In our house when I was growing up in the 50's and 60's, we had a Heat-a-lator in our fireplace. Dad built insulated ducts that pulled cold air out of the extremities of the house and blew it into the heatalator. The warm air found its way to the colder parts of the house. It depends what is under your main floors, but you might be able to do this. What you did at 4:30 creates a draft in the hall way. Imagine pulling the air down and sending it back under the floor to a floor grill behind the pellet stove.
Yes, I think I see what you're saying, pull the cold air from the floor area where it's the coldest and densest, underneath the house, back up by the heater. It would create its own natural convection. Man, they were so smart back then in the old days
Watched your previous video and then had to watch this one. Definitely looking forward to the '5 month cleanout' and the 'Build a cold air intake' videos. Thank you so much for putting these out. 👍🏻
connect an ac thermostat to the fan of your central heating system. This way when it gets to be too warm in the room, it will turn the fan of your central system and spread the heat around the house.
@@jeffmuis8740 yes, Great idea! That's actually why we switched thermostats this summer, because our security system originally controlled our thermostat but didn't let us run the fan independently from the heater. But with a new simple manual thermostat we just put in, now we can run just the fam. So we'll try that this winter. Good observation, You're the first person to mention this out of a whole bunch of comments on my liberator videos👍
@@carltrano1325 and I'm super excited about it again this morning! Our heater went out yesterday evening, it was a Sunday, so repairmen aren't available, it's a brand new central heater, everything new, and it's still broke. No big deal, we just fired this up and ran it overnight, it was like 70 something in the house this morning when I got up. It wasn't super cold last night, upper 30s to 40, but we are warm, and our pipes are warm 👍 it saved our butts again
I really like this thing. Perfect for heating if the power goes out and it is pretty efficient. As someone who lived through 3 weeks of no electricity after an ice storm, this is a must have. We survived with a regular woodstove, which even let us cook on it. The only disappointing thing is it’s not a wife approved in terms of looks (but what rocket will be?). Thanks for all your answers.
@@GrishTech Yes, my wife didn't like it at first, but she loves it now because it just does such a great job for us and is sooo easy. And she cooks on it sometimes. And not just great if the grid goes down, but our brand new central heater we just paid $9,000 to get installed this summer, broke yesterday evening, fix it fuy not avail on weekends, but no big deal, we just fire up the rocket heater and run it overnight, woke up to a nice warm house this morning. It like takes all the stress off of me, knowing that if anything goes wrong with our regular heater, this thing will take care of us.
How did you make out with the manual damper at the exhaust after you closed it ? I have to do same thing because it was blowing my fire out also and i saw your video that you turn it 90 degree. Just need a update if cooled your house down or have the same problem. Thanks again you really have helped me out more than you know lol
@@willieledee2411 I'm so glad! Yes, the damper we run at 90° now, completely cut off, well at least as much as possible considering the holes in the damper. So the exhaust damper yes, is in the closed position. This actually prevents a lot of the draft going up the chimney, so it actually traps more heat in the heater, and gives the heat more time to radiate into the room, so I think it's actually heating the house better with the exhaust damper closed. And then we run the intake damper at about 45°, and the stove runs upper 400s, sometimes 500s. If the wind is blowing really bad, we can almost close the intake damper, and it still runs! So yeah, glad this video helped you, that's why I make them, I've learned a ton from RUclips, and the people that make videos on all kinds of things, it's like having a neighbor pop over and look at your stuff and give you advice, it's good for community. If you ever make any videos on yours, I would love to see them
If you have a forced hot air gas furnace somewhere on that furnace depending on how old it is, there’s a white button usually on the supply Plenum press that white button in the fan runs continually and it will blend all the air in your house so when you’re running the rocket stove, it will heat your bathroom in your bedrooms For three dollars a month electricity❤️🔥🇺🇸🙏🏼
Thank you for the video! You mentioned controlling the exhaust when lighting the stover in certain conditions. Is the exhaust damper also the best way to control the stove temperature?
