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RE: Off-Grid: Wood Stove Top Boiler and Standard Garden Hose Connectors
Very nice! I learned a lot reading this post. I am curious to see how the rocket stove and solar distiller were setup or to see the whole system.. do you have any posts about those?
I didn't join steemit until after the new year, so I don't have very many pictures from the past summer and fall :) In a week or two, if the warm weather keeps up, I'll be posting a full rebuild of the hillside rocket boiler with the larger stock pot. Here's a pic of the setup from this past fall..
Basically a garden hose came down from the boiler to the patio where it splits. One split of the hose would go down the hill to the outdoor shower tap. The other split stayed on the patio with a nozzle for filling the dish tub or clothes washer :) Below is a video of me thawing out the rocket boiler a week ago - the boiler stock pot that was installed in it before winter is currently in the cabin...
I would fill and boil the boiler twice per day, once in the morning for laundry and dishes, once in the evening for remaining dishes and showers :)
I'm not sure what you mean about the solar distiller, did i refer to one in this or another post? I will be experimenting with solar water heating, storing heat in earth foundations, and heating water in hoses with a hot compost pile :)
Wow this is great! Thank you for the photos, video and explanation :) How cool that you built your rocket stove out of stones! I didn't know that was possible.
Where i feed the sticks into the fire is a chiminea chimney pipe, the chamber and inner chimney are made with cinder blocks, then all of the outside of it packed with clay dirt to keep it air tight .. the stones on the outside are for heat retention and to complete the upper chimney so that the heat is focused on the boiler - all the way up it's sides, the upper chimney rocks prevent the heat from shooting out the sides as soon as it hits the bottom of the boiler .. after boiling, the water stays very hot for many hours .. lots of rocks and clay here - not so great for gardening (i'll fix that) but great for building materials :)
Nice design! Thanks for that explanation.. your description made it very easy to visualize :) What a smart use of thermal mass to retain heat.