Most alcohol stoves don't use "jets" like in gas/kerosene stoves - the primus and a few other multi-fuel stoves being exceptions. For a lightweight dead simple no moving parts way cheaper than "marine" alcohol stove, I recommend the Trangia alcohol stoves. There's a variety of kits (pots, burner holder/windscreen, burner) available, or one can just get the burner and a simple holder and use other pots/pans. Or craft a custom holder for your particular Monty's galley. One source in the USA is Piragis' Boundary Waters catalgo (canoe outfitter): https://www.boundarywaterscatalog.com/all-products/browse/keyword/trangia A net search for trangia stove will get you more sources... I have used these for years for most all my outdoor adventures (backpacking, canoe tripping, kayak camping, car camping etc.). Just so dead simple and fool-proof (it might even work with paint thinner in the burner... ;-). cheers, John S. On 03/11/2016 09:26 AM, Conbert Benneck wrote:
On 3/11/2016 10:34 AM, Thomas Buzzi wrote:
Hi Tom,
We had a PRIMUS two burner stove in our big boat. It was designed to work with either kerosene or alcohol. You had to change the jets in the burners to change from alcohol to kerosene. (The hole in the kerosene jet was much smaller than the one for alcohol)
The alcohol fueled stove was much slower to heat a pot of water (there are fewer Btu's in alcohol vs. kerosene) but the Admirable preferred using the alcohol because it didn't smell if you spilled some on the galley counter.
Kerosene, of course, left a very definite smell if you inadvertently spilled some while refueling.
You had to preheat the PRIMUS burners by putting alcohol in the cups under the burner. The major problem with that was overfilling - or spilling some due to a sudden wave action, and then when you lit the burner to preheat it, you had a puddle of pale blue flames on he counter top of the galley that were barely visible if the sun was shining into the cabin.
My solution to that problem was to ask my friends at the German Aircraft Engine Company to have their apprentice shop make me a S/S pan that fitted under the stove.
The pan kept the alcohol spills contained; and also protected the top of the ice box from the radiated heat from the burners when the stove was in use.
Connie
Also, I believe the jets on stoves are sized to the fuel they are designed to burn. Could be a problem there too.
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 12:17 AM, Larry Yake <larryyake@gmail.com> wrote:
You might have trouble getting it to dump out. I know a guy who has one of those stoves and he carries it upside down, attached to the bottom of one of his hatch covers, when he's not using it, and the alchohol does not leak out at all. There is some sort of absorbent material inside that holds the fuel in suspension.
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:16 PM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote:
Hahaha I know it's a paint thinner, it was just in the same type of container and it was getting dark. I'll dump it and let it evap a while. Then alchohol amd see. It's a round dislike metal container with a large circular wick. Sits under stove
Jazz On Mar 10, 2016 8:25 PM, "John Schinnerer" <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Stove not ruined, unless there's some parts in it that would be damaged or dissolved by the mineral spirits.
Pour it out into a safe container as Bob says, then let the stove sit outside opened up (whatever that looks like for your stove) and let whatever you can't pour out fully evaporate. Then give it some alcohol and test that it's OK.
cheers, John S.
On 03/10/2016 08:17 PM, Bob Eeg wrote:
Dump it in a container. Mineral Spirits is paint thinner.....not for an alcohol stove.
Bob
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On Mar 10, 2016, at 8:09 PM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote: > I accidentally filled my stove with the mineral spirits instead of the > alchohol... advise please. Can I just burn it off? Is it ruined? > > Jazz >
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