Thanks Terry.

I'll try and fire mine up.

regards

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Garry Beattie
Ocean Spirit Trailer Sailer &
Small Yacht Cruising Emagazine
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"Terry Spragg" wrote in message
...
There are 2 basic types of kero stove burners. one includes a
preheater vaporizer burner, the other, a preheater cup.

They operate in the same manner as a naptha or white gas stove,
using burner heat to vapourize liquid fuel to sustain the heating
process. The burner head must be preheated to start the cooking
fire.

Both kero types must boil the kero inside the burner head, to
provide vapourised kerosene fumes which is what burns hot and
bright blue.

The type I prefer uses an atomiser preheater, a very fine mist
shower head type nozzle with a control seperate from the main
burner valve control. Mine looked like sliding knobs on the deck
of the stove.

After pressure is pumped up in the fuel reservoir tank, the
atomizer burner is opened and lit with a match. The blowtorch
style flame points at the normal burner head and heats it up. It
is a little noisy, and extingushes easily in a cross draught.
When hot enough (2 minutes) the main burner valve is opened, the
pressurized kero spray hits the heated head, the vapour fumes
ignite, and then the atomiser may be turned off. Once mastered,
it is easy and quick. If the burner has not been heated enough,
liquid kero will drip instead of vapourising, and a large,
smelly, smoky, yellow flame will result. If you do not get a
bright blue flame, close the main burner valve quickly and
continue heating the burner head, starting to time the 2 minutes
again. Kenyon instructions say to stop preheating, and wait 5
minutes first, after possible flare ups occur, as a lot of liquid
kero can come out, if you are not paying attention. I recommend
opening the main burner valve slowly, so as to keep better
control of the possible flare up.

If the burner was hot enough, a blue flame, like a natural gas or
propane flame will result.

For some reason the atomizer seemed to use up pressure quite
quickly, and after getting main burner ignition, it was almost
always neccessary to pump up some more.

Kero stoves are very sensitive to contamination, and plug up
easily requiring cleaning. Release the pressure cap , drain the
fuel, dissassemble the burner clean, reassemble, pump up, and
preheat. Use a fine mesh filter funnel for filling the tank.
Once in a while, rinse the tank with a little clean kero to expel
any possible grit, dust, etc. Put the used, possibly dirty kero
into an oil lamp, or filter it.

The other type has a small cup under the burner head, into which
you may squirt some kero or alcohol and light it to preheat the
burner. Kero can be used, but it will burn with a lot of smelly
black smoke. Alcohol burns more cleanly, but you cannot see the
flame. A small cube of fire starter, sawdust and wax, can also be
used to preheat.

Pressure kero stoves should work with clean diesel fuel or jet
fuel. It is very cheap fuel.

Is it any wonder we prefer propane and a piezo electric barbeque
spark lighter for weekending?

We keep the propane cylinders on deck except when in use.
Scuppers will allow accumulated fumes to drain away like water. A
large tank adapter and hose may be used, but we disconnect the
hose and leave it on deck with the tank turned off and fuel
burned off in the camp stove before disconnecting.

Terry K

Garry Beattie wrote:

I guess the next question is "how do I light this thing?"

It has a valve on it for using a bike pump to pressurise it and a couple
of
flame control knobs at the front but that's about it.

Any idea's???

--
Garry Beattie
Ocean Spirit Trailer Sailer &
Small Yacht Cruising Emagazine
www.ocean-spirit.com

"Terry Spragg" wrote in message
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Garry Beattie wrote:

You know, often the simplest answers are the most logical!

I will set it up in my garage and give it a try and see how it goes.

--
Garry Beattie
Ocean Spirit Trailer Sailer &
Small Yacht Cruising Emagazine
www.ocean-spirit.com

"Wim" wrote in message
...
Why don't you try it out Gary ?
You don't have to be in your boat to do that ;-)
And.....if it smell to *you* then you don't have to wonder anymore
g
--
c ya Wim
www.cruising.ca/thousand/f-index.html


"Garry Beattie" wrote in message
...
: When I purchased my boat it had a 2 burner kero stove in it.
:
: It was the first thing I took out! I figured the smell of
burning
kerosene
: would be enough not to want it on the boat.
:
: After reading these post's I am wondering if I did the right
thing.
I
still
: have the kero stove, with all it's spare parts, but I have never
used
it.
: Heck I wouldn't even know how to light it.
:
: Do they smell when alight?
:
: --
: Garry Beattie
: Ocean Spirit Trailer Sailer &
: Small Yacht Cruising Emagazine
: www.ocean-spirit.com
:

Our pressure kero stove with oven did not smell as much lit as it
did when filling it.

Our propane camp stove is more convenient and stows easily. It
lacks an oven, which we never used anyway. Propane fuel is more
costly and some would fear, more dangerous. We keep all propane
canisters on deck unless in use.

I hated our alcohol stoves, both pressure and puddle style. They
smelled worst of all.

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