@@SirDavosChannel according to the people at liberator, yes, exhaust is the best way to control the burn. It also traps more heat in the heater before it goes up the chimney, so more heat actually radiates into the room. We used to run it with just an intake restrictor, which worked well, but now after running it for a couple weeks with this exhaust damper in place, it's definitely warmer and works better than restricting the intake
use the heat from the smoke that leaves the tube, and recover the calories by accumulating them in a mass, So you will have radiant heat in addition to the convection that you already have, This also allows you to have the restitution of this heat after the hair went out.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? if you put cut two pieces of stainless steel an inch wide and long enough to completely cover the interior of your burn basket and you left an inch and a half or 2 inches whatever’s left in the middle so you reduced the pellet exposure you would get the same temperature flame, but would less fuel? I’m glad to see that you connected to the outside for your combustion air that alone reduces your air infiltration by at least 50%.😄😄 I really want to have one of these stoves so that I can connect the power venter to it and see how it works ? My guess is through the wall venting would be a perfect fit for this stove.😋❤️🔥🙏🏼🇺🇸
@@theusconstitution1776 Yes, many people have done wall venting, be sure to check out dirtpatchheaven, she has some videos on the liberator , it seems like she has hers vented out the side as well. And I see what you're saying! I never thought of restricting the pellets further, maybe we could get him to burn even longer. The people at liberator told me that burning it at less than 350 is very inefficient, increases sit production, and the rocket performance is pretty poor. So I know if you choke the air down a lot to get the temperature down, it can become inefficient. But if you keep the same airflow, and just less pellets? Maybe that would work
Yes! Well, you have to take the pellet Hopper out, and then you can burn regular wood. Check out my playlist called liberator, in there are several videos, but especially " liberator rocket heater saved my ash" and " liberator wood consumption".
@@TheKillBill31 right! i drilled a 4 inch hole in the flat sheet metal, so the 4 inch pipe actually goes a couple feet below the sheet metal and is open under the house in the crawl space. So it sucks outside air into the heater from under the house, which has good ventilation from outside.
Super this explains all the questions I had. Thank you for taking the time to make this video and sharing with us🙏
Your videos are selling this stove! Thank you!
In our house when I was growing up in the 50's and 60's, we had a Heat-a-lator in our fireplace. Dad built insulated ducts that pulled cold air out of the extremities of the house and blew it into the heatalator. The warm air found its way to the colder parts of the house. It depends what is under your main floors, but you might be able to do this. What you did at 4:30 creates a draft in the hall way. Imagine pulling the air down and sending it back under the floor to a floor grill behind the pellet stove.
Yes, I think I see what you're saying, pull the cold air from the floor area where it's the coldest and densest, underneath the house, back up by the heater. It would create its own natural convection. Man, they were so smart back then in the old days
Watched your previous video and then had to watch this one. Definitely looking forward to the '5 month cleanout' and the 'Build a cold air intake' videos. Thank you so much for putting these out. 👍🏻
@@MasterD67 I just posted the clean out video, it's actually more like 4 plus months, but close enough 🙂
connect an ac thermostat to the fan of your central heating system. This way when it gets to be too warm in the room, it will turn the fan of your central system and spread the heat around the house.
And this is why I love youtube, such great ideas! thanks!
I came to say this. :)
Your returns for your furnace in the hall way may draw enough heat if you just run furnace fan?!?! Maybe something to try.
@@jeffmuis8740 yes, Great idea! That's actually why we switched thermostats this summer, because our security system originally controlled our thermostat but didn't let us run the fan independently from the heater. But with a new simple manual thermostat we just put in, now we can run just the fam. So we'll try that this winter. Good observation, You're the first person to mention this out of a whole bunch of comments on my liberator videos👍
Super excited about this heater, excellent video.
@@carltrano1325 and I'm super excited about it again this morning! Our heater went out yesterday evening, it was a Sunday, so repairmen aren't available, it's a brand new central heater, everything new, and it's still broke. No big deal, we just fired this up and ran it overnight, it was like 70 something in the house this morning when I got up. It wasn't super cold last night, upper 30s to 40, but we are warm, and our pipes are warm 👍 it saved our butts again
I really like this thing. Perfect for heating if the power goes out and it is pretty efficient. As someone who lived through 3 weeks of no electricity after an ice storm, this is a must have. We survived with a regular woodstove, which even let us cook on it. The only disappointing thing is it’s not a wife approved in terms of looks (but what rocket will be?). Thanks for all your answers.
@@GrishTech Yes, my wife didn't like it at first, but she loves it now because it just does such a great job for us and is sooo easy. And she cooks on it sometimes. And not just great if the grid goes down, but our brand new central heater we just paid $9,000 to get installed this summer, broke yesterday evening, fix it fuy not avail on weekends, but no big deal, we just fire up the rocket heater and run it overnight, woke up to a nice warm house this morning. It like takes all the stress off of me, knowing that if anything goes wrong with our regular heater, this thing will take care of us.
