May 2009
Posts: 1508

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 12 2:52 pm Post subject:

Yes, flue is fine thanks. Cleaned it last Autumn.

We just have a well sealed modern bungalow. (Also on a slope in the lee of trees - all things said to cause problems with a chimney drawing.) We find it varies a lot with wind direction when it is a light breeze.

On a very windy day we sometimes struggle to stop the fire roaring away with the draw up the chimney - even with the lounge door shut. Finish up covering the fire with ash to damp it down.

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