That has nothing to do with flame from the stove. Water boils at a lower temp at altitude, so you have to cook things longer in boiling water. At 7400 ft ASL, the boiling point of water is 198.5 F.
Barry W2UP Re: I couldn't ignite it. It would sputter and refuse to burn. We were at 7400' (2260 m). That doesn't surprise me. I don't have experience with butane torches at altitude, but I have eaten far too many freeze dried dinners that were crunchy because, at altitude (8,500 ft. in my case), there wasn't enough oxygen in the air so that the flame from my friend's butane stove would heat the water hot enough to reconstitute the food. Cold temperatures affect butane stoves as well. Put high altitude together with cold temperatures and the result is crunchy noodles! (My old Svea white gas stove works well to 11,000 ft., even in the cold, but it has its own hazards). Mark, KE6BB -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-Butane-soldering-irons-tp7591080p7591091.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
