Poignard
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Can you tell me about your "stove mounted heater", please? |
Alcohol Cooker
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GeeW
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Portable Mini Camping Heater For Gas Stove Outdoor Cooking Cooker Grill Burner | eBay
Works well in our Liberty 22. We have also improved the insulation in the boat so a half hour warm up is often enough
Works well in our Liberty 22. We have also improved the insulation in the boat so a half hour warm up is often enough
Poignard
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Well, well. That looks useful. Thanks!
Dangerfield
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I have an alcohol burner which works very nicely, however the fuel evaporates quite quickly when left. Would anyone know where I can order the little black sealant mats that cover the burners when not in use? thanks
syvictoria
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Or what is the best material to make them from? Is it just a heat resistant closed cell foam, or something more technical? Homemade ones could be made a little bigger so as to make placement easier!
syvictoria
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Certainly cheaper than an Origo Heatpal (although that does include it's own burner, rather than being stove mounted):
Dometic Origo 5100 Heat Pal Spirit Alcohol Heater Cooker
However, if it's cold enough to warrant a heater, then surely all the hatches and portlights/windows are closed, and so the heater presents a potential CO risk. An alarm would be sensible of course, as is GeeW's short term/half hour usage.
Black Sheep
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My stove came without the black disc (ex display model). So I bought myself a flat piece of silicone and cut out a circle of adequate size. I believe my flat piece of silicone was in the shape of an oven mitt from the pound shop, but you may find that a flan case or other article will suffice.
The great thing about silicone is its heat resistance; I believe the Origo original is neoprene or somesuch, and you need to let the stove cool a bit before putting it on? With the silicone you can pop it on immediately you turn the stove off. So less evaporative loss while it's still hot, and less chance of forgetting it entirely.
Do it - it's well worth while.
Poignard
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Norfolk Marine have them in their online catalogue BUT priced £6
GeeW
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The little black discs are neoprene. 2mm thick
You can buy an A4 sheet of it for very little money either at Hobby Craft or a well known auction site.
You can buy an A4 sheet of it for very little money either at Hobby Craft or a well known auction site.
seafox67
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I read somewhere that the sealant mats are around £15!!!! If I ever manage to find somewhere that I can buy a spirit cooker, I will make up spare sealant mats with my 3d Printer
neil_s
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I notice that Toplicht Chandlers in Hamburg do HPV alcohol stoves. They have a single and a twin burner model with a tank at the back.
syvictoria
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seafox67
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Is that pressurised though!
doug748
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Says it's pressure fed but I cant see a pump, perhaps it's incorporated into the filler on the top right?
Made in Saxony. No doubt a popular camping line in East Germany, it looks like it could do with an update, design wise.
However it could do the business with a bit of modification.
I had an American pressure alcohol stove for many years and I really liked it. Meths has a number of advantages, not least only having to stock one fuel.
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Made in Saxony. No doubt a popular camping line in East Germany, it looks like it could do with an update, design wise.
However it could do the business with a bit of modification.
I had an American pressure alcohol stove for many years and I really liked it. Meths has a number of advantages, not least only having to stock one fuel.
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syvictoria
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As stated above, the advert says not pressurised. (That would have ruled it out in my opinion.)
I quite liked the retro look! It could really suit some boats.
oldmanofthehills
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Barrettines or similar industrial meths about £14 per 4litres container. By post from various usually £70 if you get 5 tubs. Amazon or ebay is your friend
One can get slightly less smelly stuff by buying biofuel for home heating, or stuff without purple dye but it is much more maybe £26 for 5L.
Cruising we used 15 to 25L a year on our old Origo so more expensive than calor where as £20 refill would do the year in earlier boat but hardly much worse than camping gaz 907s in current boat
LONG_KEELER
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I bought the above heater and tried it out this week.
Full power first pic and sensible setting pic 2. My 26' boat was nice and toasty after a fairly short time. It is advertised as an outdoor heater. I tried it out with reasonable ventilation down below and a Carbon Monoxide Alarm close by. It slots into the hob quite well.
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thinwater
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I find the Idea of running a non-vented heat both dangerous and unhealthy. High CO2. Possibly high CO. Certainly a headache. Finally, the heat output is the same as just running a burner; the top converts some heat to IR, but the BTUs are fixed. If it is actually cold, the required ventilation just chills the boa back down, and the moisture in the cabin from burning C2H6O makes it a clammy heat rather than a dry heat.
Instead, build a real stove top heater that is vented. I use this one on my F-24 trimaran. Dry heat, no exhaust in the cabin.
DIY Vented Stove Top Heater. Yes, that's me.
Instead, build a real stove top heater that is vented. I use this one on my F-24 trimaran. Dry heat, no exhaust in the cabin.
DIY Vented Stove Top Heater. Yes, that's me.
