I recently obtained a wall tent and have heard some people prefer to put the stove jack out the roof covering and others out the end wall. What are the benefits and drawbacks of each? I recognize it might not appear like a big deal, however it can make a significant distinction when attempting to keep the camping tent warm.
1. Fire Risk
A range jack is a special opening in your tent's textile, generally on the roofing or side wall surface of your camping tent. It is designed to pass the stove pipeline through while keeping an appropriate seal to avoid the getaway of smoke, fumes, and warm. This is important because any void in between the cooktop jack and the cooktop pipeline produces a way for combustible liquids to enter your camping tent. Whether your stove gets on or off, any kind of combustible liquids can pose a fire risk if they come in contact with the warm camping tent structure. You can mitigate this by ensuring that your stove jack gets on the down wind side of prevailing directional winds.
2. Air flow
Air flow is the process of bringing exterior air right into a room or building, relocating the air through the room and getting rid of stale indoor air. It is a key part of excellent house style and helps to maintain healthy and balanced air for breathing, watering down metabolic toxins (co2 and smells) and other contaminants emitted into the air. However, ventilation is not a substitute for correct source control of contaminants.
Air flow can be natural, mechanical or hybrid (mixed-mode). The physics of wind and thermal buoyancy forces drive all-natural ventilation through purpose-built openings in the building envelope such as windows and doors, solar chimneys and wind towers. Additionally, the all-natural seepage of an area is driven by these pressures and via adventitious openings, fractures and joints in the building framework and envelope.
Appropriate outdoor tents design allows for appropriate hunting tent ventilation and a stove jack that is not too close to the outdoor tents wall surfaces can minimize warmth loss and air flow resistance. This assists maintain your tent cozy, completely dry and comfortable.
