I have read all the posts regarding the pros and cons of these old oven/stoves and am very aware of the dangers, However, I just want to understand how they work. My C30 has a tank which rusted thru and is now gone, but the stove is still there and in pretty good shape. I just can't understand where the "pressure" is developed. How do you refill? Do you just pour liquid alcohol in the tank and charge with compressed air (that can't be)? How else can the alcohol get from the tank to the stove? I feel like and idiot....but please enlighten me. Thx
Pressurized Alcohol Stoves....Again
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Just like u said
That's how it works. You pressurise the tank with a thumb pump, just like the old Coleman stoves. there's a small opening with a screw cap for (funnel) refilling.
That's how it works. You pressurise the tank with a thumb pump, just like the old Coleman stoves. there's a small opening with a screw cap for (funnel) refilling.
Hi GWP,
The tank has a tube inside so when you pump the air in (about 5 psi) it pushes the liquid toward the stove. When you leak out a small bit of liquid ( 1/2 ounce or less) in the bowl of the burner then turn it off, you can then light the liquid. This heats the metal tube in the burner so that it produces gas instead of liquid. Now you can use the unit like a gas stove. The military multi-fuel cooktops and Coleman liquid fuel stoves work this way.
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The tank has a tube inside so when you pump the air in (about 5 psi) it pushes the liquid toward the stove. When you leak out a small bit of liquid ( 1/2 ounce or less) in the bowl of the burner then turn it off, you can then light the liquid. This heats the metal tube in the burner so that it produces gas instead of liquid. Now you can use the unit like a gas stove. The military multi-fuel cooktops and Coleman liquid fuel stoves work this way.
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