From: Don O'Neal [dononeal@usa.net]
Sent: Friday,
September 09, 2005 9:47 AM
To: Dean Still; 'Tom Miles'
Cc:
'ethos'; stoves@listserv.repp.org
Subject: Question about baldosa
combustion chambers
Tom,
I have baldosa Combustion Chambers that have been in service for 4 years
and still going. The challenge with baldosa is shipping without breakage.
We solved that (mostly) with special boxes with layer of cardboard between
parts.
Once in the stove they seem to last. I think the performance is very
good. More insulative would be good but not at the expense of
durability. Thermal mass is more important to me as there is plenty of
insulation ( pumice) around the CC.
Regards
DON
>
> Dean,
>
> How are the
insulating firebricks that you started making in 2003 and the
> ceramic
tiles, or baldosas, that Don has been making for the last couple
> years,
been holding up in service? When I look at what Ken and Peter have
> been
able to do in Africa the bricks and tiles look like a good step. Do we
>
know how long the bricks or tiles last?
>
> Tom Miles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ethos@vrac.iastate.edu
[mailto:owner-ethos@vrac.iastate.edu] On
> Behalf Of Dean Still
>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:14 AM
> Cc: 'ethos'; stoves@listserv.repp.org
>
Subject: [ethos] RE: [Stoves] How Stoves Work, Maybe? FORTUNATELY!
>
> Dear Roger,
>
> I hope that we can make light weight
insulative stoves for around $6.
>
> Using locally made insulative
refractory bricks reduces the cost of an
> improved cook stove.
>
> It will be great to help folks through the CDM process.
>
> But I also hope that folks will be producing/buying really good
affordable
> stoves made by local manufacturers, available in their
markets.
>
> All Best,
>
> Dean
>
>
>
>
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