An unknowned model of a gravity alcohol burning stove. I is very similar to this Charles Ygred, only the colour is different. Question is what is the connection between these companies, or is it the same one? Bo
There are many French alcohol stoves like this, but they are not exactly "gravity fed" I would prefer to call them as "encased wick alcohol gas" stoves.
You are right, this is actually not a gravity fed stove. The fuel is drawned through a wick like on many of these French models. Bo
'encased wick alcohol gas' stove is OK , but I would drop the word 'gas' because it is not a gas stove. For general use, I would also miss out the word 'alcohol' and just call it an 'encased wick' stove.
Pretty sure there is no wick in mine. The Alcohol/meths from the tank runs to the vapourising tower and is pre-heated with fuel put into the spirit cup. Thus heated, the fuel in the tower vapourises into gas, travels along the upper tube from the tower top, to the tapered valve, where opening the control knob allows the gas to mix with air and pass along to the burner jets, which in turn continue the process of heating the fuel in the vapourising tube. And it does say "alcool" on the top plate.
@Stonehopper I do like a good drawing Derek and that's an excellent one. I particularly like your coining of the term 'vapourising tower' which describes its form and function perfectly. It also illustrates well that although the fuel tank isn't perched up above the trivet level as with some designs, there's still a 'head' of fuel above the base of the burner vapourising tower so it is in fact still gravity fed, I agree. A Turm type of alcohol stove has the sort of wick that Optipri has in mind in the fuel supply tube that also acts (at the burner end) as a vapourising tube and when there's a wick there's always an access screw cap to remove and service or replace it. John
Thanks John - and Dusan. On mine that bottom screw on cap is so seized, I dare not apply enough force to remove same. So there IS a wick inside! I can understand why, without there might be the possibility of a flash back of sorts into the tank of fuel!
