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Cob: Re: bench heater

Shannon C. Dealy dealy at deatech.com
Thu Dec 14 16:36:14 CST 2000 

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, John Schinnerer wrote:

> From: kajchr <kajchr at post10.tele.dk>
> > My question here is: I would like to try building the
> > combustion chamber itself in cob - if it can take the heat it´s very
> > low-cost, and I like that. I wonder if anyone else has tried that? How
> much
> > heat can cob take before it goes to pieces?
> 
> What sort of temperatures do these combustion chambers reach?
> 
[snip]

If I am remembering my conversation with Ianto correctly, typical
temperatures reached in the combustion "chamber" on the down-draft stoves
is around 2000 degrees F., which is why fire brick is such a good idea.


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