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Tourists by the fire, of course, are warm, but what is it like in a tent at night? You can't light a fire here, and you can't really warm it with a candle, and it's dangerous.

However, the tourist brethren are cunning for inventions. Experienced Moscow hikers A. Rokshin and L. Tsukanov found a witty way of unusual "steam" heating tents. After all, the fire is nearby, how can one not use the generous heat of the fire. And they figured out how.

...Here, a place for a halt has been determined, a tent has been set up, and at the required distance from it, branches are already crackling in the fire and pots are being hung for cooking simple tourist food. It's time to take care of a warm overnight stay. To do this, a piece of metal pipe is placed in the fire, the ends of which go beyond the burning poles and hot coals. To the end that faces the tent, a hose or several tubular sections going into it (with a diameter and a connection similar to a vacuum cleaner) are connected: heated air will be removed from the pipe in the fire through them, and cold air will be sucked into the other end of the pipe. And in order for its draft to be good, it is advisable to lay the "pipeline" so that it goes along an inclined upwards to the tent: the steeper, the more intense the flow of heated air. So that it is not too hot, the pipe in the fire can be wrapped with asbestos or coated with clay. You can regulate the temperature of the air entering the tent by covering or blocking any of the openings of the "pipeline". Such heating is quite safe, it can be safely left overnight, as long as the fire will burn and smolder.

Interestingly, the principle itself, if you think about it, is quite universal and can be applied not only for the purposes described.

"Disposable" bath

For tourists or geologists on a long-distance expedition, the described technology will help organize a steam bath in the field. A spacious tent is suitable for this, and if there is none, it is easy to build it from a film for greenhouses, throwing it over the cords stretched between the trees and pressing its edges to the ground with stones. It remains only to bring the described "pipeline" from the fire. And while the water in the buckets suspended over the fire will warm up, the bath will also heat up, to the delight of travelers who miss civilization.

Heat removal system from the fire for organizing an impromptu camping bath

For such a steam room, you can prepare everything you need in advance at home and take the appropriate components on a hike, since they do not represent such an overall or burdensome load.

Frosts are not terrible

In summer cottages, amateur gardeners who grow plants in greenhouses have a lot of trouble with a sharp cold snap or nighttime spring frosts, the appearance of which is usually completely unpredictable.

Heating of tourist tent: 1-tent; 2-outlet end of the heating pipe; 3-component links of the "pipeline"; 4-fire pipe; 5-inlet pipe end (air intake)

Using a fire pit to heat a greenhouse

However, "fire heating" can also help out here in a period that is dangerous for plants. It is enough just to prepare a fire pit in advance and lay a suitable hose or pipe from it to the greenhouse, and light a fire at the time of the onset of low temperatures, since there are no problems with firewood in the areas. It remains only to control the degree of heating of the air in the greenhouse and, if necessary, ventilate in order to maintain the optimum temperature for the plants.

And the ice will melt

Where water supply is organized through standpipes, in frosty winters it is not uncommon for them to freeze when an ice plug does not let water through. Then it is worth remembering the described technology in order to unfreeze the column. To do this, it will be necessary to build an impromptu cover around it from sheet material (cardboard packaging, linoleum or roofing material) and supply hot air from a nearby fire to it. After some time, the ice in the column will melt and the water supply will be restored.

The same method will help out if any section of the water pipe is frozen. The corresponding place is also put on a temporary cover made of heat-preserving materials, and hot air is supplied to it by a hose from the fire chimney.

Heat sink from a fire for warming up a frozen water column: 1 - column; 2-case; 3-binding of cover sheets; 4 - heat removal hose from the fire; 5-rags

Warming up a frozen water pipe: 1-water pipe; 2 - case; 3-blockage of the cover with rags; 4 - coupler sheets of the cover; 5-hose for heat removal from the fire

Such covers are screwed onto the water pipe loosely and overlapped, and pulled together with a cord or wire on top. The end openings of the cover are covered with stuffing from old newspapers or rags. If necessary, the end of the pipeline from the fire included in the cover is also fixed with wire.

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