@@GrishTech also, thanks for sharing your story!
This video short from this morning:
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@@anesthesiadreamin thanks for sharing. I need to buy one lol.
How did you make out with the manual damper at the exhaust after you closed it ? I have to do same thing because it was blowing my fire out also and i saw your video that you turn it 90 degree. Just need a update if cooled your house down or have the same problem. Thanks again you really have helped me out more than you know lol
@@willieledee2411 I'm so glad! Yes, the damper we run at 90° now, completely cut off, well at least as much as possible considering the holes in the damper. So the exhaust damper yes, is in the closed position. This actually prevents a lot of the draft going up the chimney, so it actually traps more heat in the heater, and gives the heat more time to radiate into the room, so I think it's actually heating the house better with the exhaust damper closed. And then we run the intake damper at about 45°, and the stove runs upper 400s, sometimes 500s. If the wind is blowing really bad, we can almost close the intake damper, and it still runs! So yeah, glad this video helped you, that's why I make them, I've learned a ton from RUclips, and the people that make videos on all kinds of things, it's like having a neighbor pop over and look at your stuff and give you advice, it's good for community. If you ever make any videos on yours, I would love to see them
If you have a forced hot air gas furnace somewhere on that furnace depending on how old it is, there’s a white button usually on the supply Plenum press that white button in the fan runs continually and it will blend all the air in your house so when you’re running the rocket stove, it will heat your bathroom in your bedrooms For three dollars a month electricity❤️🔥🇺🇸🙏🏼
you beat me to it.thermastat has fan only.if not theres easy ways to do it🚬
Thank you for the video! You mentioned controlling the exhaust when lighting the stover in certain conditions. Is the exhaust damper also the best way to control the stove temperature?
@@SirDavosChannel according to the people at liberator, yes, exhaust is the best way to control the burn. It also traps more heat in the heater before it goes up the chimney, so more heat actually radiates into the room. We used to run it with just an intake restrictor, which worked well, but now after running it for a couple weeks with this exhaust damper in place, it's definitely warmer and works better than restricting the intake
@anesthesiadreamin
Great! Thank you for your answer.
use the heat from the smoke that leaves the tube, and recover the calories by accumulating them in a mass, So you will have radiant heat in addition to the convection that you already have, This also allows you to have the restitution of this heat after the hair went out.
@@jedkrn that my friend is the short-term turned long-term plan 😁
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? if you put cut two pieces of stainless steel an inch wide and long enough to completely cover the interior of your burn basket and you left an inch and a half or 2 inches whatever’s left in the middle so you reduced the pellet exposure you would get the same temperature flame, but would less fuel? I’m glad to see that you connected to the outside for your combustion air that alone reduces your air infiltration by at least 50%.😄😄
I really want to have one of these stoves so that I can connect the power venter to it and see how it works ? My guess is through the wall venting would be a perfect fit for this stove.😋❤️🔥🙏🏼🇺🇸
@@theusconstitution1776 Yes, many people have done wall venting, be sure to check out dirtpatchheaven, she has some videos on the liberator , it seems like she has hers vented out the side as well. And I see what you're saying! I never thought of restricting the pellets further, maybe we could get him to burn even longer. The people at liberator told me that burning it at less than 350 is very inefficient, increases sit production, and the rocket performance is pretty poor. So I know if you choke the air down a lot to get the temperature down, it can become inefficient. But if you keep the same airflow, and just less pellets? Maybe that would work
Great video can you burn wood in the big chamber or what is in there?
Yes! Well, you have to take the pellet Hopper out, and then you can burn regular wood. Check out my playlist called liberator, in there are several videos, but especially " liberator rocket heater saved my ash" and " liberator wood consumption".
@@anesthesiadreamin Thank you!!
Would a barometric damper work in your chimney pipe for windy days
Hello from Greece.
where does the incoming air come down to the floor?
because it looks like it's closed with the sheet metal.
@@TheKillBill31 right! i drilled a 4 inch hole in the flat sheet metal, so the 4 inch pipe actually goes a couple feet below the sheet metal and is open under the house in the crawl space. So it sucks outside air into the heater from under the house, which has good ventilation from outside.
@@anesthesiadreamin thank you very much for the answer!!
I just use an oil filled electric heater in our bathroom hallway
@@Dan_bow aha! Good idea. We may have to go to that if we ever ran out of propane