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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 18:30:41 GMT
I'm considering a pressurised paraffin cooker for one of my boats. I've never used one but it seems if you "understand" them they can be very good equipment.
Does anyone here "understand" pressurised paraffin cookers, lamps, heaters etc ?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 24, 2018 18:39:00 GMT
No, but I've always been led to believe that paraffin heaters create an enormous amount of water vapour and so unless they are flued they are a bit of a no-no on boats.
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Post by kris on Feb 24, 2018 18:43:36 GMT
I've used pressurised liquid fuel cookers, I had an ex army one that would burn anything. Diesel made the pots really black but petrol was okay. It would burn parafin, but I never tried using parafin.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 18:44:51 GMT
I'm considering a pressurised paraffin cooker for one of my boats. I've never used one but it seems if you "understand" them they can be very good equipment. Does anyone here "understand" pressurised paraffin cookers, lamps, heaters etc ? I can't speak for boats, but from a mountaineering background the following issues might be useful. Noise (much higher than gas), propensity to have a very large flame at start up (I woudn't want one in an enclosed space unless needed) Plus side is that the work at high altitude, low temps and normally will cope with quite a wide range of readily available fuels if looked after well.
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Post by bodger on Feb 25, 2018 8:55:57 GMT
No, but I've always been led to believe that paraffin heaters create an enormous amount of water vapour and so unless they are flued they are a bit of a no-no on boats. but I don't think they create any more condensation than an lpg heater, so all hydrocarbon heaters with an open flame will be similar. even your cooking stove.
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Post by Jim on Feb 25, 2018 10:48:37 GMT
I've had a few tilley lamps, still got one and a spare, and a couple of primus stoves. Great bits of kit, but swmbo can't be doing with a whiff of the fumes, which are minimal. I got my best tilley from a boat jumble, ex British Rail, still in its original box.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 11:02:26 GMT
I've had a few tilley lamps, still got one and a spare, and a couple of primus stoves. Great bits of kit, but swmbo can't be doing with a whiff of the fumes, which are minimal. I got my best tilley from a boat jumble, ex British Rail, still in its original box. I hope you light it outside and then bring it inside.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 11:35:04 GMT
No, but I've always been led to believe that paraffin heaters create an enormous amount of water vapour and so unless they are flued they are a bit of a no-no on boats. Taylors and Dickinson marine made pressurised paraffin heaters with 1" diameter flues 079K taylors Cozy Cabin heater from Dickinson
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Post by TonyDunkley on Feb 25, 2018 11:35:29 GMT
Back when coal ranges were standard equipment in commercial boat cabins, narrowboats, tugs and dry-cargo barges, a Primus stove was always carried for Summer time use when it was too hot to keep the range in.
They make quite a loud roar in use, but are good, practical and reliable bits of kit. You need to carry a supply of meths (for pre-heating/lighting) as well as the paraffin for running them on, both of which are now outrageously expensive if bought in small quantities from chemists and shops that stock 'pre-packed' paraffin in 4 litre plastic containers.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 11:36:52 GMT
Someone on another forum I found when googling it suggested a crème brulee blowtorch for the preheating which means no need to carry preheat liquid. Seems a good idea to me.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Feb 25, 2018 11:43:36 GMT
Someone on another forum I found when googling it suggested a crème brulee blowtorch for the preheating which means no need to carry preheat liquid. Seems a good idea to me. Don't really go along with that, . . you can't drink a gas blowtorch if you have to tie-up for the night too far from a pub.
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Post by kris on Feb 25, 2018 11:44:26 GMT
Someone on another forum I found when googling it suggested a crème brulee blowtorch for the preheating which means no need to carry preheat liquid. Seems a good idea to me. Also handy for when you want to make Creme brûlée.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 11:48:38 GMT
A nice spot of crème brulee after a little tipple is always nice.
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Post by kris on Feb 25, 2018 11:50:19 GMT
I'll take your word for it, must be a French thing.
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Post by Jim on Feb 25, 2018 18:08:14 GMT
One crucial item missing from the list of necessaries, for the stove, is a pricker to clear the jet. Tilleys are self pricking. I was rooting through our miscellaneous key bowl t'other day and found one in the bottom. The trick to lighting them is to get the vapouriser hot enough, be patient, wait until the meths has nearly gone, then it doesn't flare up.
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