thomas rubino

Her birthday is in June, but Molly is also six this year.

Minor curing burns sound like a safe plan.

Why a test?
The door frame is fully designed by Peter; no need to test it.
I would not light that stove off with just tape holding it together.
If you have no welder yet, could you take your frame to someone who does and have them tack-weld it so it can not fall apart when/ if your tape fails?
You can purchase a welder and finish welding it yourself after testing your core.

Hi Cerbu;
If it were burning season, I could give you an exact temperature at which my airframe runs.
I suspect that the 175 °C  (347°F) gasket is not enough. The doors on my first-generation batchboxes  run 400F-500F ( 205-260 C)
I can tell you that the 7"x7" door glass on Shorty gives off the most radiant heat.

Hey Jordan;
A Batchbox requires a 12" clearance.
A J-Tube can be much less.
A minimum of your chimney diameter, so 6-8" would work fine.

The beauty of this style build is that you have the option to "upgrade" to a batchbox later.

Mid-September and the seaberries are looking like they have found a new forever home.
The deer have munched on the new growth several times.
We got aphids a couple of times.
But all four are looking good.
I did go to Spokane and got three starts, from a lady's backyard: two girls and another boy.
Sadly, only one of those is still growing; the boy and one girl did not survive.
She said I can have more if these did not make it.

My pictures didn't turn out well, but you can see the growth.

Hey John
Indeed, we have two 12-volt chest freezers; the smaller one can be a refrigerator if you need it to be!
We love them, 4" of insulation throughout, 12 volt Danfrost compressors, they run off of a pair of six-volt deep cycles.
Not cheap to buy, but they run from the sun once you get them home.

https://permies.com/t/216684/newest-volt-deep-freezer

After seeing the performance of the new MPPT solar system on our 100-year-old barn.
I now have big plans for next summer, to completely remove and replace our current power system (relocating it to my shop building)
Until then, for this winter, I have made a slight improvement.
I have four solar panels on the roof, two of which are matching 150-watt panels.
I separated the wiring at the panels. Combining the two 150-watt panels in series to a Victron MPPT smart solar charge controller and directly to the batteries.
I still need to order and install an inline fuse, but for now, we are up and charging!
The other panels will remain wired in parallel as they have been for many years.
During a mid-afternoon thunderstorm today, I was still receiving a charge from the Mppt control!

Next summer, I will switch to 48-volt LiPo batteries with an all-new solar system for the house.

Hi John;
I am still too early in my plans to have made decisions about the products I will ultimately choose, but this is the Battery system that was suggested by my installer.
https://discoverenergysys.com/products/lithium-batteries/helios-ess
Very large and not cheap, but could be the best buy for my money.
It will be truly incredible to be able to weld RMH parts from solar power!