Can you use kerosene in an alcohol stove?

Stove fuel is denatured alcohol (ethanol) and is usually available at a hardware store. Methyl hydrate (methanol) will burn, however the BTU.

Generally, gimbaled stoves have a latch that keeps the stove from swinging when it’s not in use or not needed. These are usually some form of barrel latch that you slide to release. Once released, the stove will swing with the motion of the boat.

Most vodka is too weak to burn. DO NOT EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT FUELS IN ALCOHOL STOVES. Some fuels will try to kill you quickly – other promising but more insidious types produce fumes which can cause brain damage. No intentions of trying anything other fuel approved for stoves or drinking alcohol.

Sadly, Origo was bought by Dometic several years ago and apparently they are no longer made. The stoves literally last for decades there is nothing to break.

Alcohol stoves have been common on production sailboats and powerboats for decades. Alcohol is a relatively safe fuel that, when liquid, does not explode. Its fires can be put out with water, but it has low heat content, burns with a sort of offensive odor and gives off a lot of water when it burns.

It’s not recommended! I tried this many, many years ago when I ran out of alcohol and found some kerosene in a mountain hut. I soaked bits of cardboard in it, put them in the alcohol burner and lit it. The smoke was horrible, my pans became very sooty and the smell was awful but it did boil water very slowly.

Horrid stuff in a stove. Everclear is great if you can get the 95% stuff. The non-isopropyl HEET is fine. You can find denatured alky at any hardware/paint store.

To extinguish the flame, place the snuffer cap on top of the burner (see Figure 3). 12. Once cooled, reinsert the rubber stopper into the copper torch to reduce the evaporation of the alcohol. If the burner will not be used for more than one week, remove the alcohol from the tank.

To Operate: Burners must be preheated to produce vaporized alcohol, Slowly open (counter clockwise) one burner at a time to allow alcohol to flow into priming cup below the burner body. Fill priming cup 3/4 full (about 1/4 oz). Shut off burner (clockwise) and ignite priming alcohol.

Light the fuel in the lid and on the penny, and carefully place the pot stand around the stove. Once the flames are coming out of the burner holes, place pot on the stand. When and if you want to extinguish your stove, remove the pot and carefully drop the snuffer can over the top of the stove. Enjoy your hot food!

Marine Stove Fuel is also referred to as de-natured alcohol. Methanol is poisonous, but ethanol is the same alcohol we consume in alcoholic beverages. To ensure that customers are burning their fuel alcohol, and not drinking it, fuel ethanol is de-natured (which means it’s been poisoned) by adding methanol to it.

The ultralight side-burner soda can stove is about 1 3/4 inches tall, and weighs 12 grams (about a half ounce). The fuel capacity is about 4 ounces, which provides a burn time of approximately 22 minutes if a pot is placed directly on top of the stove.

1. Isopropyl alcohol burns in air to produce carbon dioxide and steam.

The word gimbal is an alteration of “gemel,” a word for a type of finger-ring popular in the 16th century that could be divided into two separate rings. The word comes from Anglo-French gemel (“twin”), which in turn comes from Latin gemellus, a diminutive of “geminus,” the Latin word for “twin.”

Alcohol stove fuel comes in two principal types: ethanol and methanol.