Kenyon stove
 

Alvin North wrote:
I have acquired an old boat (Cape Dory 28) about 25 years old. It
has a Kenyon stove Homestrand (SN 152460). A quart tank with pump
up, large dial for clean and close. What type fuel, alcohol or
kerosene? Thanks, A North

Depends. The stove _as_shipped_ usually required denatured alcohol.
However Kenyon (and others) offered a kerosene burner conversion kit that
looked almost identical to the alcohol burners. It even used the same tank,
although the setup was really minimal at best. In all probability you have
alcohol. If so, observe the warnings of the other posters.

BTW I have a CD 28 that shipped with the same stove. Best thing I did was
to dump it at the first opportunity.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.tripod.com

Kenyon stove
 

"Armond Perretta" wrote in message ...
Alvin North wrote:
I have acquired an old boat (Cape Dory 28) about 25 years old. It
has a Kenyon stove Homestrand (SN 152460). A quart tank with pump
up, large dial for clean and close. What type fuel, alcohol or
kerosene? Thanks, A North

Depends. The stove _as_shipped_ usually required denatured alcohol.
However Kenyon (and others) offered a kerosene burner conversion kit that
looked almost identical to the alcohol burners. It even used the same tank,
although the setup was really minimal at best. In all probability you have
alcohol. If so, observe the warnings of the other posters.

BTW I have a CD 28 that shipped with the same stove. Best thing I did was
to dump it at the first opportunity.


Throw the damned thing away anc consider yourself lucky that it didnt
cause a fire. Those pressurized alchohol stoves are just about the
most dangerous thing you can have on a boat except possibly a white
gas powered stove.

Kenyon stove
 

"Armond Perretta" wrote in message ...
Alvin North wrote:
I have acquired an old boat (Cape Dory 28) about 25 years old. It
has a Kenyon stove Homestrand (SN 152460). A quart tank with pump
up, large dial for clean and close. What type fuel, alcohol or
kerosene? Thanks, A North

Depends. The stove _as_shipped_ usually required denatured alcohol.
However Kenyon (and others) offered a kerosene burner conversion kit that
looked almost identical to the alcohol burners. It even used the same tank,
although the setup was really minimal at best. In all probability you have
alcohol. If so, observe the warnings of the other posters.

BTW I have a CD 28 that shipped with the same stove. Best thing I did was
to dump it at the first opportunity.


Throw the damned thing away anc consider yourself lucky that it didnt
cause a fire. Those pressurized alchohol stoves are just about the
most dangerous thing you can have on a boat except possibly a white
gas powered stove.

Kenyon stove
 

"Armond Perretta" wrote in message ...
Alvin North wrote:
I have acquired an old boat (Cape Dory 28) about 25 years old. It
has a Kenyon stove Homestrand (SN 152460). A quart tank with pump
up, large dial for clean and close. What type fuel, alcohol or
kerosene? Thanks, A North

Depends. The stove _as_shipped_ usually required denatured alcohol.
However Kenyon (and others) offered a kerosene burner conversion kit that
looked almost identical to the alcohol burners. It even used the same tank,
although the setup was really minimal at best. In all probability you have
alcohol. If so, observe the warnings of the other posters.

BTW I have a CD 28 that shipped with the same stove. Best thing I did was
to dump it at the first opportunity.

Better yet, do what I did to the exact same model. Take out the
burners and the tank and everything else except the burner wells.
Insert large cans of sterno into them an raise the burner pot holdersm
with longer screws. It works as well as the alchohol and is MUCH
safer

Kenyon stove
 

"Armond Perretta" wrote in message ...
Alvin North wrote:
I have acquired an old boat (Cape Dory 28) about 25 years old. It
has a Kenyon stove Homestrand (SN 152460). A quart tank with pump
up, large dial for clean and close. What type fuel, alcohol or
kerosene? Thanks, A North

Depends. The stove _as_shipped_ usually required denatured alcohol.
However Kenyon (and others) offered a kerosene burner conversion kit that
looked almost identical to the alcohol burners. It even used the same tank,
although the setup was really minimal at best. In all probability you have
alcohol. If so, observe the warnings of the other posters.

BTW I have a CD 28 that shipped with the same stove. Best thing I did was
to dump it at the first opportunity.

Better yet, do what I did to the exact same model. Take out the
burners and the tank and everything else except the burner wells.
Insert large cans of sterno into them an raise the burner pot holdersm
with longer screws. It works as well as the alchohol and is MUCH
safer

Kenyon stove
 

Larry W4CSC wrote:

By the way, if you keep it, denatured alcohol is MUCH cheaper from the
paint department at Home Depot or other warehouse hardware store in
the gallon can.......than say We$t Marine.....


Funny thing, possibly because I'm a regular customer: Our marina store
gave us a gallon of alcohol for 2/3rds of the cost of the hardware store
price, even though it was marked twice as expensive. I'd signed for the
higher price and expected to pay the full bill for the convenience, but
the bill was adjusted before it hit our account.

