[pct-l] Alcool stove questions

[David Tamblyn]

Have you seen the Fancy Feast stove video ....

 http://andrewskurka.com/2011/how-to-make-a-fancy-feast-alcohol-stove/

Dave


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On Mar 17, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Chris Pratt <chris.pratt89 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Patrick,
> 
> Not to sure about that design, I've always used a penny stove.  It uses 
> the bottoms of three cans to make (just google it).  The top of the 
> stove is the bottom of a can with the burner holes around the outside 
> edge like in the eagle scout stove and a larger hole in the center of 
> the top to pour the alcohol into, then you place a coin over the hole 
> and it allows enough pressurization of the can to get excellent burn 
> characteristics.  Normally after you have filled the stove with an ounce 
> of fuel, you place the coin over the fill hole and then place a small 
> amount of fuel on top to help prime/light the stove.
> 
> It looks like with the pop top hole on the top you would not be able to 
> get any pressure build up in the burner chamber thus the lack of a 
> consistant flame and the alcohol vaporizing but not burning.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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