Hot water, heaters, cookers.....

No pics. last one I used was years ago. Older now live near the coast. Just think that good ideas that work should not be given up because propane or lpg are cheap. A few years time no one will know about those things used by pioneers that cost stuff all and did the job perfectly. Hey Tom maybe a good way to disguise a still???? Keep warm guys. Humidity here is 95 temp almost 30 celsius. Sweat. Jim

 

I thought it would be good to post a link to http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sailboats/concordia-heater-46770.html here.

 

I have two 12V coffee pot things, one is just a regular looking coffee pot like a Mr. Coffee, the other is a coil that heats up water or soup. Neither work very quick, but they work in the vehicle.

Now, it seems like you could take the regular coffee pot and get rid of the plastic, do some simple plumbing and run some water through that pipes into a insulated small tank, there is also a warmer that could be incorporated. I have used it many times in the van and left it on several hours without running the single vehicle batter down that it didn't start, it cycles on and off. 4 pots worth with a mixing valve should get you at least one good shower.

Back to heaters.....

 

I've been building my own little solid fuel stove. Main dimensions are 7" x 10" x 15" high. The top surface is 9" x 12" with the chimney stub 2" x 6". Everything is Stainless steel and it took me about 15 hours of work to put together. I still have a couple of pieces to touch up as you can see but this gives the general idea of how things go together. There is space in the tray under the firebox for the ashes and the whole tray slides in on rails. There is a door to add fuel and each side has an air damper. I'll see how things go before deciding on adding a flue damper. Oh... and the legs are independently adjustable by about 7/16" each. I figured the chances of me getting everything 100% square/level/plumb were about nil so I added in the ability to compensate.