Try putting 3 nails in the pot as a pot stand. Kind of looks like an upsidedown teepee. If you get the pot above the stove, it should work every time very efficiently.
Wider pots work better with the supercats. Most of the heat will go around the pot if you use a narrow pot like a snowpeak 700ml.
Originally Posted by Big Dawg
Not enough power failures around to use them up?
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My goodness! There are so many cat can stove videos on YouTube showing them boiling water. If some of those guys can do it, so can you. Just make sure the flame "blooms" out the holes before you set your pot down.
Search "super cat stove" on YouTube then sit back and enjoy.
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The wick on the side with a few drops is important - Reduce the water to 1 cup for starters and only use Heet, a wider pot and understand the limitations of not allowing enough air to move under the stove to burn - I solved the problem by jetting the flame directly under the pot and discovered I was "limiting" the air to prevent combustion... As soon as I made more air holes in the wind screen at the bottom and increased the distance between the stove and the pot to 1 1/4 inches the issues were solved. Use a metal tray underneath and exsperiment in the Kitchen with a window open if you have to.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
to each, his own. hot coffee in a minute, or ten. The convenience of the rocket is worth the weight to me.
It almost has to be the fuel. Your windscreen as noted is too loose, too high, and has too much ventilation, and your pot is narrower than the ideal for this stove; but all that doesn't add up to NO boil at 40F.
My stove has only a single row of holes (very slightly smaller than a standard paper punch); the windscreen extends only 2 inches up the pot and has only a single roughly 1.5 square inch air port; I hold the pot just off the flame during the initial 30 seconds or so of heatup so as to not waste that fuel. But these are all fine tuning from experience and even without any of those refinements you should be getting a boil.
If your in Boston then it's likely not the elevation.some of the tests I have seen bring water to boil at around 9 to 10 min,maybe add 1 1/4 0z.out side of that .....I don't know.good luck.
Are you putting the stove directly on cold concrete? It could be that the heat loss through the bottom of the stove is preventing the alcohol from boiling. Try putting a foil disk under the stove, or some other form of insulation.
Hello everyone! I forgot to respond 2 days ago. I appreciate all the responses, they are very helpful indeed. I think my main problem was that I didn't wait for the fuel to bubble (super-dummy, right?). That, coupled with a tighter wind screen in the same conditions as my initial post, brought me to a boil in about 7 min. WOOH! yay! However, I will be thinking about a wider pot, and wick during the weeks to come as well. Thank you all!
You can make a heat reflector (also anti-table top scorch device) from an aluminum oven pan. Works great. Cut it the same diameter as your cup or pot. Mine rests on the inside lip of my Evernew 1.3 liter pot and the pot lid holds it in place when on the move. Of course, it goes underneath the stove when in use, reflecting heat upwards and preventing fires down below.
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"to each his own",,, HYOH,,, yadayada,,, exactly! Your "hot coffee in a minute, or ten" is not my experience. As you can imagine, I've preformed many tests w/ my supercat and pocket rocket side by side. The supercat wins most times, although it is a close race each time. The pocket rocket is definately a torch, but so is the supercat, unlike other alky models. My supercat is equiped w/ a kevlar wick on outside bottom, so priming time is nil.
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I have the same stove and boil 2-cups in 7 minutes. What caught my eye in your post is that the flame lasted 30 minutes?? The only way that could possibly happen is if the air supply is badly restricted. I cant tell much from your pictures but I'm guessing you have a problem getting enough air to burn the fuel. Try the stove without the wind screen and see what happens.
http://www.ultralightdesigns.com/pro...blue-mini.html
I have a stove like this one ( not the exact ) works great. 1oz boils 2 cups in 7mins
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