I normally use a MSR Whisperlite burning gas (benzine) or kerosene, and sometimes on shorter trips i use my old Trangia. Once I wanted to bring the Trangia on a trip, and I wasn't sure what was actually in the fuel bottle, denatured ethanol or "odeurless" kerosene, I tok of the corkscrew and sniffed. It was definitely ethanol. Being out there after a day of rowing, I wanted to light the Trangia: It wouldn't burn. What was actually in the bottle was kerosene, it just had a smell of alcohol because I some weeks before had been carrying some alcohol in it. It was raining, and it would be a hard job to make a fire outside the tent to cook my freezedried dinner. I took a twig soaked it in kerosene, lit it and let it stand burning in the Trangia, acting as wig. After around 10 mins. the kerosene was hot enough to burn whithout the twig and actually burned with a blue flame through the small holes, and I got my hot meal. P:S: I wouldnt dare to do the same with gas though, gas is far to volatile. Aluminium bottles shouldn't be used for storing alcohol, it makes them korode. Venlig hilsen Ole Kjeldgaard *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 08 2000 - 01:56:27 PST
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