tony uljee

Thomas ---perhaps that most of us seemingly bypassed/ignored the satire in the posting ---and have instead responded with various methodologies on how we start up stoves---- be  the satirical response to your satire----or am i just over satirerising this and trying to cover up for my having missed the satire in the first instance

thats sugarcane being prepared for harvest---they burn off the leaf-----makes it easier to manually chop down the cane---the leaf has a fine cutting edge on it---also drive out the cane rats and ---the snakes---with machine cutting it lessens the waste/extra material on the stalk-----for fire starting my stove and no paper to be found--  i have used gorse---goes up like petrol---and i use my homemade spoke shave on a round dry pole of wood to make wood curly-- wurly s as the kids call them---but old newsprint and small kindlings are the best/easiest by far ---and i can understand why you would be prepared to buy it in .

yes i have read through that link before , but its not the path(s) i will be trying to follow---making any type of battery requires high quality purified  chemicals as electrolytes  , same goes for the metals for anodes/cathodes ,and the housing/container to be rugged and suitable---for redox batteries its the ion membrane needs high quality as well---which i think  why most of the attempts at diy builds seem to fail ---contamination just poisons the reactions-- as most of the pure components are expensive or too exotic/difficult to source ---hence the small prototypes and limited lifespans of many---i have collected the basics of materials required to build one , 100 liter cell---at a reasonable cost ---i think---for my purposes and expectations--but its not a true cost/outlay ---as some of the stuff i had to hand already---but only for one cell ---maybe two---but enough to complete these ---allowing for one to be a failure--then  on to measuring in put/out put afterwards---and then next stage of sourcing solar panels ---to then justify going further--

another open source and all about iron redox battery---8 years of study and design testing ---version3 --- is from Dr. Peter Allen , its full of detail on sizing ,and building plus the use of low cost chems to enhance the process ,he  gives a good explanation on its abilities and its limits and comparison to the lithium /iron cell-----and yes again ----all open source ---no need to recreate all the experimentation in a backyard shed---instead fill that shed with large batteries you could build inside that shed.

might be the two 90 bends are fresh air intakes

nice ,straight forward --- simple to build --great views as well--- no air fresher needed---glass jar --fly catcher on top of vent tube which exits out  90  through the wall --i think

yes i have done a little bit of background to this , and a friend is involved with this ---he s the electrical engineer---i woun t be going down the edison path ---the nickel required for building them is not a diy possibility---for the size of battery i would be interest in building---reading over the information available from a few sources ---the original edison battery was built with pure nickel components through out its construction ---nothing was nickel plated --apparently this is critical for reliable long term use and output ---i am interested in the iron redox option--- the ion membrane that Robert Karas has developed ----which he has given over to  open source-- it is the first time that i have come across something that is diy  from easy to source materials and affordable---this would be for an off grid own use ---the size and space needed is not a hurdle/problem  ---i say affordable ---but its still not cheap or from scrap and stuff lying around----but all from hardware stores ---nothing that is on any list of restricted chems---

if you could use a membrane and lay the turf  over it , the layer of turf could be thinned down a bit  , maybe a hybrid mix of materials , first thatch to create a more attractive  or even a practical inner roof surface to look at and touch ---easier to mount and mold to the round pole frame work---then  a membrane --now hidden from inside view ---by the thatch--- then your layer of turf ---i have helped ----just with the labor---to build a wood shed from round pole and they wanted a turf roof on it -----a black heavy duty sheeting was used under the turf  for water seepage control ---the roof was for the looks more so than trying to create the original concept ---but the product that he had want to use was developed  in norway ---called  PROTAN ----just at that time we had just come out of the lockdown , so it was nt available in time ---it looked good from the specs of the product

i have run my masonry cookstove on cut and dried sods of turf ---peat--- more ash created than wood---i have seen old youtube clips on Larry Winiarski  running rocket masonry stove on pellets---maybe made of wood but i think any dried plant matter dried /shredded/pelleted  would be similar---helped my neighbor  shred and hydraulic press ---dried out cut  field rushes ---made a hockey puck sized disc ---they burned well in the wood burning range ---