Hi Mike
I'm puzzled. We use 100% biodiesel in this stove, a standard kerosene
pressure stove from India:
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor10.html#stove
It's just the same as all the other pressure stoves and blowtorches
I've used, Primus and so on, and pressure lanterns (I had an
Greetings Keith,
I'm going to try it on kerosene and if that works I'll know it's not the
stove. I have heard from some other Petromax owners that there
may have been a bad batch of stoves. This one does have a bad pressure
gauge. I will call Britelyt and see what they say.
The BD I put in
Greetings Mike
Greetings Keith,
I'm going to try it on kerosene and if that works I'll know it's not the
stove. I have heard from some other Petromax owners that there
may have been a bad batch of stoves. This one does have a bad pressure
gauge. I will call Britelyt and see what they say.
IPA hard to get? I can't get rid of it!
Joe Street wrote:
I would say try kerosene or heating oil. Gasoline is too volatile and
can create explosive atmospheres. Keep the IPA for titrations!! it is
one of the more difficult items to get.
Joe
Mike Weaver wrote:
I've done some initial
Please, let us know how it does, Mike.
Take care,
On 12/5/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just got a Britelyt today. Haven't been able to get it to light on BD
but I think it may be due to the fuel being too cold. Will report back
if I get it going.
Ken Dunn wrote:
What is
So far all attempts to light it have failed. It's 30 degrees here and
that may have something to do with it. I cut the BD w/ a good shot of
Dino diesel and still no go. I got the preheater going but no flame on
the ring. I brought it inside overnight to warm up and will try it
again. If
Hi Mike
For what it's worth I tried running my multifuel backpacking stove on
BD. I had to warm the preheater / vaporizer tube with a propane torch
to get it hot enough to vaporize the BD. Once lit though it had a
beautiful and stable blue flame and judging by boil time comparisons
roughly
Just selfishly thinking outloud...I wonder if it would be possible to
pre-preheat it with a Sterno.
On 12/6/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What was the temperature outside? I tried that with a torch and got a
few sputters but no flame.
Is kerosene the most logical agent to cut the
I tried heating the vaporizing ring with a propane torch
Ken Dunn wrote:
Just selfishly thinking outloud...I wonder if it would be possible to
pre-preheat it with a Sterno.
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I use jellied alcohol (like sterno but runny) for pre heating my stove
on the trail. It wasn't enough heat for the biodiesel though. Even
with kerosene it takes a prolonged period of preheat with sterno to
light the stove. If you turn the fuel valve on prematurely you get
liquid coming out the
Well that's bummer-style news there, Joe. I was hoping to use a
multi-fuel stove on the trail as well as for preheating my biodiesel
process. Of course, I suppose it would still be an improvement to use
the stove for preheating wvo to make biodiesel even with the propane
used from the torch to
Uh...outdoors?? I dunno but it was warm in my basement. :-[
J
Mike Weaver wrote:
What was the temperature outside? I tried that with a torch and got a
few sputters but no flame.
Is kerosene the most logical agent to cut the BD with?
Joe Street wrote:
Hi Mike
For
Hi Ken;
It's not a matter of re-jetting as I said the fuel has to be boiling in
the generator tube so that it is vapour which reaches the jet not
liquid. As long as there is enough heat it works great. Given enough
time a sterno flame can no doubt heat things enough but the problem is
What about the type of burners that are designed to use a liquid fuel
directly rather than volatilize a liquid fuel? Like fuel oil
furnaces, and waste engine oil burners. All of these I have seen are
in the 100,000 Btu/hr range though -- if you could find one more like
10 or 20 kBtu, it might
I've done some initial research but haven't delved into one. Sooner or
later I'll find an oil furnace someone is throwing away and see what I
can do.
If I had to cut the BD with another agent to make it easier to use I
would do that. Does anyone have any suggestions? Gasoline?
I have 55
Maybe I could just throw the BD into the reactor tank and warm it up
first. I do that sometimes anyway to clear cloudy BD.
I would NOT count on a camping stove to light on BD the trail, unless
you are in Arizona in July!
Joe Street wrote:
Hi Ken;
It's not a matter of re-jetting as I said
Howdy Mike,
Mike Weaver wrote:
I've done some initial research but haven't delved into one. Sooner or
later I'll find an oil furnace someone is throwing away and see what I
can do.
If I had to cut the BD with another agent to make it easier to use I
would do that. Does anyone have any
I would say try kerosene or heating oil. Gasoline is too volatile and
can create explosive atmospheres. Keep the IPA for titrations!! it is
one of the more difficult items to get.
Joe
Mike Weaver wrote:
I've done some initial research but haven't delved into one. Sooner or
later I'll
But if you do this those light molecules will eventually get jostled to
the top and then hop into the air space in the container above the
surface of the liquid eventually building up pressure in the closed
container until it reaches the vapour pressure of the more volatile
liquid (at that
Mike Weaver wrote:
I've done some initial research but haven't delved into one. Sooner or
later I'll find an oil furnace someone is throwing away and see what I
can do.
If I had to cut the BD with another agent to make it easier to use I
would do that. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm only interested in using a mix in the Petromax to heat BD. I heat
my house with wood anyway. I don't plan to mix gasoline with BD or HHO
and use it inside - besides my furnace is gas, not that I run it if I
can help it.
I would like to take apart a Beckett or Riello or similar to see how
Just got a Britelyt today. Haven't been able to get it to light on BD
but I think it may be due to the fuel being too cold. Will report back
if I get it going.
Ken Dunn wrote:
What is everyone using as a heat source for preheating? I'm thinking
about buying the BriteLyt mentioned on JtF.
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