• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • Nancy Reading
  • John F Dean
  • r ransom
  • paul wheaton
  • Jay Angler
  • Timothy Norton
stewards:
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Tereza Okava
  • Nicole Alderman
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • M Ljin
  • Megan Palmer
  • Pete Podurgiel

Torpedo Propane gas heater

 
Posts: 12
1
  • Likes 2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
So I have this weird idea. I have dug out a mount of dirt in my greenhouse and will be putting a pipe under the mount of dirt. Instead of using a rocket mass heater because the pipe is too long to draw draft, can I use a torpedo propane gas heater to blow it in?! Is there anything that can hinder it?
IMG_1114.jpeg
[Thumbnail for IMG_1114.jpeg]
 
master pollinator
Posts: 5968
Location: Canadian Prairies - Zone 3b
1785
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Sure you could. But I doubt you would gain much in terms of efficiency. To my mind it would be a long exhaust pipe rather than an engineered system designed to capture and radiate heat. My 2c.
 
pollinator
Posts: 6277
Location: Bendigo , Australia
593
plumbing earthworks bee building homestead greening the desert
  • Likes 2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
why?
 
gardener
Posts: 2981
Location: Zone 4b/5a
1763
ancestral skills forest garden foraging composting toilet fiber arts bike medical herbs seed writing ungarbage
  • Likes 4
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
What if you had the pipe go along and then all the way pack, where the exhaust was next to the heat source, and the air in the exhaust slightly heated? That would create a draft for you, I think, and you could probably do that for a rocket mass heater.
 
He was giving me directions and I was powerless to resist. I cannot resist this tiny ad:
It's like being on a deserted island - only with gardens and natural buildings in Montana
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic