I’ve acquired a rather tatty Phoebus 625 and the sticker is mostly nonexistent. How do I tell if I have a kero or naphtha one?
@gnome The 625 runs on gasoline (the 625P runs on kerosene/paraffin) Jets: Marked ‘G’ = gasoline Marked ‘E’ = kerosene/paraffin Pharael.
Hi, I’m new to this site. From the little I know about these stoves yours looks like an early model with the shorter burner assembly. I just purchased one which arrived yesterday, and am currently cleaning it up and working out what I do next. The fuel tank is a little bit sad looking…. But I’ve seen some which are a lot worse. My example seems to have an extended pump handle but I’m still trying to figure out why the stroke length is so short
Welcome to CCS The jet is a E so it will work on Kerosene, to eliminate a lot of question right at the beginnings the inside should be cleaned but because you don't know the stove give you another reason to do it. Have fun !
Welcome @Sizzler670 Looks like the extended pump shaft may be from a military adaptation of this stove. Examples can be seen here.
The length of the pump stroke is determined by the distance between the pump fitting and the bottom (or side) of the tank. On a lot of stoves and lanterns, the pump has about an 8 cm stroke. But the 625 has its 2 cm NRV at the end of the pump housing, so there's only room for the pump shaft to be 6 cm long. edit: On 2nd thought, maybe that's not exactly right. Point is, there's only room in a 625 tank for the shorter pump.
It’s a bit misleading!! Seeing that long handle extension and then only being able to use 6cm of stroke
I’m thinking of removing or at least shortening the spring installed inside on the pump rod…… maybe I’ll get another centimetre of travel on the cup Thanks for the info @ArchMc
