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Post by roelof on Apr 15, 2019 9:33:52 GMT -8
Hi, my name is Roelof and this is my first post on this forum. I'm following the forum though for quite some time, in fact since the "Adventures with a horizontal feed" thread. I was excited then and I am excited still about the batchrocket stove.
I lived in Portugal where I wanted to have a simple batchrocket that was suitable for the Portuguese climate. I called it "Roquetinho", built two of them (that worked well) and instructed a group of builders to build another two.
Two years ago I started a website (roquetinho.eu) with a building plan of this specific design. Just today I uploaded an improved version of it, and I hope that you all will look at it, comment it, may be build it...
Roelof
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Post by coisinger on Apr 16, 2019 3:46:10 GMT -8
I did a quick run through. Very nicely done.
You were very descriptive without being too technical, which would likely put the layman who is interested in the topic of rocket mass heaters off. The "professionals" here would like hear how it performs, temperature gradients, CO2 levels, flue temps, efficiency, etc. I'm sure those questions will come, especially since it's based on Peter's testing.
Overall you did a really nice job of describing your build and in a very tidy manner, nice website. Very nice looking stove as well, you did a great job.
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Post by roelof on Apr 16, 2019 6:03:05 GMT -8
Hi Coisinger, thank you for your comment!
Problem is the stove in this configuration doesn't yet exist, so my hope is someone will build it. I myself am a very slow builder, where the builders of the former model only needed two weeks to build and install two stoves.
These stoves worked well but there was no one around with a Testo. An issue was cracks in the upper bell, that needed to be repaired by making the cob wet and push some extra in. In the renewed design I partly solved that with a top frame and glueing the bricks.
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