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Post by Dan (Upstate NY, USA) on Jan 26, 2020 20:17:24 GMT -8
Yeah that should work, the thin pipe in the basement air space should be warm enough, the chimney touching the ground 55F may be a bit cold.
Have you fired it up yet?
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Post by wisc0james on Jan 27, 2020 4:27:53 GMT -8
Not yet. Soon.
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Post by wisc0james on Jan 31, 2020 17:06:54 GMT -8
Fired it up. But just barely. A teeny tiny test fire due to caution and a lack of time. Looking forward to have time to play with it more. I will, because it functioned well this first time. Ran well due to the strong draft of the central chimney. The firebox is 18 inches deep and 10 inches in diameter. The pieces were seasoned hardwood, a half to three fourths inch diameter, probably twenty of those, four to ten inches long. Tiny fire : drive.google.com/file/d/1ADLPY9Otb7Dbqn_b8uWUkxm35O4YOTpv/view?usp=drivesdkThis is what it looked like early on through the half-assed window (I'm considering closing it up, out of annoyance. It really doesn't match the aesthetic of the stove. It is fun to watch, though...) drive.google.com/file/d/1AGSkaLRn9qvHBENY3nLiV8Qxwsv86eR-/view?usp=drivesdkHere's a representative two-second clip of the middle of the burn: drive.google.com/file/d/1AGSkaLRn9qvHBENY3nLiV8Qxwsv86eR-/view?usp=drivesdkThe glass cooktop got much hotter than I thought it would. The hot spot, above the second port, was was 420 F in the middle of the burn. The glass gives off a lot of heat. I do wish that I could have it in my living room, but it seems impossible. Unless... Excuse the tangent, but my main mental obstacle to having one in my small square farmhouse is that the chimney is in the middle, and the stove would need to go near an outside wall in the main downstairs room. What's the best way to run 10-12 feet of stovepipe along the ceiling to the chimney? Or just don't do it?
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Post by Dan (Upstate NY, USA) on Jan 31, 2020 20:57:18 GMT -8
"Excuse the tangent, but my main mental obstacle to having one in my small square farmhouse is that the chimney is in the middle, and the stove would need to go near an outside wall in the main downstairs room. What's the best way to run 10-12 feet of stovepipe along the ceiling to the chimney? Or just don't do it?"
Photos?
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Post by wisc0james on Feb 1, 2020 8:39:41 GMT -8
Right. Worth a thousand words. Welcome to my home. Here's the only space in the home that I feel it can work. I'd put it off to the left, in the corner, where the brown chair is. That's a long run to the chimney on the right. Making ceramic fiber-lined chimney pipe would probably be cheaper than double-wall stainless. And I could probably make it out of HVAC pipe, cheaper still. drive.google.com/file/d/1B9090bLoxqZGUtFB0bopOKUp-lvKB7HG/view?usp=drivesdk
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Post by wisc0james on Feb 1, 2020 8:42:32 GMT -8
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Post by wisc0james on Feb 1, 2020 17:00:48 GMT -8
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Post by Dan (Upstate NY, USA) on Feb 2, 2020 11:34:51 GMT -8
What's your exit temps?
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Post by wisc0james on Feb 2, 2020 18:26:58 GMT -8
I can't really say, as I haven't fired a full, or even half load in it. I think they will be high. I'd build it with substantially more ISA, I think, and more mass. It's undersized, I reckon. I guess that would be beneficial if I wanted end it with a long horizontal run to the chimney.
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Post by wisc0james on Feb 4, 2020 18:22:32 GMT -8
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Post by wisc0james on Feb 5, 2020 14:34:19 GMT -8
As you can kind of see, the flames aren't clear yellows and oranges, but sort of cloudy orange. Do you think it's due to too much small firewood?
On a different note, do you suppose that having my cast iron plancha on top will in any way effect the longevity of the glass?
The glass, to me, is the weak link, and I worry about catastrophic failure. The fears may be misplaced, as I know the glass can handle crazy high temperatures. But as it's a used top and it's in my basement (for emergencies, of course, in case my insurance agent is lurking in the rocket stove forums), I worry enough to have a spare top nearby, just in case. And because I saw it in some other thread, I also have a bucket of sand cob nearby.
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Post by wisc0james on Feb 5, 2020 19:03:03 GMT -8
Dan, what's your method for the priming fire in your system? Picture? Other folks?
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Post by wisc0james on Feb 7, 2020 4:39:01 GMT -8
A couple sheets of newspaper at the base of the chimney? A can of Sterno for a few minutes? What's your method? What do you recommend with my setup? After the first run without a hiccup, the second test resulted in some smokeback. Cold air plug, I reckon.
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Post by Vortex on Feb 7, 2020 8:08:32 GMT -8
My son discovered a hairdryer works quite well.
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Post by wisc0james on Feb 7, 2020 9:37:57 GMT -8
Thanks, that crossed my mind as well. Great minds, right?
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