Six years of nightly service and this stove still boils some 4 kettles (some 8lts) of water each morning. The stove burns for about 11 hours, keeping our night guard (and Chocky, the Dachshund) warm.
These pics were taken with stove pulled out of the hut into the open. Notice the black stains around the chimney fittings. Lots of condensation runs down the chimney and must escape from a hole at the chimney base – else acid gets into the stove base causing serious corrosion. Occasionally the tube to the chimneys gums up with tar and needs chipping out. The need is indicated by smoke leaking out from around the hotplate.
Needless to say, this design is to be recommended.
You mention "these pics", but I don't see any. Regardless, I trust the model's still going well, now 15 years on?
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