Hi Dave, What stove are you using? do you have pictures? Or more information?
John David Shugarts wrote: > > > I personally have witnessed about four near-catastrophes when untrained > people tried to light alcohol stoves (usually in conjunction with curtains > above the galley), and I yet have never witnessed a gas canister leak. I > think alcohol stoves are a menace, and a pain to cook with. > > IMHO > > --Dave S. (Demitri) > > PS--The stove I have now uses the canisters of butane for camping. It has a > release lever that allows the stove system to be disconnected from the > canister when not in use. Push-button ignition, works great, cooks great. > Cheap as sin. > > > On 5/27/08 2:49 PM, "tim ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> that's weird b/c I've used literally hundreds of small bottles over the >> last 30 years and >> never, not even once, had one leak. >> >> I've subjected them to untold abuse, left the things unattended in >> sheds, on neglected propane >> devices (mainly torches) and in tents and toolboxes and not one bit of >> trouble. >> >> Guess I'm living on borrowed time. >> >> But I worry about 500 times more about gasoline spilling out of the O/B >> when it's stowed below than I do about Prope. >> Or about the dipsh*t smoking a cigarette at the fuel dock, which I still >> continue to see about once a season!!!! >> >> tf >> >> ps....again, I dont suggest storing the big white tanks below, ever. >> >> >> Phil Agur wrote: >>> I've used these enough camping to know the valves don't always seal. > > >
