[Stoves] Top lit updraft combustors

[Nikhil Desai]

Xavier, Andrew:

Dean is very much active with GACC - in the D-Lab cookbook or CCF 2017
dinners.

If GACC has been requiring WBT and certain equipment and manuals that
correspond to WBT, it makes sense to claim "ISO certificates".

These are private choices.

Nikhil



On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Xavier Brandao <xav.brandao at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Andrew,
>
>
>
> *"I did not think Dean Still or others at Aprovecho claimed their WBT was
> the be all and end all of testing, it was something they used and seemed to
> be picked up in the absence of other protocols."*
>
> This is not correct. There was no "absence of other lab protocols". I
> believe the HTP has existed since 2012 and CSI since 2012 or 2013. I don't
> think the Aprovecho has tried using these protocols. The WBT issues are
> known for years. I don't believe the Aprovecho has tried to work on them,
> or even talk about them. They have consistently promoted and recommended
> the WBT, and kept selling "ISO certificates" on their website, no matter
> what. This is what is reproached to them.
>
>
>
> *"Now we are seeing criticisms but unfortunately Dean and his co workers
> have been so offensively criticised on here that they no longer reply to
> give their views."*
>
> I don't know if I have been offensive, I don't think so. If I was please
> tell me where.
>
> I think Dean Still and the ARC dont want to react on this list, simply
> because they don't want to admit they don't have any answer to the
> questions. I asked Dean Still personally by email about these questions,
> and he did not reply to them.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Xavier
>
>
>
>
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