And, don't forget, the leftovers in the can is fairly high grade chunk charcoal which can be burned itself for even more heat. Or use it to get the bed of coals going quick next time.

I have to admit that idea was not mine originally but seen online in my constant research into interesting things. It was, in fact, a method for homebrewing charcoal for melting aluminum and I noticed the gas byproduct.

By the way I don't think we have had any problems lately with IRC. At least that I know of.

See you there soon.

Cheers.

TomW

Just curious If it was any of my posts reffered too about the charcaol makeing, gasifeirs, or heatsinks on wood stoves. Doesn't matter of course, just wondering if anything gives anyone ideas or if I was just babling and rambling along.

On this flame color people mention often. Where do the different colors come in and what are they in general, does anyone know? Like Blue the pure and hottest flame, yellow the coldest flame and the most impurities? Kinda a color chart of the fire rainbow is what I am wondering. Where is the most creasote and steam, Yellow?

Today I will be looking for some platinum for mine. Also plain ceramics like those blue flame ventless heaters have or the older style just red hot gas heaters use also.

I heated the Rock house I rented with nothing but a wood burner Sat. night. Closed off a couple rooms, but heated most of hat big NO insulation solid rock house. Never got quite as warm as I realy wanted it upstairs, but I had the large room with wood burner about 95F and the next room was holding around 80F. I'll be doing this paint can test myself, I need to cool the coals AND get more heat. 2 times a least I had red hot spots in the lower sides of my stove. I don't like that, so I have to cool the coals down, but raise the heat in the flames at the same time for the rest of the stove.

What I am thinking now is the coals in the stove bottom, some type of closed container of wood on a grate above the coals, pipe the wood gas through a burner made of pipe and holes capped on the end under the coals. Some sort of baffle plate with air holes between coals and wood container, platinum ceramics on baffle, and maybe a small pipe along each side capped ends with small holes drilled into it for mid height air inlets from front to rear of barrel. These could be looped back under through the coals to preheat air, thus provide hot oxygen to the fire at all levels. Also connect to out door vent pipe so as to not suck cold air into house. Heat sinks to get the heat into the room. Doesn't matter how hot the woodburner gets if the heat stay inside, it's in the room and house where it's actaully needed :)

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