# My gasifier don't flare, can you help me what is the problem

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**Tags:** off-grid
**Created:** [March 24, 2025, 6:59am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/my-gasifier-dont-flare-can-you-help-me-what-is-the-problem/8190 "2025-03-24T06:59:03Z")
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### Author: ![k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/k_vanlooken/32/24334_2.png) [@k\_vanlooken](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/k_vanlooken)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2025, 7:29am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/my-gasifier-dont-flare-can-you-help-me-what-is-the-problem/8190/16 "2025-03-28T07:29:27Z")

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Hi John,  
Can you sent some picture about the fuel used ?  
Suggestion, you can use dry bamboo chunks, as i do here similar.

If it is for cooking only, then you might simplify your system a bit, no problem with smoke and tar.

Link to one build here…

> [@Building kinda of an gasifier, raw bamboo is the aim](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/building-kinda-of-an-gasifier-raw-bamboo-is-the-aim/6710):
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> lets try a prototype … Reviving an old project… Building a firetubish thing first…

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