How to make your Rocket Stove more "rockety"

Coydon Wallham wrote:[
The Solarium 3D plans include a listing for "high temperature tape" with no further info.  I think it would be good to elaborate on this description as it has proven vague when I've gone on my RMH materials scavenger hunt.

This is the most recent post showing up in my search for high temperature or silicone tape. The local fleet store had some tape rated to 350* (I forget the UL number it carried), and I think some other that was slightly higher. An Amazon search pulls something up that claims 1020*F tolerance (the military stuff?), but I've found that on very, very rare occasions marketing info on Amazon should not be trusted. Anyone with helpful experience to share...?

I believe the tape they use is 3m high temp tape. I do not have experience using it. However I believe it would be real easy to cut your hand on the tape. Wear gloves. https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/cbgnaw011285/

Coydon Wallham wrote:So I guess the question is how hot would the bottom of the manifold be expected to get?

300 is ideal.  350 would make me think about changing the design.  400 definitely requires a change in design.

We have a new trailer from Paul for the upcoming movie Freaky Cheap Heat!  In it, several rocket mass heaters are built/rebuilt to be more effective.  I'll be building mine soon and seeing people actually build them really helps my comfort level to build my own.



I can't wait to see what all they are cooking up for us in the movie!

I didn't know where to post the following article that I came across but I thought it would be interesting, informative to RMH folks. Please move it to wherever is Permies best location.

If the following info is accurate, that WOOD BURNING STOVES would be better than a heat pump, then considering the burn efficiency of RMHs
what would be their efficiency rating versus heat pumps.

This really blew my mind
The fact that me, an overfed long-haired, leaping gnome should have found this RMH info.
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Woodburning stoves versus heat pumps - An emissions question.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24247655.wood-burning-stoves-v-heat-pumps-emissions-question/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/author/profile/73248.Vicky_Allan/

By Vicky AllanSenior features writer

A leading voice on Highlands issues has calculated that heating rural new builds with wood-burning stoves could result in much lower emissions than using heat pumps.

Magnus Davidson, writing on X, said: “Using 2023 figures, if all new houses in the Highlands and Islands burnt wood for domestic heat rather than used a heat pump, CO2e emissions from wood burning heating would be 88% lower than the heat pump system.”

More about that at https://permies.com/heat

Further to my post above, I came across the following article. Which describes a potential ban in Scotland of wood burning appliances.


Ban on wood burners really is the last straw
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ban-on-wood-burners-is-just-more-zealous-snp-interference-vjgncdsnw

Might I make a suggestion vis a vis above said article? If Paul and other RMH experts were to contact the reporter of said article, he could help Paul et al get in touch with the appropriate government officials.

This could have a number of beneficial results - Permies gets fabulous, potential worldwide exposure, Paul et al are knighted, , people learn about other important things, issues, ... .

Kio tsukete.