It does not work. It might work better in something like a Nordic stove.
On Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at 08:05 AM, Jeff wrote: > Has anyone tried burning wvo in a kerosene heater? Some kerosene > heaters have round, fiberglass wicks and it seems like they might just > work for wvo. > > Jeff > > > > From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: WVO wick > >> Has anyone tried or had luck burning WVO with a wick? > > Yes. > >> On another board I read that a guy built a burner based around a >> wick method. > > So did we. It's said, as with biodiesel, that it won't travel up a > wick, but it depends on the wick. The wick should be loose, not > tightly wound, thick (about 1cm) with plenty of room in whatever it's > fitted into (a loose fit), and the burning bit has to be less than > about 3cm maximum from the fuel level. Todd Swearingen previously > suggested a donut-shaped arrangement around the burning wick(s) to > get the fuel level right. You'd need a few such wicks going for an > effective stove, maybe six or eight. Adjusting them all, and lowering > them to extinguish the stove, are problems to be solved, but > shouldn't be too hard. > > Best > > Keith > > >> Thanks > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
