[Cob] straw bale wall/rocket stove

[Shannon Dealy]

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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Katherine K Hebenstreit wrote:

> I recall reading somewhere that a rocket stove started a fire in the=20
> straw-bale wall of the home.=A0=A0 It smoldered slowly.=A0 As I recall it=
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> from such a bench.
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> http://www.potkettleblack.com/natbild/fire.html
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The above is a cob fireplace, not a rocket stove, and as I noted=20
previously (though possibly not that clearly), properly designed and=20
built, the bench of a rocket stove isn't going to get hot enough to start=
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a fire in the wall behind it, it really shouldn't ever reach a temperature=
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of 100 degress F (you're firing it to long or to often if it does).  Of=20
course if it's not done properly, or you insist on trying to see how hot=20
you can get the bench by continuously stoking the fire, then all bets are=
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off.

FWIW,

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