Esbit burner testing

[DAN-Y]

 

 

[rmeurant]

Dan, is the windscreen on the Stormy Weather stove also destined for a wood stove?

[DAN-Y]

Dan, is the windscreen on the Stormy Weather stove also destined for a wood stove?

 

Yes, just turn it upside down, load twigs in the verticle position and then top light. A few extra holes and a X piece to place on top to support pot.

Works great also with a remote canister burner. Tested it today and it boils 2 cups/500ml in 3 min.

[Roger Caffin]

2 cups/500ml
Woosey 250 mL parlour teacups, not fit for the outdoors. Ours are 350 mL.
Best stick to mL maybe? :)

Cheers

[DAN-Y]

You are correct….I’ll use 500ml from this day forward….:)

[Roger Caffin]

That’s 500 mL for a single cup, right? After all, Starbucks go up to 20 oz servings …
:)
Cheers

[DAN-Y]

U.S. Standard
1 2/3 cup = 375 ml and 1-15 ml spoon
1 3/4 cup = 400 ml and 1-15 ml spoon
2 cups = 475 ml
2 1/4 cups = 500 ml and 2-15 ml spoons

[Roger Caffin]

So much for the US Standard!
Obviously they don’t go walking or drink coffee.
Bother – no emojis when you need them!
:)

Cheers

[rmeurant]

I’m waiting for genetic engineering to provide us with 6 fingers per hand and 6 toes per foot, a worldwide return to the Imperial System, and concomitant change of the decimal system to base 12.
Beautiful harmony!

[Roger Caffin]

The Base-12 system predates the Imperial standards by a few year. I think it dates from the Babylon era. That’s nearly 2,000 BC.

Cheers

[rmeurant]

Yes, I think the Babs had a 60 base system, and the richness of factors in the Imperial System were great aids to harmonic proportion; the Metric is cold-blooded in its imposition of alien order.

[Roger Caffin]

Bring back the firkins per furlong.

Cheers

[rmeurant]

Modesty forbids me from adding that’s for firkin sure.

[DAN-Y]

Sheldon Cooper would disagree with the 2 of you.

[rmeurant]

I nominate Bungzy for the BPL Esbit Hall of Flame…

[DAN-Y]

I like what he says about it stinking “What doesn’t stink after a few days”

It’s the smell that’s hard to get used to for sure.

[rmeurant]

One of the benefits of Esbit is that (as tested last weekend), on awakening in a groggy state under my tarp, I can, while recumbent, load the stove with Esbit, the pot with coffee, light the Esbit, put the pot on the stove, stir occasionally, and when the fuel is consumed, pour the coffee into my favorite cup. Most of these operations without raising my head. Taking care not to get the very occasional sputtering of flaming Esbit particles in either eye, as the stove is alarmingly close to my head. However, I haven’t yet perfected the art of drinking while recumbent…

[DAN-Y]

you need one of these

[rmeurant]

In stereo,

[rmeurant]

Dan, I given the highly experimental Esbit burner/pot stand prototype (schematic plan view above) that you kindly supplied for evaluation a thorough testing. The cubic burn chamber works well in concert with the heat exchanger dog-legs, but I found the triangular flame contractor/auto-ignition device a touch precocious under extreme wind conditions, The pot rests nicely on the three cubic corners of the heat exchangers, and the central burner chamber, and the entire unit rests well on uneven ground. Any idea when the developed model will be available?

[Roger Caffin]

Robert – I think you have that upside down?

Cheers

[rmeurant]

Roger Roger. I should also have shown the extended setting for larger diameter pots and frying pans:

[Roger Caffin]

Can you fit a Klein bottle on there as well?

Cheers

[rmeurant]

Roger, we were trying to keep that under wraps, but I can reveal a recent test prototype for the alcohol-turbo-charged Esbit heater/heat exchange unit, which has unfortunately proved a little sensitive to the local squid community…

[Roger Caffin]

Bit tricky making that on a CNC – even a 5 axis job. (Mine is 4-axis.)
But just possibly one could make it with a good large 3D printer …
Would you have the maths for it by any chance?

Actually, you know, a 5-axis printer might be the go. I could see that.

Cheers

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