Re: [at-l] Lighting a Whisperlight (Was - Another Fontana - Wesser Question)

["W F Thorneloe, MD" <thornel@attglobal.net>]

The Whisperlight is an interesting critter, that replaced the SVEA my wife 
and kids threw away out of fear of fires. I too have had difficulty 
learning how to use it, but Gutsy showed me how.

After pumping up the fuel bottle, allow just enough gas to wet the bowl 
under the stove. Light that and allow it to burn nearly out (or safer to 
let it go out). Then you turn the gas up, light at the stove, and you 
should have bright blue flame. The idea is vaporizing the gas as it enters 
the stove. The WL requires heating near the base/carburetor, while the SVEA 
use heat and pressure by lighting a fire on top of the gas tank.

Now, you know why I have a Snowpeak for the future.

OrangeBug

At 05:33 PM 7/11/2000, trypticon wrote:
>Broke out the old Whisperlight today and darn near burned down the 
>porch.  I never got the hang of the priming deal, but I am pretty sure 
>that the flames should not be over my head when doing so.  Oh well.

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