[Stoves] Boiled 520 grams of 14C water in 3:20 minutes

Steve Taylor steve at thetaylorfamily.org.uk
Sun May 5 10:39:51 CDT 2013


On 5 May 2013 16:05, Jonathan P Gill <jg45 at me.com> wrote:

> Fellow stovers,
>
> This morning, I loaded my Rim Fire iCan TLUD with 1500 grams of Vermont
> wood pellets.  Powered with a muffin fan, it runs like a champion.
>
> 1,000 grams of 14C water in an open top can set on top of the grate boiled
> in 10 minutes . Old school.
>
> 520 grams of 14C water in a Swiss Volcano style unit set on top of the
> grate, boiled in 3:20 minutes. The boil was so vigorous that the water
> spilled over the top and put out the gas fire.  New school.
>

So if you'd boiled 520 grammes old school, you'd do it in 600 x 520/1000
or 5:12 mins.
The new system did it in  3:20,  a 30 odd percent improvement in output,

What would happen if you put a lid on the oldschool method, to your
timings.
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