[at-l] Alcohol Lantern Design Theory

[bushwackerfish@mindspring.com (Bushwacker)]

All this talk about lamp oil makes me want to remind you about the soot
factor.  Not too nice to have a blacked up tent or tarp - that's just for
light.  Using the oil for stoves would be worse.

I also think the BTU's generated by the oil would be substantially lower
than that for alcohol or gas.

Bushwacker

At 04:48 PM 11/1/2002 -0500, you wrote:
><<My conclusion is that the physical properties of alcohol are such that it
>is great for making heat but not light.>>
>
>I'm going to put a "duh" on myself here, since those of us that use the
>alcohol stoves will vouch for not being able to see the flames. It just
>took a while to sink in.
>
>Have you though about approaching this from the opposite direction, and
>building a stove that uses lamp oil for fuel? What would be the burn
>time/boil time/fuel weight comparison to alcohol?
>
>Just a thought....
>
>But I'm going to stick with my Tikka.
>
>skeeter
>
>
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