Barney Tighe : With any Solid fuel fed system the owner operator takes on several additional layers of responsibility! By the very nature of our Rocket Mass
Heaters operations
you are the only regulator of just how much
wood fuel gets fed into your system, and there are no fail safes for you to fall back on -if you over fire your D.I.Y. built system !
Our Fellow members from the British Isles tell us that all forms of solid fuel
PRESSURIZED water heaters are banned for use in Residential homes, I am told that as common
practice when the pipes start banging in the middle of the night, the head of the house gets up and draws off a bathtub full of
hot water to equalize the system and pops back into
bed !
The Myth Busters made up an entire episode on what can happen to your lowly
hot water heater if the safeties fall ! If you have not seen it you
should look for it on U-tube ! Here at
Permies it is simply called Boom-Squish! Think the Boston Marathon Bombing with more full thickness/full body burns !
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