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Antique Coleman 425 Stove Testing Out Different Fuels for Performance

Retro Tech & Electronics 103,477 lượt xem 5 years ago
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After my last video running my Coleman stove it was asked to me what different fuels I could run in the stove and what there performance would be. I thought this was an interesting question and decided to test this out.

I have used as a fuel

Denatured Alcohol
Kerosene
Gasoline E10
Naphtha (Coleman fuel) several years old
A fresh can of Naphtha

Each test included a complete clean-out and inspection of the tank and generator to ensure a good test.

Furthermore, its worth noting:
1) Alcohol runs too unstable as a fuel in this stove. Possible.... but not worth it..
2) Kerosene requires preheating the generator to run, but works great.

After each demo... The boil water time tests were conducted

1 Litre and 1 Cup

Another interesting discovery in all this is that while the older Whitegas (naphtha)burned fine, it did not have nearly the power of the new bottle.

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