the update to this is that isooropyl works OK for starting up the whisperlite (It will also start using biodiesel, just much smokier and slower before the fuel heats up and starts to 'jet').
for those who don't know, Whisperlites are a backpacker stove and the multifuel (XGK or International models) version works as follows: there is a little pressurising pump (plastic, but unaffected by biodiesel) which screws into a metal fuel bottle. You pressurise the fuel, which on it's way to the burner, passes through a loop of steel line that passes through the burner flame. Below the burner is a pad which you first soak in fuel and set on fire to preheat the steep fuel line(I've been using rubbing alcohol, normally you'd pour your gas or diesel or whatever other volatile fuel, onto the pad). The fuel is then heated enough that it will 'jet' out of the burner orifices (I think that's the accurate description) just like a more volatile white gasoline. anyway these are pretty common here among backpackers who can afford them (they're expensive by my standards) and I've found that at several street fair demonstrations of fuel making, I've been able to give away several of the liter batches that we made, to people who were going to use them in an XGK. Which was kind of cool- it makes a liter batch process produce a 'useful' amount of fuel! Before releasing them to the unsuspecting public, I label the jars 'poisonous- still contains methanol' just to make sure that the person's friends wouldn't pick the jar up to smell it or anything. I intend one of these days to write up some washing instructions (and Tailgate Titration instructions for making simple liter batches) on one sheet of paper, to give away with the samples. mark > > "Before I had a diesel car I used an International WhisperLite > campstove to try out biodiesel -- the XGK model which is multifuel, > designed for kerosene or diesel as well as white gas. I still suggest > these to people wanting to demonstrate biodiesel in a classroom, for > instance -- the stoves cost somewhere between (US)$80 and $100 and > are a perfect use for a using up a liter-size batch. I got great > response from people who were familiar with the nasty smell of white > gas camp stoves -- biodiesel makes the campsite just smell a bit like > barbeque. I found it helped sometimes to use a tiny amount of white > gas on the pad to start the flame... " -- Mark, Biofuel mailing list, > 15 Mar 2003 > WhisperLite Internationaleª 600: > http://www.msrcorp.com/prod/prod_stoves1.htm#4 > > -- From "Make your own biodiesel - page 2: Journey to Forever" > http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#otheruse > > > >FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >DATE: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:18:08 -0500 > >SUBJECT: Petromax Lantern > > > >Has anyone tried to BD in a Petromax Lantern? Will it even > >work? I know that BD doesn't wick, so it's not suitable for > >kerosene lanterns, but the Petromax is a pressurized lantern > >that will run on "any flammable liquid." Thanks, -BRAH > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges at Myinks.com - Save 80%. Quality inkjet cartridges & refill kits! FREE s/h on $50 orders to the US & Canada. Fast shipping. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/hwZBYB/zoVGAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
