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Whoops, I totally forgot about alcohol stoves, good call. I’ve personally never used them, so they just slipped my mind. 2 & 3 are certainly different in their
by ashtonkem 6y ago
Whoops, I totally forgot about alcohol stoves, good call. I’ve personally never used them, so they just slipped my mind.
2 & 3 are certainly different in their starting properties, but from a stove perspective they seem to be the same, at least today. My MSR Whisperlite Universal can consume isopro, white gas, kerosene, or in a real emergency auto gas. The only difference between the three appears to be the shape of the brass nozzle that sprays the heated & pressurized fuel into the mixing chamber. Although for the reasons you listed, I obviously would prefer Naptha if I was planning ahead, since it’s easier to get going in a dire situation.
- Aloha 6y agoGenerator size too, kero needs a larger generator, but Kero also has much better energy density per gallon than naphtha. But you need two fuels to match start a Kero stove (or a butane torch) as Kero is not match lightable (neither is diesel)
- ashtonkem 6y agoLooking into it, I think Kerosene can be lit with a match under normal circumstances, but the time and temperatures it takes make it practically impossible under inclement conditions when it matters. Kerosene has a flash point of 100F, while Diesel has a flash point between 100F and 160F, depending on the grade. You can light a small puddle of diesel using a match[0], since wood burns at well over 400F, you just need the patience for the match to slowly heat up the diesel to it’s flash point. Given that Kerosene has an equal or lower flash point, it should work too. The issue of course is ambient temp. Heating up a small puddle of Kerosene from 70F to 100F using a small match might be doable, but getting it up to 100F from -20F might not be. Never mind how much faster everything cools down when it’s that cold outside and blowing. 0 - https://youtu.be/7soVqyGq4i4 https://youtu.be/7soVqyGq4i4