Sometimes, spending a few bucks at the local shop can save quite a bit
more than that later. I don't think I've paid "list" price on anything
at the marina for a couple of years. This was the first time I could
point to our price being below the best price I could find anywhere
else, but
price reductions off of the signed price have been pretty usual.

The more lazy I get, the more I find that local shops match and often
beat the national chain's prices if they know you as a customer and know
you know the chains' prices. A couple of times, I confronted the local
shops with the nationals' prices, but stopped when I discovered I could
get better prices when I didn't mention actual numbers. After only a few
transactions, I found the locals gave me better prices on average than
the nationals would give.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Kenyon stove
 

Larry W4CSC wrote:

By the way, if you keep it, denatured alcohol is MUCH cheaper from the
paint department at Home Depot or other warehouse hardware store in
the gallon can.......than say We$t Marine.....


Funny thing, possibly because I'm a regular customer: Our marina store
gave us a gallon of alcohol for 2/3rds of the cost of the hardware store
price, even though it was marked twice as expensive. I'd signed for the
higher price and expected to pay the full bill for the convenience, but
the bill was adjusted before it hit our account.

Sometimes, spending a few bucks at the local shop can save quite a bit
more than that later. I don't think I've paid "list" price on anything
at the marina for a couple of years. This was the first time I could
point to our price being below the best price I could find anywhere
else, but
price reductions off of the signed price have been pretty usual.

The more lazy I get, the more I find that local shops match and often
beat the national chain's prices if they know you as a customer and know
you know the chains' prices. A couple of times, I confronted the local
shops with the nationals' prices, but stopped when I discovered I could
get better prices when I didn't mention actual numbers. After only a few
transactions, I found the locals gave me better prices on average than
the nationals would give.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Kenyon stove
 

Armond Perretta wrote:

Alvin North wrote:


I have acquired an old boat (Cape Dory 28) about 25 years old. It
has a Kenyon stove Homestrand (SN 152460). A quart tank with pump
up, large dial for clean and close. What type fuel, alcohol or
kerosene? Thanks, A North



Depends. The stove _as_shipped_ usually required denatured alcohol.
However Kenyon (and others) offered a kerosene burner conversion kit that
looked almost identical to the alcohol burners. It even used the same tank,
although the setup was really minimal at best. In all probability you have
alcohol. If so, observe the warnings of the other posters.

BTW I have a CD 28 that shipped with the same stove. Best thing I did was
to dump it at the first opportunity.



We've used a Princess alcohol stove for 11 years. My wife is afraid to
start it without my watching, but it not only has worked flawlessly for
11 seasons, but boils a quart of water about as quickly as our friends'
propane stoves. Eventually, we'll switch over to propane, but all the
extra 'stuff' we need for that switch has been prohibitive while the
Princess has worked properly.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Kenyon stove
 

Armond Perretta wrote:

Alvin North wrote:


I have acquired an old boat (Cape Dory 28) about 25 years old. It
has a Kenyon stove Homestrand (SN 152460). A quart tank with pump
up, large dial for clean and close. What type fuel, alcohol or
kerosene? Thanks, A North



Depends. The stove _as_shipped_ usually required denatured alcohol.
However Kenyon (and others) offered a kerosene burner conversion kit that
looked almost identical to the alcohol burners. It even used the same tank,
although the setup was really minimal at best. In all probability you have
alcohol. If so, observe the warnings of the other posters.

BTW I have a CD 28 that shipped with the same stove. Best thing I did was
to dump it at the first opportunity.



We've used a Princess alcohol stove for 11 years. My wife is afraid to
start it without my watching, but it not only has worked flawlessly for
11 seasons, but boils a quart of water about as quickly as our friends'
propane stoves. Eventually, we'll switch over to propane, but all the
extra 'stuff' we need for that switch has been prohibitive while the
Princess has worked properly.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Kenyon stove
 

These Kenyon stoves work wonderfully well IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THEM.
The secret is in the lighting them.

Pump up the tank a little [don't overpressure them], open the round
valve wheel and let some alcohol flow into the burner cup and down
into the bottom of the stove pan where there's another "cup" thing.
Doesn't take much. Shut the valve COMPLETELY OFF.

Light the alcohol in both the bottom and the burner cup. LET IT BURN
COMPLETELY, until there's no more flame. Then crack the valve wheel
open a bit and light the burner. It will burn nicely, giving you a
flame like a Coleman stove, and after a few seconds you can turn it up
to the desired "burn".

The mistake people make with these stoves is in not letting the
"prime" burn completely before lighting the stove. As soon as they
open the valve wheel it flares up, scares the hell outta everyone, and
they flee out the companionway.

If you can remove the stove, take it outside and try it once if you're
nervous about it.

T. Sanders
S/V Cimba




"Alvin North" wrote in message link.net...
I have acquired an old boat (Cape Dory 28) about 25 years old. It has a
Kenyon stove Homestrand (SN 152460). A quart tank with pump up, large dial
for clean and close. What type fuel, alcohol or kerosene?
Thanks, A North