"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is." C.S. Lewis
"When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind." C.S. Lewis
"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is." C.S. Lewis
"When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind." C.S. Lewis
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. -Proverbs 4:7
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Angela Wilcox wrote:It also has a heated bench, which serves as my couch during the day, and I sleep on it at night during the winter.
….give me coffee to do the things I can and bourbon to accept the things I can’t.
Thekla McDaniels wrote:
My preference is the RMH, for the stored heat and slow release of the mass, and just burning once or twice a day as needed.
Fires are pretty though, and I would take the batch box with window if it didn’t compromise the efficiency.
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Angela Wilcox wrote:Thank you for asking!
RMH, thank you. Here is mine in action at this very moment. Fire burning sideways, heating up my cast iron cook top where I am heating water in my iron teapot from Japan, purple sweet potatoes in a cast iron skillet handed down from family, and soup in a stainless pot, under which I placed canning rings so the pot isn’t ruined on the hot, hot, cooktop. I love my RMH!
It also has a heated bench, which serves as my couch during the day, and I sleep on it at night during the winter.
Function stacking!!
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Aspirations: She seeks wool and flax, considers a field and buys it, girds herself with strength, opens her mouth with wisdom, and does him good all the days of her life. (pieces of Proverbs 31, NKJV)
Matt McSpadden wrote:Would you rather have the beauty of an open fireplace or the efficiency of a rocket mass heater?
... and no, you can't choose both, that is breaking the "would you rather" rules. But you can probably get close with a batch RMH with a large glass door.
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