Since there is no obvious way to control the rate of flow, (you get what you get,) how do you reliably stop one of these? Say after boiling my cup of tea, I want to turn it off and save fuel for the next time. Does it just blow out?
Yes, you can just blow it out. The wick in the pie prevents leakage, and keeps evaporation down to almost nothing. Or you can just open the lid and pour the leftover fuel into a storage container.
While methanols fumes are ( in comparison) suitable for indoor use its toxicity/ability to acidify your blood when ingested makes it dodgy to use around food.
That's like saying Kingsford fumes are suitable for outdoor use; but its burned, charcoal state's toxicity/ability to acidify your blood when ingested makes it dodgy to BBQ your steaks with. WTF?
Wow, I posted those videos 14 years ago, like "dawn of UA-cam" era. But yes, I had a couple of those. I had to pull them because there was music playing on the radio in the background, and as UA-cam moved into its copyright overlord era in the past few years, the copyright trolls moved in to make those videos effectively unpublishable.
Generally speaking, people use the yellow bottle of HEET outdoors. So any risk of fumes is very minimalized if at all. Indoors, I would surmise that people would use rubbing alcohol, drinking alcohol, or whatever they had if nothing else. Red bottle of HEET is very BAD no matter where you use it.
Just not 100% familiar with HEET - it's not available up here, and I couldn't find the exact chemical content of it, so I chose to err on the side of caution.
@@grelmar I wonder why it is not sold there... It is mostly methyl alcohol with a tiny bit of Methyl Ethyl Ketone and a tad of acetone. Neither in sufficient percentages to be a hazard outdoors.
@@zolar1nonassumpsit219 not significantly chemically different from the gas line antifreeze/treatments we get up here. That might be the issue - Canada is probably too small a market for them to bother trying to break existing brand preferences.
This was a fantastic test! Saves me from having to do it haha:) thank you for the video, I love that white gas was the best! I like using white gas for camping stoves.
Since there is no obvious way to control the rate of flow, (you get what you get,) how do you reliably stop one of these? Say after boiling my cup of tea, I want to turn it off and save fuel for the next time. Does it just blow out?
Yes, you can just blow it out. The wick in the pie prevents leakage, and keeps evaporation down to almost nothing. Or you can just open the lid and pour the leftover fuel into a storage container.
Or seal the hole when cool, duct tape etc.
I'm going to try ever clear liquor or one of the other 150 proof liquors. Any thoughts on that?
I've gone down to 70% (140 proof) alcohol solutions successfully. It gets kinda sooty the lower you go, but it should work.
While methanols fumes are ( in comparison) suitable for indoor use its toxicity/ability to acidify your blood when ingested makes it dodgy to use around food.
As opposed to the other chemicals used? They're all toxic AF if ingested.
That's like saying Kingsford fumes are suitable for outdoor use; but its burned, charcoal state's toxicity/ability to acidify your blood when ingested makes it dodgy to BBQ your steaks with. WTF?
Did you have Dead Tech Destruction videos previously? I really liked those
Wow, I posted those videos 14 years ago, like "dawn of UA-cam" era. But yes, I had a couple of those.
I had to pull them because there was music playing on the radio in the background, and as UA-cam moved into its copyright overlord era in the past few years, the copyright trolls moved in to make those videos effectively unpublishable.
Generally speaking, people use the yellow bottle of HEET outdoors. So any risk of fumes is very minimalized if at all.
Indoors, I would surmise that people would use rubbing alcohol, drinking alcohol, or whatever they had if nothing else.
Red bottle of HEET is very BAD no matter where you use it.
Just not 100% familiar with HEET - it's not available up here, and I couldn't find the exact chemical content of it, so I chose to err on the side of caution.
@@grelmar I wonder why it is not sold there...
It is mostly methyl alcohol with a tiny bit of Methyl Ethyl Ketone and a tad of acetone.
Neither in sufficient percentages to be a hazard outdoors.
@@zolar1nonassumpsit219 not significantly chemically different from the gas line antifreeze/treatments we get up here. That might be the issue - Canada is probably too small a market for them to bother trying to break existing brand preferences.
Always nice to see a use for fuel you can produce easily at home. Any leftover distilled alcohol now has a purpose, Thank you!!
You're welcome!
This was a fantastic test! Saves me from having to do it haha:) thank you for the video, I love that white gas was the best! I like using white gas for camping stoves.
Yah, I've always got gallons of the stuff lying around for the Coleman stoves and lantern, as well as the more lightweight MSR hiking stove.
thank you very much for your attention in my comment it helped me a lot to distinguish which best fuel
Thanks for the compliment!
I was waiting for vegetable oil test ! It didn't happen! 😒🤗thanks
Yah, veggie oil is too viscous for this type of burner.
@@grelmar thanks