Hi Nick Well done ,very nice flame pattern now, a good clean can make all the difference to any stove or lamp & well worth the effort as we can see 8) Best regards Stu .
Thanks everyone. It sputtered and went out once before settling down to a nice healthy roar very satisfying. Thank you all for the advice and comments its a great help when in unexplored waters. Why is it you never notice spelling mistakes until its to late to edit the post so you look like a muppet?!! Nick
I am just heating and quenching a burner off of a Veritas picnic stove and there is only one hole in the tube that attaches to the tank so only one inlet into the vapouriser tubes. My first reaction was that the other hole is blocked with carbon but after a bit of scratching about with a battery drill there is no second hole!! is this right? or have I got a duff burner? nick
Hi Heating and quenching cleans burners no argument but the thermal shock can crack joints just as well as it cracks carbon from the inside of tubes. A better bet especially for irreplaceable burners is the heat and compressed air method, after all it was the method approved by manufacturers back in the day. Burning out the carbon with an abundance of oxygen and heat it far less agressive IMHO. And you get to see all those lovely sparks
Hi Gary My problem is no compressor.It certainly sounds less dramatic and I can understand your concerns about damage it must cause a fair amount of stress to the joints etc. I suppose the compressor is attached to the burner with various joints and some copper tubing or similar? No ideas on my one holed burner then? It may of course be standard but why have 2 vapouriser tubes joining the tank connection nut,the only reason if its right is strength and to balance the assembly on the nut? I am going to get a tiny dremel grinder in there and really clean the surface to make double sure its not just a carbon plug! it did work OK apart from a few orange tips to the flames. Nick
Nick I don't know that particular burner but my guess is it's supposed to be like that. One tube can easily feed the burner sufficient fuel. Not an unusual thing I think, other stove burners have pseudo tubes which are there mainly for strength I think 111b for example. Good luck with the fettle.
