Safety charging shrink wrapped battery?

[Art Deco]

That looks like a HearthStone?

I had three different Woodstock Soapstone stoves, including a beta version of one model before it went into production. A close friend had a huge Hearthstone from the 80s that he heated with 24/7 six months a year for 35 years in upstate New York, till it was so warped and burnt out internally that he finally replaced it with the Woodstock model I had beta tested, their “Ideal Steel.”

I LOVE wood heat and everything about it, so even now after sizing down to a 30’ travel trailer version of a tiny house, I’m still burning wood with this mini version of a wood stove.

I just picked up a battery powered version of a Stihl chainsaw too. Great little saw, and I can charge it with my solar cells via my solar generator. It will easily replace the smaller of the two gas Stihl chainsaws I have. And though I have a hydraulic wood splitter, spitting logs with Fiskar mauls is a great form of winter exercise when my e bike is idle due to weather.

Hearthstone Heritage with side loading door. Heats 1500 sq ft on 2 or 3 cords a year. Never thought about using it as a battery box though.

 

[BrianK]

Hearthstone Heritage with side loading door. Heats 1500 sq ft on 2 or 3 cords a year. Never thought about using it as a battery box though.

Nice. This was my last Woodstock. The firebox was lined with soapstone and each leg had a huge piece of soapstone to absorb then radiate the heat. I built the hearth and covered it with pieces of slate I cut from several large slabs a patient gave me, and applied synthetic airstone to the hearth and walls.