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    James holden
    BPL Member

    @bearbreeder-2

    you need a series of test runs that validate the results … not just a single one

    yeah its more work =P

    #1681848
    Mike M
    BPL Member

    @mtwarden

    Locale: Montana

    agreed, I've got several part used canisters floating around I need to find

    #1681849
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    > a ~ 18% savings in fuel and a ~ 9% quicker boil
    Seems quite realistic to me.

    > (not sure why those aren't the same or closer???)
    No reason why they should be the same.

    Cheers

    #1681851
    Mike M
    BPL Member

    @mtwarden

    Locale: Montana

    Roger- thanks- that's good to know, was hoping you were going to comment :)

    #1684736
    Mike M
    BPL Member

    @mtwarden

    Locale: Montana

    borrowing from Kevin's squeezebox design- I've come up w/ another exchanger- folds are at the 1" mark, weight went from 1.4 to 2.0- so no too much more

    as of yet untested

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    #1684778
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    Drill a small hole through each fold

    Run a wire all the way around and tighten so there is a friction fit between heat exchanger and pot

    Then there would be more heat transfered

    #1684844
    Mike M
    BPL Member

    @mtwarden

    Locale: Montana

    jerry- I'm not following you w/ the wire, the "exchanger" is fit via friction (it's pretty tight actually)- a wire isn't going to make it much (if any) tighter or does the wire serve another purpose ie connecting each and every fin to make it more efficient?

    #1684849
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    Picture being worth 1000 words:

    heat xchg

    The MSR heat exchanger has a strip of metal with some screw device to tighten around your pot. A length of wire would be easier and lighter and still do the job (maybe).

    #1684874
    Mike M
    BPL Member

    @mtwarden

    Locale: Montana

    jerry- that's similar (bit lighter) than what MSR does w/ theirs, mine however has a simple fold over bit on each end- the "exchanger" is very tightly fit to the pot- I can shack it vigorously and it's not going anywhere- which makes it lighter yet :)

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