I was a scout leader for a bit when my elder son participated in scouting.
We had a head leader (troop scouter?) who was quite adept at things
like this.
We went sledding one night when it was very cold and he fired the stove
up to make hot chocolate for the troop.
My recollection is that he soaked a bit of kleenex with fuel and put it
on the burner under and around the generator tube and then lit it on
fire in order to warm up the generator tube to encourage vapourization
of the fuel.
RB
On 04/11/2014 2:40 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Uhhh, open the valve and light a match? Hang the match under the generator a
little if its cold. If its really cold a little fondue fuel on the burner under
the generator helps.
When I did the cooking challenge a couple years ago I cooked pancakes outside
at 16F. Normally I preheat the generator a little with the torch just to make
lighting a little easier but at 16F the propane torch wouldn't light. Stove lit
right up with a match...
At 0F a lantern becomes a bastard to light but thats only because its hard to
get at the generator for preheat, gotta take the glass off to get inside. A
stove is easier.
I guess if I was going to camp a lot in extreme cold I'd attach a little piece
of fiberglass stove door gasket material to the top of the primary burner, I
could soak that in a little Coleman fuel and light it to preheat easily.
-Curt
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From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca>
To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
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Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT weather
On 04/11/2014 10:08 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
I saw a video once where I guy preheated his plane with a Coleman stove. He sat
the stove on the ground with a stovepipe to duct the heat up into the engine. I
can't imagine it would work if it was very cold though, a single burner hiking
stove doesn't have all that much heat output. 5000 BTU at even 0F would be like
trying to heat it with your hands...
Back when I was trying to start my 240D at -20F I read about Alaskan bush
pilots that would drain the oil out of their plane and bring it in the cabin to
stay warm overnight. I contemplated the idea and although I expect it would
work I ended up with a big battery and an inverter to run the block heater.
-Curt
Now, you need to tell them how to get a Coleman stove started when it is
truly cold.
RB
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