As the temperature finally drops in Cambridge, I've been thinking a lot about how to heat my tiny home. I've been told conflicting things about how possible it is to heat with solar energy, and I have a lot of other things I want my share of sunlight to do, so I'm exploring my options. One of my consultants recommends a small propane heater, the Mini Franklin, which is vented to keep fumes out of the indoors. I also looked at this marine propane heater also built to keep the combustion process is completely isolated from the room being heated, and not deplete oxygen. They are both possibilities, but keep me tied to fossil fuels.
On a ramble through Pinterest, I found a link to a lot of information about rocket mass heaters. Like masonry heaters, they work by burning very hot, and burning up the gases released from wood, which makes them super efficient. Rocket mass heaters, like rocket stoves, burn sideways. They are surrounded by a mass of masonry that stores the heat and releases it slowly over many hours.
On a ramble through Pinterest, I found a link to a lot of information about rocket mass heaters. Like masonry heaters, they work by burning very hot, and burning up the gases released from wood, which makes them super efficient. Rocket mass heaters, like rocket stoves, burn sideways. They are surrounded by a mass of masonry that stores the heat and releases it slowly over many hours.
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