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- From: price@helios.unl.edu (Chad Price)
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
- Subject: Re: Info on Whisper Lite Stoves
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:30:32 GMT
- Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln
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- scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn) writes:
-
- >Along a not-so-similar line...
-
- >I have heard that unleaded will work in a white gas stove, but the reason
- >that stove manufacturers don't recommend it is that white gas (ie Coleman)
- >is more finely filtered, and you run the risk of clogging your stove using
- >unleaded.
-
- >I have an Optimus 8R I picked up for $1 (yes, that's right), that has a
- >built-in cleaning wire. Could I use unleaded in this stove, and then rely
- >on the self-cleaning wire for cleaning after clogging?
-
- I tried... clogging is very rapid - I didn't finish cooking a single meal,
- never mind more.
- --
- chad
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