posted 3 years ago
I think it would be a shame to turn these pie cookers into simple house heaters. I like food and dual purpose machines.
That said I looked up the manual. Side burn and down draft high effecient, these stoves are already using many of the tricks used by the rmh for effecient burn. It is basically a short riser rocket design. The burn efficiency of a rocket comes from always running at full speed. Don't run the stove with a closed damper. Repair / replace the fire bricks, any that are above the wood or in the burn path consider replacement with insulting fire brick. Modifying it for high mass could be done by just adding a water loop and a large water mass to thermal siphon heat. Next would be a high mass bell in the chimney path. There is very little push from these stoves so make sure you bring the exhaust path back to the stove so the chimney is close enough to get radiant heat from the stove to help it draft. A bypass damper will help light it and preserve the pie cooking feature. Tom
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