[Public-List] Heat

[Ronald Walker]

Jim
Thanks for the info on stoves as well as adding "Charley Noble" to my sailing vocabulary.  
And Will Rogers was one of the greatest Americans!
Ron 
--- On Thu, 7/12/12, Jim Davis <a30240 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Jim Davis <a30240 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Public-List] Heat
> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> Date: Thursday, July 12, 2012, 3:16 PM
> Ron
> 
> On Isa Lei, which is not an A30, I have a Newport solid fuel
> heater.  There
> are several A30's that also use them.  I would not
> classify it as good for
> all night heat, but rather as good to take the chill off the
> morning and
> evening.  I have tried a variety of fuels in it and
> have settled on bio-mass
> logs cut in half lengthwise.  They give a good burn
> with little ash or
> sooting.  "Presto Logs" like you can find in grocery
> stores produce better
> heat but soot the hell out of the Charley Noble(smoke
> head).  Again they
> have to be cut into slices (about one inch thick). 
> Charcoal is too slow and
> too much ash.  If you use drift wood, it burns fast and
> you can actually
> over heat the fireplace and warp it.  Also buy a small
> galvanized bucket to
> handle the ashes.
> 
> http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|406|1066337|324054&id=48881
> 
> http://www.enviblocks.com/
> 
> http://www.fuelstart.com/tools/biomassinfo.aspx
> 
> Jim Davis
> Privateer Isa Lei
>  
> "This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in
> session as when
> the baby gets hold of a hammer."
> Will Rogers
> 
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> 
> 
> 
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