Some time ago I bought a Go System three burner stove (below) The three burner stove worked fine, but I didn't like the burners (the flames lifted off too much) and the hose connections looked and felt a bit flimsy. So I decided to use the frame to build a larger single burner stove, using a burner head I had left over from a previous project. First I stripped down the Super Fire stove so that I was left with only the stand and then I fabricated a burner from steel hex bar. First I cut off a 5 cm piece and then turned one end down to about 12mm diameter. The inside thread on the burner head I wanted to use was M10 x 1.0, so I threaded the round end of the hex bar with the same profile. Then I drilled a 5mm nipple hole 4 cm deep and threaded the top of this hole M6 x 0.75 to match the original nipples from the Go System burners. Finally I drilled a 8mm hole at right angles to, and to join with, the 5mm nipple hole and complete the gas path from inlet to jet outlet, then push fitted and silver brazed a long 8mm diameter stainless tube into the hole. This rigid tube should safely deliver the gas through the warm/hot zone surrounding the the burner. The gas line was completed with a one end of a thick wall clear plastic tube connected to the stainless tube and the other end to an off-the-shelf valve fitting which screws on to the gas cartridge. The two plastic tube connections were secured with double ear hose clamps. Original nipple fitted, and replacement burner head fitted and secured in the frame with a spacer to adjust the new burner head to the correct height below the pot stand. The burner gives a good strong flame and simmers well and this single burner with a hard brazed gas joint below gives me more confidence than I had with the original three burner stove. Time for a brew!
How does this new burner match up to the very interesting boiling time on the original box. I read it as 1/2 litre in 0.57 seconds. But I suppose they mean 0 mins and 57 seconds. Still seems a bit rapid. Regards John
John, I never checked the Go Systems boil time, but the new burner takes 1 min 45 sec to heat 1/2 litre of cold water to a rolling boil in an open pan.
@Twoberth Very well done Duncan. I see the benefit of having a single burner in a pot-friendly (wide pot rest span) frame. Not to question your judgement (!) but your thoughts on the use of a clear plastic hose in the butane feed pipework? You’ve said the original hose was flimsy and you’ve provided that stainless tube for the hot zone, but a metal-sheathed flexi tube is the usual default. John
I agree about the default. However, in the past plastic and rubber tubes fitted correctly and used away from the hot zone have always served me well, and are still factory fitted on family camping stoves and gas bbqs. They are also easy to leak check and replace.
@Twoberth Sound reasoning Duncan. At least I didn’t launch into your and my bête noire of “What you have to remember is …”!
