RE: Stove Replacement

Eric Johnson (ej@tx3.com)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:10:39 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> DGF and all
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> I had a hard time finding the butane cylinders locally so was looking into
> switching to propane. What I found was that the Coleman two
> burner had the
> can mounted where it wouldn't fit the 'stove' counter in the P-19. I did
> find a small one burner (non-Coleman) that used a hose so the
> tank could be
> kept up in the shelf and am considering buying one of those.

Aren't the butane cylinders the same ones you use to refill a butane
lighter? If so, any smoke shop (or maybe even grocery store) should have
those, probably way cheaper than WM.

I was under the impression that ABYC sez propane is a no-no inside a cabin
without leak detectors and storage compartment vented only to the outside...