Storing a Paraffin Stove

Greetings,

I am new to Paraffin stoves.
Please hold your laughs:
When I am not using the stove, should I open the little vent on the tank lid?
I have the SVEA 106.

I ask because... I am finding that periodically, with the tank lid and valve closed shut, fuel is seeping up and out of the fuel nipple and running down the stove and onto my shelving!
Good thing the shelves are already beat.
I initially thought it was a phenomenon having to do with pressure needing to equalize after cool down right after using the stove, but I have since opened the valve several days later, relieved any pressure, closed it again, and found the seeping happens again several days later.

What's up, mates? Am I missing something basic here?

 

hello welcome to the forum yes you should allways keep the vent open when storeing paraffin stoves at all times

 

Thanks!

 

and Griz--many of us have had the same problem and found our display stoves
exiled to the basement

 

women folk don't see(smell) things the same as men.

 

those should be empty

 

Are you saying that those stoves in the basement should be empty?
Or any stove not being used with an open vent should be emptied? Or is there some other info you are meaning to convey? Please help this confused old bear.

 

After going the the "where's that smell coming from" I've got used to storing my stoves empty. I do keep a paraffin pressure lantern full for emergencies but leave the valve open. Blame you central heating for changing the air temperature in your home and creating pressure in your stoves

 

I now see how fuel will seep out of the nipple if I don't allow the stove to vent.

But how about if I remove the burner unit and screw the spare cap onto that opening at the top of the tank? With the tank "sealed" in this way, is it OK to store a Paraffin stove with fuel inside for a period of time?

What problems might happen?
-- explosions? Or deterioration of the fuel or the tank? Will fuel somehow manage to seep out anyway?

 

Griz, So long as all seals are in good repair putting the reserve cap on your stove will keep the kero inside and it will keep that way dern near forever. And it will remain good to use for near as long.

lance

 

.... but, keeping the seals tight down to the stops will degrade them relatively quickly.

Better to have them 1/4 turn off the stop, allowing pressures to equalize, preventing seepage, preserving the seals and resulting in very little evaporation of the parrafin fuel itself.

Rob

 

But adding to Rob's post above don't forget to tighten seals if you then stuff the stove in a rucksack - a small post-it note on the bottom of the tank is a wonderful thing!

Cheers, Graham.

 

I always put my hiking kero stoves in a Ziploc bag after otherwise sealing them up for another layer of protection. Kero in the pack is nearly forever....