ENDLESS HEAT for Your Home WITHOUT Electricity | Ammo Can Gravity Feed Pellet Stove for Off-Grid

ENDLESS HEAT for Your Home WITHOUT Electricity | Ammo Can Gravity Feed Pellet Stove for Off-Grid

[@hawkpilot6-actual]

I enjoy the video, but I would like to see how it actually feeds… Can you do a second video on the actual operation of the stove? Greatly appreciated Sir!

[@Jeep-Creep]

Yes, I can do some more videos. Basically it feeds via gravity. It is a straight drop down into the basket. Now peoples first thought is that it will burn vertically. That’s not the case. The draw from the exhaust causes the coal chamber basket to burn horizontally which prevents it from burning the entire feeder tube.

[@charlesknight3204]

Impressive!!! Excellent build. Enjoyed it immensely!!! Take care, be safe, best wishes and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas. 👨‍🌾✝️🙏🐩

[@Jeep-Creep]

Thank you 🙏

[@charlesknight3204]

@@Jeep-Creep … You’re welcome!!! Chuck Knight. 👨‍🌾

[@AkPacerPilot]

Your welds were garbage because they were contaminated by the paint from the can. I’d be willing to bet your welds would get a lot better by simply getting everything to bare metal… :-) with that said, very cool project/creation

[@Jeep-Creep]

Yeah you are probably right. I didn’t spend enough time getting to bare metal. They are strong enough to hold this project together though. I’ve been using it often without issues. I am considering some revisions to the hopper feeder so I get a more guaranteed long feed rate. Sometimes it feeds a little fast or jams.

[@AkPacerPilot]

@@Jeep-Creep get it down to bare metal and wipe the weld areas with acetone… closer you are to surgical clean the easier and better your welds will be, especially thin metals that you can’t cook the porosity out of it…

[@Jeep-Creep]

@@AkPacerPilot I will keep that in mind. It’s usually thin metals I have the most trouble with so that makes total sense.

[@JediStockTrader]

Cool..so the pellets dont clog in the mesh?I tried something similar but the pellets dont seem to turn to ash and the flame is semi weak.

[@Jeep-Creep]

The pellets don’t clog the mesh. You need to use a 5/16 or better chicken wire. It does need to be stoked now and again. Mainly because the feeder gets a bit jammed after several hours. I am working on ideas for a better feed system. Gravity feed systems are usually very large compared to my lil stove. So I am thinking of switching to a slow turning auger that is powered by heat they sell kits. Any ideas? Please also subscribe

[@JediStockTrader]

@@Jeep-Creep how about this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYmxc2hmhKyAf68si=jklAzxwT3WTN0BGg

[@JediStockTrader]

@@Jeep-Creep kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYmxc2hmhKyAf68 this is another way supposedly to feed pellets. Umm, what do you think is the max size wire spacing you can use with the basket?

[@Jeep-Creep]

@@JediStockTrader I am not sure what the max size would be, I mean obviously it cannot be much larger than the pellet size or it won't hold them right and you will get run over. I have seen this guys videos, and I looked at his design. His setup I believe is not an auto-feeder system. I have a drop into a chamber for the coals to rest, yes unburned pellets sit on top, but they are starved of Oxygen so they don't all ignite at once, plus the draw from the door / draft pulls air through the ignition chamber and not the feeder. Also I do not have to heat my exhaust pipe to get my stove going. I think the best way to ignite a pellet stove with ease is to not use a torch, rather use a fire starter brick, which is composed of paraffin wax (accelerant) and sawdust. They start very easy, and burn for maybe a few minutes. This direct flame on the pellets I think is easier, maybe not faster, to get the pellets started. The torch does not burn them any faster than a normal flame in my opinion, and its a pain to keep holding it.

[@JediStockTrader]

@@Jeep-Creep I contacted him and he seems to prefer this set up over the one he did prior. Its because the air draw comes from the top and not sideways .

[@Jamming98]

55 gallon can is cheaper.

[@Jeep-Creep]

True. I built one for my shed.

[@rahnlawson9463]

I tried this but my plastic ammo can melted

[@Jeep-Creep]

Lol yeah plastic not the way to go