Dale Ellick

I used a cheap steel ball bearing wheel caster for my piece that the chimney cap sits on, I cut the wheel out, turned the steel caster upside down and made a cross bracket, you have to make sure your bracket you make to secure the wheel caster to allows sufficient air flow, my first try was a bit of a failure due to my cross bracket being too wide which constricted the air flow, I quickly too my grinding wheel and cut much of it down to to open up the air passage.

I have some very good photos and a video of how he assembly works, I will do my best to get them up in another video so you can see clearly how I did this.

I did find that where I welded my chimney hood to the caster that my welds were not so good, I had created leaks in places, so I used high temp silicone to seal them, even in high windy rains no water gets down the chimney pipe, I did a test with the water hose before doing the install.

Lolly K wrote:Great video, Dale! I just fired the link off to some folks that usually help me with projects. I have a Class C RV at the farm that will see something like this before next winter. It sat near a body of water too long and isn't road worthy any longer due to rusting of the wheel assemblies. I acquired it as additional living space for the campsite nearly two years ago however winter usage hasn't been possible so far. Once it is moved into a final position we might even be able to add some mass. BTW, the cap is great!

I also have a much clear video of the stove in testing that I did outside the RV, you can view it in the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJOVG71YiJI&feature=plcp&context=C39b4552UDOEgsToPDskJjWGM3guOfo8Tsz2R-3Evc

Lolly K wrote:Great video, Dale! I just fired the link off to some folks that usually help me with projects. I have a Class C RV at the farm that will see something like this before next winter. It sat near a body of water too long and isn't road worthy any longer due to rusting of the wheel assemblies. I acquired it as additional living space for the campsite nearly two years ago however winter usage hasn't been possible so far. Once it is moved into a final position we might even be able to add some mass. BTW, the cap is great!

Thanks for the compliment, I cannot take full credit for the idea, I did get the idea from the fella that posted it in a link below that is a much larger version than mine that he built for his home.

Sitting here by a nice warm fire as I type.

http://www.iwilltry.org/b/build-a-rocket-stove-for-home-heating/

I built something similar to this for my 35 foot motor home that we are living in full time.

It works so well it heats up the entire RV.

I think I could have heated the entire RV with a much smaller version than I show in the video, had to address high wind issues which I researched early on before I even started my build and have had no problems with my wind proof chimney cap I built.

This summer I plan on building a much smaller down sized version and will play around with having a way to use it as a rocket stove and as a normal wood stove, I would like to be able to throw a load of wood in the fire box and have it burn through the night after going to bed.

Here is the video of the stove I built, its pretty much along the same lines as your stove.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSsJZ3ru0ME&feature=plcp&context=C3592efdUDOEgsToPDskJuN-zMPLvkYjGcxOzGUbiA

Satamax McCoy wrote:Mine does, and it's a pish!

I built a small rocket stove heater for my 35 foot motor home in which we live in full time, during the filming of my video we had winds gusts of up to thirty five miles an hour, I had no problems with back drafts from my very first wind storm due to the chimney cap I built.

Take a look at the video I posted, I show the stove installed and then take you outside to see the chimney cap in action in 35 mile an hour winds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSsJZ3ru0ME&feature=plcp&context=C3592efdUDOEgsToPDskJuN-zMPLvkYjGcxOzGUbiA