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Default Propane vs Alcohol

On Oct 9, 6:15 pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
"BF" wrote:
Okay, I know what Propane is, C3H8
and I know what Methanol is, CH3OH


What's Alcohol?


Intoxicating?

Lew


Pressurized alchohol stoves are about the most dangerous thing I have
ever seen on boats. Unpressurized is supposed to be better. When I
got my boat, I gutted the old Origo pressurized stove and now I drop
cans of sterno down the burner wells to heat coffee. I keep thinking
about making an unpressurized drop-in replacement for the old
pressurized burners but by now ther prob are not enough of these old
units for it to sell well.
You can find designs for unpressurized home-made alchohol stoves for
backpacking. One is made from a coke can and some fiberglass
insulation and I think you could adapt this concept to your burner
wells.