New Rocket Stove Takes Wood Heat To New Level

New Rocket Stove Takes Wood Heat To New Level ENERGY Wood Burners 65 Rocket heater stoves have been around for a long time but Sky Huddleston and his father Phillip have designed and manufactured the first stove that meets UL standards The Liberator rocket heater installs like a conventional wood stove but uses less fuel “We set out to fill a void to make a rocket heater that is NRTL-listed and uses sticks and small fuel sources to heat houses very inexpensively ” says Sky While many rocket heaters are mass heaters enclosed in concrete or stone the Missouri entrepreneurs wanted something simpler for customers to install With a sideways burn fuel is fed from the top and the stove reaches 600 degrees in less than 5 minutes By using a lot of air rocket heaters burn fast to efficiently use all the fuel’s volatile compounds resulting in a low exhaust temperature less than 300 degrees and no smoke The 165-lb 3-ft tall steel stove has cooling fins to radiate heat While the stove requires refueling every hour or so the Huddlestons have a pellet hopper for the heater One bag of pellets lasts over 10 hours They also have an outside intake air adapter to further increase the stove’s efficiency The Huddlestons manufacture the stoves themselves with U S-made A36 hot-rolled steel The current price is $1 500 Videos on the Liberator website show how the heater works Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Liberator LLC 350 Farris Spur Bourbon Mo 65441 ph 573 468-4043; www rocketheater com; smhuddleston@rocketmail com

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