12 rocket stove mass heaters - efficient wood heat

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A compilation of 12 rocket mass heaters. 8 video clips of rocket mass heaters, 2 video clips of pocket rockets, 1 picture from the cover of the book on rocket mass heaters and one drawing from me making a feeble attempt to explain what a rocket mass heater looks like. And look! A peek at the author Ianto Evans!

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• rocket
• stove
• mass
• heater
• pocket
• permaculture
• eco
• green
• organic
• adobe
• environment

[keeperoftherealm]

How are the long pipes (under bench) cleaned out? is there an opening or just use chimney sweep brushes.

[paulwheaton12]

@keeperoftherealm check the article at richsoil - e have a diagram

[gorgeousdzastr]

How do they build those houses?

[paulwheaton12]

@gorgeousdzastr Slowly. And with great joy.

[immatzfati]

So if you do clean out the ash ...HOW do you do clean it? Some of the stoves have such small openings I couldn't figure out how you would get to the ash without the help of a vacuum cleaner

[paulwheaton12]

@immatzfati there are several approaches. Some make a pit and empty it once a week. Some don't, and empty it just before each burn. Most people just grab a handful of ash. Some people use a shop vac.

[peetrwilson]

Where are all these cool mud buildings?

[saxz99]

nose whistle

[brendahodgins]

so nice to see existing heaters. and I really like the idea of the feed being separated by a wall!

[rickyeon]

how long do the 55 gal drums last before they rust out, my burn barrels don't last long at all. There seems to be a lot of heat and wouldn't the bottom of the barrel just rust out, ,Of course the bottom of the barrel is the top.

[sabaqat]

like the house at 3:36

[johnnnyreb51]

Thanks for the drawing of a rocket mass heater. Most videos don’t ever fully explain how to construct one. They just show bits and pieces of the building process of the unit. From the drawing I see that the draw or draft of the raising hot air pulls the smoke and heat thru the system and the mass of the bench work or other thermal mass built around the piping is used as a heat sink to produce more heat from the system before the smoke and heat exits the system.