Greetings Mike >Greetings Keith, > >I'm going to try it on kerosene and if that works I'll know it's not the >stove. I have heard from some other Petromax owners that there >may have been a bad batch of stoves. This one does have a bad pressure >gauge. I will call Britelyt and see what they say.
Good, and good luck. >The BD I put in it was not winterised and came out of a cold storage >shed so it was a little thick, so I cut it with some dino. It came >close to lighting - a lot of sputtering. I heated the stove ring with a >propane torch. I've been using the same BD in my car @ 50/50 w/ dino >and so far it's been ok. > >By meths do mean methanol? Sorry, actually I meant methylated spirits, denatured ethanol, but I usually use methanol, it doesn't seem to make any difference. I've heard of people using a bit of rag soaked in vegetable oil. >Do you think Isopropyl would work? I don't know, I don't have much experience of burning it. I guess it should work. >I hope to have time to get back to it this weekend. > >I will write up what I discover and post it. Please. >I'm not ready to give up on the stove yet! I'm sure it should work, disappointing if it doesn't. All best Keith >Regards, > >Mike > >Keith Addison wrote: > > >Hi Mike > > > >I'm puzzled. We use 100% biodiesel in this stove, a standard kerosene > >pressure stove from India: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor10.html#stove > > > >It's just the same as all the other pressure stoves and blowtorches > >I've used, Primus and so on, and pressure lanterns (I had an Aida > >Petromax lantern). There's a trough under the burner, you fill it > >with meths and light it, by the time it's nearly all burnt up the > >pipes are hot enough to gasify the fuel, pump up the pressure and > >you're away. It works just the same with biodiesel, never fails. It > >does get cold here (it IS cold here!). The Aida was a bit more > >complicated, but basically the same IIRC. Aida's the same as > >BriteLyt. It's hard to see much detail in the picture of the BriteLyt > >stove at their website, but I'm surprised it's not working. > > > >Up to now I'd have said it's not that you're lucky if you can get a > >kero pressure stove to burn biodiesel, more like you're unlucky if > >you can't. I've found the BriteLyt folks responsive in the past, and > >they seem to be interested in biofuels applications. Why don't you > >ask them to help you? They probably will, and if you'd be so kind you > >could forward it here so Ken and others get an answer too. > > > >Best > > > >Keith > > > > > > > > > >>So far all attempts to light it have failed. It's 30 degrees here and > >>that may have something to do with it. I cut the BD w/ a good shot of > >>Dino diesel and still no go. I got the preheater going but no flame on > >>the ring. I brought it inside overnight to warm up and will try it > >>again. If it doesn't go I'll mix in some kerosene. The booklet says > >>you have to preheat for 3 1/2 mins sometimes to get BD lit. It came > >>smelling of kerosene to I expect the factory lit it and tested it. FWIW > >>the pressure gauge is bad but it does hold pressure. > >> > >>I had hoped to use it to heat oil so the the bd process was all fueled > >>by BD. > >> > >>I also looked at some of the camping stoves but they are very expensive > >>and designed to be as light weight as possible. The guy at the camping > >>store said the thinner distillates works best. > >> > >>We'll see, > >> > >>Mike > >> > >>Ken Dunn wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Please, let us know how it does, Mike. > >>> > >>>Take care, > >>> > >>> > >>>On 12/5/05, Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Just got a Britelyt today. Haven't been able to get it to light on BD > >>>>but I think it may be due to the fuel being too cold. Will report back > >>>>if I get it going. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Ken Dunn wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>What is everyone using as a heat source for preheating? I'm thinking > >>>>>about buying the BriteLyt mentioned on JtF. I could use it for other > >>>>>purposes as well which would be nice. Anyone test it? Care to > >>>>>comment? > >>>>> > >>>>>Take care, > >>>>>Ken _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
