Re: Stus-List Stove

[Bill Bina via CnC-List]

The key word that keeps getting overlooked in many response to this thread is P R E S S U R I Z E D. Pressurized alcohol stoves are notorious for causing boat and RV fires, which is why insurance companies do not like them, and new boats or RV's do not have them, even as an option. Non-pressurized alcohol stoves such as the Origo are a very different animal as far as safety, and insurance companies policies. Bill Bina On 3/7/2015 3:50 PM, robert via CnC-List wrote: Interesting discussion on 'stoves'...... which were designed for cooking.  However, I will confess that after 8 years, I have used my 2 burner Origo non-pressurized alcohol stove to heat the cabin and make me comfortable while swinging on the mooring than I have used to make coffee.  And it is so simple. Did a Marblehead - Halifax race on a 1985 C&C 33 MKII and the only heat we had was when the propane stove and/or oven was going to cook.  When I am in the dark, in the middle of the Bay of Fundy at 3:00 am shift change, it's wet and cold, I am wet and cold......I really could care less what type of heat I am getting as long as I am getting heat and I can get dry.  Then I can look forward to a hot coffee and hot meal and what the stove was designed for.  BTW, the 33 stove/oven was propane....we had 2 full 10 lb. tanks, and we needed all of the 2 tanks......especially when we were making excuses to make coffee just to get some heat.  We installed a new 'propane detection monitor' very low in the boat before the race and had all connections and hoses checked. The 'stove thread' caused me to read my recent 'boat survey'  .....the surveyor noted that the stove was "Origo" but did not state how it was fueled.  Probably doesn't matter to the insurance company whether I am using the stove to heat my cabin or make coffee. Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S. On 2015-03-07 2:10 PM, Burt Stratton via CnC-List wrote: I am surprised by the complaints about alcohol stove performance. My little one burner non pressurized Electrolux works great! The flame stabilizes very quickly when it warms up. Not much of a problem with handling a reasonable draft and gets my 12-cup percolator perking very quickly. IMO it is safer than propane for a variety of reasons and since my stove is directly under my companionway hatch it is easy to vent the moist air created by the stove. Also very efficient.     From: "Joe Della Barba via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2015 8:01:33 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Stove   Have you ever actually tried that? Any significant pressure leak and you won’t be able to get anyplace near the stove.

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