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Re: [at-l] Whisperlite & fuel use
- Subject: Re: [at-l] Whisperlite & fuel use
- From: Ralph Meeks <rmeeks@interpath.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 22:42:16 -0500 (EST)
At 08:15 PM 3/17/97 -0500, Tony Roberts wrote:
>I'm concerned that my Whisperlite stove is using too much fuel. Over the
>months I've seen posts that indicate that a 22 oz. bottle of fuel should
>last for quite a few days.
>
>However, I was out this weekend with a full 22 oz. bottle. I used the
>stove Saturday and Sunday morning to boil a quart of water for coffee and
>hot chocolate. That's it. Checking my fuel bottle, I find it's now half empty.
>
>Any ideas what could be going wrong?
>
Tony, I did the same thing this weekend and I only used a small amount of
fuel from an 11 oz. bottle. I suspect your stove has a K jet in it
(kerosene). They have a larger orifice than the one for Coleman fuel. It
will actually work very well in the stove but does eat up the fuel. It
should be marked with a K but if it isn't, you could compare it to the one
in the regular Whisperlite repair kit.
Ralph
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