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Posted from CCF. "Scientists from Defence Research and Development Canada and Natural Resources Canada are starting to examine whether technology, such as batteries that can be recharged from a snowmobile, could help make life easier for the troops when it comes to light, heat and cooking. But for this exercise the troops had to keep to a tried-and-true method. In the 10-person military tent, the Coleman gas stove and lantern was kept going all night. While it may be -55 C outside, the heat from the stove and lantern had the temperature inside the tent around freezing. Soldiers took turns minding the stove throughout the night."
Interesting article but it kind of sounds like a mistranslation or an editorial problem. Not to split hairs but what most people think of or call a "coleman stove" - generally some flavor of green box with open flame burners - could not legally, and should not, ever be used as a heat source in an enclosed space.
Stoves used for heating by regulation must ordinarily be vented to the outside, via stovepipe, to prevent carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. If you look at the pictures at the article in fact they do just that.
For years the U S Army used the GI stove or M1941, it is most likely even now still in service. Pot bellied, with several sections of single wall stovepipe, it could burn wood, coal, diesel, or gasoline. A square variant M1950 was termed the Yukon. The rule has long been a fire guard must be posted if the stove remains lit during sleeping hours. Canadites probably have something similar, or does Coleman have a .mil contract?
Posted from CCF. "Scientists from Defence Research and Development Canada and Natural Resources Canada are starting to examine whether technology, such as batteries that can be recharged from a snowmobile, could help make life easier for the troops when it comes to light, heat and cooking. But for this exercise the troops had to keep to a tried-and-true method. In the 10-person military tent, the Coleman gas stove and lantern was kept going all night. While it may be -55 C outside, the heat from the stove and lantern had the temperature inside the tent around freezing. Soldiers took turns minding the stove throughout the night."
Say while I'm thinking of this thought I'd axe a question about a symptom of the stoves and how to remedy. The 425 and others, probably. You know there's the tank and generator tube assembly right, that is inserted into the burner for operation. Sometimes it will have a small flame appear there at this point. What causes this, and how to fix? I'm about to test everything out here.
Make sure the ends are clean where they go together.
sometimes a little dust, or sluge sits where the nozzle goes in, and it doesn't seat, allowing a slight pressure leak.
Huh. You mean the 3/8" threaded brass fitting at the end of the generator tube?
Aha! I get it now, have some fuel & heat resistant Permatex I could use to try to seal it off. Here's a pic, not my stove, tho just so we're clear on the problem.
Well I shouldn't have said anything about "Fixed!", it appears I have a new problem, though not with the stove.
The check valve (I think) in the 200A lantern, symptoms are it won't hold a pump. It will pump up, but leaks air through the thumb hole. Can sort of get it to run by closing it, but that will never do. &@!?!?$&!!
Yeah, the check valve ball gets all kinds of junk down there; oil, leather bits, dirt... it need to be removed and soaked in cleaner. Then she’ll be right as rain. Do you have a check valve removal tool?
No I do not. The Ford tire iron from my slick of all things, fits pretty well but that thing wouldn't budge. Put it back together, and it works OK, though every once in a while it fails to catch a pump. It sure works nice though now that the cap holds pressure with the new gasket.
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