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Thread: Alcohol stove

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    Thanks HOI and Chris - when I built my stove, I added some finberglass becaused it seemed to be the thing to do. I tried lighting it separately with a lighter first to see what would happen - it sort of melted, smelled and turned grey. I really questioned the fiberglass usage. Then I realized that there is really no combustion in the alchohol chamber - just pressure - so there's no flame contact with the fiberglass. It's really pretty intriging how alcohol stoves work.

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    The first couple of times the stove won't work as well. It seems that the fiberglass needs to get a little burnt up before good things start to happen.

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    Ah, whoops, silly me.

    Yes, the fiberglass would tend to wick the alcohol which ought to help in cooler temps. An alternative to the fiberglass is perlite -- downside is that little bits of the perlite can find their way out of the stove.

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    in the open designs the fiberglass prevents fuel sloshing and evens the burn out a bit - it normally turns gray but that doesnt hurt it none....stinks the first time tho...

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