Rocket stove in the winter greenhouse part 2

[TheOkcHandyman]

In all of my research I didn't run across any info or warnings of flu fires. I beleive this has to do with the fact that a much more complete burn of gases is taking place in a rocket stove. I have since dismantled the stove and there was no evidence of residue build up on the inside. Thanks for the comment.

[jbpitcher]

I know with regular fireplaces and wood stoves there are concerns about chimney fires, what do you think about that concern with rocket stoves because of the long vent pipes?

[jbpitcher]

Where does the ash go? Does it eventually clog up the hormonal pipes? How do you clean out the ash? How far can you go with the exhaust pipe and still get a draw so the smoke doesn't come out into the room?

[TheOkcHandyman]

@jbpitcher For the season that I used this rocket stove I only had a slight amount of ash build up in the exhaust pipe. My plan was to remove a section of duct and send a shop vac hose in to suck out the ash, maybe every 3 years based on the amount of ash in the system after the first year. I'm not sure about your last question, but I would guess there's a relationship to the diameter of the pipe and the rise verses the run. hope that helps.

[josephdupont]

Why not run all the pipe underground and let it exhaust ant floor level.



[benknefelkamp]

If any c02 gas would escape, your plants would love it, that's what they use for photosynthesis. Great video, great stove, I am envious.

I would put a carbon MONoxide detector in their in you are going to stay for a few hours haha :)

[lakewood85]

I love the ingenuity you have put into this stove.

[bikerbob55]

nice job we just put up a 60 x 21 and are going to heat it the same way.

You may have been to our shop Organics OKC Garden Supply on nw 36th and penn.

we hope to have the greenhouse going very soon. I would love to sit and talk with you about the heater, feel free to come see me anytime at the store. Marc

[dillingersboy]

hey love the vid, well done on the recycled materials. if your not producing any smoke your just producing steam and co2, now i'm no pro gardener but dont plants love both of these.just a thought.

plus another thought i had was, after your exhaust has been ran through a thermal mass, could the exhaust then be routed back through the barrel to reheat the gasses and increase draft through the entire system, just an idea i had to make things extra rockety. cant wait to build 1

[busybee1952]

Enjoyed your videos. How often do you have to put fuel into your stove?

[harpbloke]

great vid

[22justus2]

cement mixed with vermiculite or perlite is called vermicrete...

[Vulturemm]

Why don't you make the exhaust tube horizontally and place it under the growing beds along the greenhouse perimeter? It would capture much more heat and work as a heat accumulator. Raised grow beds would act as a large thermal mass in the classical design of a rocket thermal mass heater.

[TheOkcHandyman]

@Vulturemm Where the exuast is on the ground there will be raised beds. I wanted to finish the stove then build the beds so as not to have to work around them. I'm only running the exaust under one set of stair stepped beds to see the difference. Great comment. Thanks so much.

[LordDecapo]

@Vulturemm

go there its exatcly what hes talking about

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