Most of us would conduct our own tests on the stove and any information gathered would just serve to corroborate our findings. I see no reason to avoid asking questions from the PO who is the person most intimately familiar at this point with that stove? His credibility will be proven or disproven by the results of the test. Sorry you had a bad experience but there are helpful POs out there.
yes, I would agree there is no reason
not to ask the PO...
but my view point is exactly what I wrote in my previous post... what if you believe him, and he is wrong!!!
from where you or I stand now, this particular issue will never be a problem, but for someone who may be a new owner and not familiar with used boats and the components, especially the stove, it would be a good thing if they knew the chances and the dangers associated with being wrong in its feeding and use, no matter if its because someone else told you wrong information, or if its because you
thought you already knew it all....
if you are going to conduct your own tests, going forward with what the PO tells you,
and if he is wrong, you may still be in serious, irreversable trouble...
if you go forward with your "testing" without his input, the results may be the same... but if you show a picture of the stove to a few hundred or a few thousand boaters, some of which are very familiar with the object, and you get a unanimous answer, then one can be pretty sure how exactly to proceed safely.
with this site and all the knowledgeable and helpful members, there really is no need to seek out the PO to get a questionable answer, when one is already connected here and has access to the
proper answers
...
It isnt what we, or someone else
thinks, but
it is what we know that minimizes risk.....
