Oh damn, I didn't realize that this conversation was still going to the list.. oh well.
-K On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 02:33:09PM -0500, Kris Coward wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 03:03:03AM -0400, Ben Okopnik wrote: > > > Yep, this one's one of them stupid expensive stainless units. > > > > You've got more money than me, bro. :) > > I'm not so sure about that; I think it was more a case of "I'll be done > grad school soon, and then I'll have a real income, and all this insane > level of expense will be easy to pay off". Naivete, sure I had more; > money, perhaps not.. > > > Yep, I know that one real well. In fact, I just changed a Shipmate stove > > that was made for CNG to propane, and added a spark generator while I > > was at it. Now, it's almost 3 a.m. here, and I've just finished and > > tested the wiring for a solenoid (took most of 2 days to run 15' of wire > > and hook up a switch and an LED. That's boats for you.) Too tired to go > > to sleep, so I'm answering my email. > > Oh lord, why did you have to mention a spark generator; now I'm > remembering that I _still_ have to get some wire and a battery holder > for a single AA battery, so that I can move the battery for the spark > generator on my stove to somewhere that doesn't involve emptying out a > cockpit locker, climbing in with a power drill, adding some new *ahem* > ventilation for the burners in the bulkhead behind the stove, and then > fiddling around with the damned thing. > > I'm well enough ahead on prepping the inside of my winter enclosure, > that I should probably stick it on that task queue. > > > > Measurements will have to wait at least a week until I get back home, > > > but I got a friend to take some pictures recently, and she posted them > > > at: > > > > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/117029964194705003009/Propane?authkey=Gv1sRgCJzP16nUoOvRuAE&feat=email > > > > Ah-ha. Not what I had pictured, but a similar idea. Thanks, Kris - more > > grist for the mill! > > Naturally, measurements have gone and waited more than a week.. > > The ring on the bottom of the tank is held in place by a pair of pegs > (one on each leg) which are basically 2" bolts with 5/8" long, 1/2" OD > bushing holding the head of the bolt off the leg (and a nylock nut on > the other side of the leg holding it all in place). The sides of these > pegs closest to the upright portion of the legs are 3" away from the > close side of the tube (the tube, BTW is 1" thick. > > The legs are spaced 4" apart along their entire length, about 1" from > the tank ring pegs, and 1" from the bottom end of the legs, is a 1/4" > piece of rod prividing spacing. Additional spacing is provided by the > mounting plates on the upright portions of the legs, each of which is a > 2" wide piece of 1/8" thick plate. The bottom edge of the bottom support > is 2" from the top of bottom section of the legs. The bottom of the > upper plate is about 9" from the top of the lower plate. The plate > holding the hook for the top ring on the tank is similar plate, but only > 1" wide. Its bottom is 3/4" above the top of the upper support plate. > > And since this is probably way more specific to my tank holder than > you'd ever need, I'm going to hold off on measuring any of the other > pieces. > > Cheers, > Kris > > P.S. In other news, I've been spending a great deal of time lately with > a lovely young half-Russian/half-Polish woman from Lithuania who's not > only helpful around the boat, but also understands the importance of > chocolate to a happy life (and understands that the best way to maintain > one's figure when eating so much chocolate is through *ahem* lots of > vigorous physical activity). Of course her real winning attribute is > that when the tail end of Sandy came to Toronto, she suggested that we > go out canoeing in it (which was, of course, a great deal of fun). > > -- > Kris Coward http://unripe.melon.org/ > GPG Fingerprint: 2BF3 957D 310A FEEC 4733 830E 21A4 05C7 1FEB 12B3 > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -- Kris Coward http://unripe.melon.org/ GPG Fingerprint: 2BF3 957D 310A FEEC 4733 830E 21A4 05C7 1FEB 12B3 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
