posted 11 years ago
Peter Peterson : I hope that you will be willing to have a little patience with your fellow members. Much of what you want will be revealed soon*, but most fellow members
remember past skeptics who have in the face of mere anecdotal evidence from the majority of your fellow members been unwilling to bend to 'the will of the people'
Considering a requirement to be willing to experiment, and a total investment of a few hundred dollars (often Less!) and a long week-ends worth of time, when faced with
people who actually want Quantifiable/Qualifiable Evidence before they make the move forward, many builders shrug off the demands for more information as 'not worth
their time'
For the 1st time ever, 12 'Wood fired Heater' Manufactures have been selected finalists to be judged according to initial costs and efficiencies*, as such this will be the 1st
time an outside agency will be in charge off testing and testing results ! I am sure that more people than myself will weigh in with the dates,and exact place. A full line up of
units to be tested was posted in a recent ' Popular Mechanics ' and can be retrieved by a careful Google search !
With over 100,000 D.I.Y. Rocket Mass Heaters made to date, I would expect a spread of 30% -40% in individual efficiencies, with these One-of-a-kind, hand built units I
would still expect an individual unit to fall below builders expectations by 10%, or exceed their expectations by 5%, even with careful handcrafting by professionals ! I
would also expect this to be the range over any test group large enough to be quantifiably significant !
My current understanding of this round of testing, is that the individual builders will have between now and mid-november to prove to themselves that the units being turned
over to the Testing Body is the best that they can expect to produce, this still leaves us with the need to prove longevity and the ability to re-produce the results of the testing
body, but is a major step forward !
*My understanding is that the above mentioned tests will occur in Washington D.C. in November this year! HOPE YOU CAN WAIT THAT LONG! For the Good of the Craft! !
Tthink like fire, flow like a gas, Don't be the Marshmallow ! As always, your comments and questions are solicited and are Welcome ,PYRO - Logically BIG AL !
Success has a Thousand Fathers , Failure is an Orphan
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