I've inherited my parents' Tilley Talisman stove, and finally connected it up to a Camping Gas 2.7kg bottle and new regulator - needed to adapt its 4mm rubber pipe to a new 8mm pipe. But alas, when I light it I get a feeble flame that would take 5 minutes to boil a very small amount of water. Might the problem be with the short length of remaining 4mm pipe? Or should I be using a different regulator? Any ideas from anyone about what the problem is or what I might do? All suggestions welcomed!
@Bill Roberts A Camping Gas brand butane supply requires no regulator for a Tilley stove. Here’s my Tilley ‘Tuckaway’ toaster and Camping Gas supply. The clue’s in the label. Bottled butane’s at low pressure, relative to propane, so regulating that down will inevitably result in a feeble supply to the burners.
Thanks. Mine is a different model, but it sounds like you know what you’re talking about., and your gas bottle looks the same as mine. Do you know what your bit that screws into the gas bottle is called? It still seems weird that Tilley cookers operate at a different pressure to other ones. Does that means the power wanes sooner when the gas bottle is nearly empty?
Glad you think so Control valve Butane is inherently more susceptible to evaporative cooling than propane, so a tailing-off of gas pressure with consequently less power at the burners is potentially an issue.
The clue to pressure is also the burners. Lots of small holes equal high pressure. Few larger holes low pressure. These will run on propane but flames will lift off the burner at full noise. Most of the cheaper stoves run high pressure
@Bill Roberts HERE’s an example of a predecessor of your Talisman. Note the Camping Gas bottle (in a thermal jacket) and the control valve. Slightly different layout from mine, but again, with no regulator in the line.
Thanks for commenting again today. I've been struggling with lack of faith in running the Talisman with no regulator, but will now purchase the control valve and pigtail to connect it.
