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Rocket hot water to 140 bb submission
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Thermostat 1st reading
Thermostat 1st reading
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Fire materials
Fire materials
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Starting fire
Starting fire
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Only needed a little more to get to temp
Only needed a little more to get to temp
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Thermostat at 140
Thermostat at 140
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Used bucket throughout to catch and reuse cold water until fully heated water came through
Used bucket throughout to catch and reuse cold water until fully heated water came through

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Heating up the water for a shower.
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Materials
Materials
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Materials in stove
Materials in stove
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Fire lit
Fire lit
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Adding wood
Adding wood
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More wood
More wood
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Final temperature
Final temperature
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While at Wheaton labs for the Rocket Mass Heater Workshop, I started the rocket water heater for the pre-wash water to be warm. I collected the following pictures:
 - starting materials before fire
  - fire started
  - additional wood added
  - water sample being extracted
  - water sample temperature being measured at 140 degrees F or more
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I fired up the shower water heater at the Wheaton Labs 2023 PTJ.

The water has to be running for the temperature gauge to work, so the water was run into a bucket under the shower head.
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Starting materials
Starting materials
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Fire started
Fire started
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Wood added
Wood added
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Water extracted
Water extracted
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Water temperature
Water temperature
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Bonus - sweet potato cooked in coals of the fire
Bonus - sweet potato cooked in coals of the fire
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My first night at Wheaton Labs badecamp included firing up the j-tube and taking a hot shower.
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Cold empty j-tube.
Cold empty j-tube.
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Starting materials
Starting materials
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Starting water temperature
Starting water temperature
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Starting the fire
Starting the fire
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Temperature over 140 F
Temperature over 140 F
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Fire still going with additional wood
Fire still going with additional wood
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Extracting hot water
Extracting hot water
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Running the shower
Running the shower

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