On Apr 10, 10:04*am, John Nagelson wrote:
On Apr 10, 9:13*am, RobertL wrote:

On Apr 10, 8:52*am, John Nagelson wrote:
Using those fuels for direct heating is another matter. *For
electricity I'd use PV panels, possibly a wind turbine if I lived
somewhere extremely windy.

I used to live off grid on *a boat and did heating by coal and oil and
electricity from PV. Cooking from bottled gas. *You can get oil fired
boilers that do not use any electricty (Kabola for example).

I'll be using solid fuel and maybe also oil for heating.

Very interested in an oil-fired boiler that does not use electricity.
Where does the force come from to work the water pump? Does it include
a small generator to output a current to do this? (I've always thought
that would be a good idea). Or does it do it without involving
electricity at all??


My boat had a Kabola stove. This burned red diesel and was fed by
gravity - there is a small float chamber with an adjustable needle
valve to control the flow. The oil drips into a thing like a chip pan
where it evaporates abd burns. The radators were fed by gravity
(convenction). I believe yo ucan run it on buring oil or kerosene as
well.

With the Kabola, about half the heat comes out of the boiler itself,
so you should put that in the main room, not in an outhouse. THis is
the one I had:

http://www.kuranda.co.uk/kabola-heat...a-e5-100..html

Robert