Ted Visner

This is a great website with a lot of really great information!

Hopefully today I will be able to shoot some video of my MRH in operation
and get it uploaded to YouTube.

When I shortened my horizontal, the performance improved greatly but the reduced draft still allowed the fire in the feed tube to climb
the wood in the feed tube.

Does the riser in the center of the 55gal drum need to be in the center? If I move the the drum a little off center, I could remove another half brick
from the horizontal burn chamber.

Another thing... I still have all of my ducting exposed and the joints could be leaking (sucking) air?
One more thing... With all my ducting exposed, water has leaked out of several of the joints.
Is this from the wet mud or is it condensation to be expected? The amount of water was about 2 cups.

THANKS!

Ted

I had three fire bricks creating the ceiling of the horizontal burn chamber and I took one out and it drafted for a full 2 hour burn
but it still never made the rocket noise. =(

I just finished building my MRH and it doesn't draft???

I am uploading pictures to show.

Does the horizontal burn chamber need to be the same size as the vertical?