On 5 May 2013 16:05, Jonathan P Gill <[email protected]> wrote: > Fellow stovers, > > This morning, I loaded my Rim Fire iCan TLUD with 1500 grams of Vermont > wood pellets. Powered with a muffin fan, it runs like a champion. > > 1,000 grams of 14C water in an open top can set on top of the grate boiled > in 10 minutes . Old school. > > 520 grams of 14C water in a Swiss Volcano style unit set on top of the > grate, boiled in 3:20 minutes. The boil was so vigorous that the water > spilled over the top and put out the gas fire. New school. >
So if you'd boiled 520 grammes old school, you'd do it in 600 x 520/1000 or 5:12 mins. The new system did it in 3:20, a 30 odd percent improvement in output, What would happen if you put a lid on the oldschool method, to your timings.
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