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April 21 2003 at 6:12 AM		john thurston 


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I finally got the pump and check valve working on my 111b. Thanks to all here who helped out. It went with us on our over-night this weekend. As I was burning a slightly different fuel than normal, I thought I'd share...

I normally burn Coleman (yes, Alaska is in the USA and Coleman is pretty cheap) and have been working on one can of of it for the past 8 years (or so..see, I don't get out much any more). In the past couple of weeks, I've been using straight naphtha to clean some camera shutters and decided that I may as well keep the "used" solvent as stove fuel. So for this trip, I used 75% Coleman and 25% straight naphtha. The exhaust fumes were much less pleasant than I have ever experienced with straight Coleman. It burned just fine, but I sure didn't smell right.

We were boiling drinking and cooking water (from an ice filled lake) so we burned quite a bit of fuel. Next trip, I think I'll be filling the stove tank with 100% Coleman.

John Thurston
Juneau, Alaska

 
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  • Coleman Fuel - Handi Albert on Apr 21, 2003, 12:40 PM
    1. Lighter Fuel - Bryan on May 10, 2003, 7:09 PM
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    2. Lighter fuel you must be joking! - Will on May 10, 2003, 8:30 PM
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    3. Ref last Post - Will on May 10, 2003, 9:32 PM
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    4. coleman fuel - kenb on May 11, 2003, 5:36 PM
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    5. Lighter fuel revisited - Bryan on May 16, 2003, 7:04 AM
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    6. Naptha - stormking on May 16, 2003, 4:10 PM
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    7. Lighter Fuel - Will on May 16, 2003, 10:05 PM
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    8. Re: lighter fuel - stormking on May 17, 2003, 5:40 AM
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    9. burning alcohols and all - Randall Nelson on May 17, 2003, 5:46 AM
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    10. Fuel names - Bryan on May 17, 2003, 4:00 PM
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    11. fuel names - richard on Jun 18, 2003, 10:49 PM
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    12. lighter fuel... - adibrook on Jun 19, 2003, 5:34 PM
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    13. The Hunter --- last word?? - ken b on Jun 23, 2003, 3:07 PM
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    14. Coleman fuel - Ed Winskill on Jun 23, 2003, 5:22 PM
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