[at-l] Esbit

[wb4pan at mindspring.com (Chase Davidson)]

JIm,
	Yes the tablet was tightly wrapped with foil and laying flat. I did 
not try a little opening on the top but instead scrapped away some 
foil on the end (smallest side) and also tried with half and 1/4 of 
the tablet exposed.
	I do not use the Esbit stove. I use a homade multifuel stove based on 
the Boy Scout pepsi can with perlite design. The stove is constructed 
from two Fosters beer cans. Stove support is provided by stainless 
steel screen wire. It burns either denatured or isopropyl alcohol or 
Esbit. I burned twigs in it and prepared a meal while camping at the 
Kennebec crossing. Wind screen is from aluminum foil baking pans. The 
screen reaches 1/4" taller than my .9L cook pot resting on the stove.
chase

 >>Jim Lynch wrote:
> That sounds pretty slick.  Did you have the tablet tightly wrapped, and 
> then used you knife to cut a little opening in the top (?) of the 
> tablet.  Did you use the standard Esbit "stove".  thnx.
> 
> Chase Davidson wrote:
> 
>> Happy Thanksgiving Everyone,
>>
>>     I experimented with covering my Esbit tab with aluminum foil. Then 
>> removing a some of the foil to expose a portion of the tablet for 
>> burning. I achieved burn times over one hour (that never quite boiled 
>> two cups of ice and water) and shorter burns that were boiling at 20 
>> min and kept it boiling (lightly) for ten min.
 >>chase