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Pre-heat tube on cannister-top burner: reasons why?
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Sep 13, 2011 at 4:42 pm #1779274
lol. Yeah, cutting a stove in half just *might* be destructive.
Any interesting in running the stove for a few minutes to see if the uppermost portion of the canister stays room temperature or above?
HJ
Sep 14, 2011 at 8:24 pm #1779698Maybe there is an option to use other fuels that need the preheat tube, such as white gas?
Sep 14, 2011 at 9:55 pm #1779723Well, considering that it has threads to screw into a canister (just like a Pocket Rocket does), probably not.
HJ
Sep 15, 2011 at 8:03 pm #1779954I for one would love to see this thing taken apart to determine if that is indeed a pre-heat tube, or simply a heat conductor. Functionally there would be very little difference on an upright canister.
Sep 16, 2011 at 12:52 am #1779996Blimey. I think that has to be a classic example of a totally confused design team. Taking the stove as shown, there is absolutely no reason for the preheat tube to exist.
One explanation is that the stove was an very early Chinese produuction, where the Chinese had no idea what they were doing!
Nicely made, but wierd …
Cheers
Sep 16, 2011 at 5:59 am #1780023Thanks, so I suppose the only possible reason is to avoid flaring if knocked over: knocking it over still dangerous though. :)
Sep 21, 2011 at 8:54 am #1781595According to the label, was made in England.
Sep 25, 2019 at 2:57 pm #3611682Digging up the dead here but, just for the sake of closure, it is indeed an anti-flare safety in case of tipping as show on the box.
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