Re: Fuel canister adapter???

"y_p_w" <y_p_w@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
On Aug 31, 8:21 pm, PatOConnell <gypkap.figureit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> Well, Coleman fuel has a reasonably decent shelf life, but like any
>> other hydrocarbon, gets gummy (long chain hydrocarbons) if it
>> eva****ates.
>
>Methane, propane, butane, and other short-chain hydrocarbons don't get
>gummy.  They just eva****ate.  It's the impurities that tend to gum up
>white gas.

I must be lucky.  I use my white gas stoves somewhat infrequently.
Once or twice a year.  A gallon of Coleman fuel lasts me several
years.  I haven't had "gumming" problems in either my Primus Nova
or my two-burner Coleman stove.  I don't empty the leftover
fuel after use.  The two-burner "big green" Coleman has gone
as much as two years with fuel left in the tank.

The Nova may benefit from the fact that it has no permanently
attached fuel tank.  To turn it off when disconnecting the tank,
you turn the tank so that the fuel intake line is in the airspace
of the tank.  The stove burns the fuel remaining in the fuel
line and the goes out.

>Ever tried using charcoal lighter fluid in a pinch?

In the right stove (multi-fuel capable) shouldn't be a problem.
There are a number of stoves that can burn a wide range
of fuels from kerosene to unleaded gasoline.

Jon