Re: Stus-List Alcohol stove

Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:18:06 -0700

‎OK - stop the sketch, it's getting silly! 

sam :-)
From: jtsails via CnC-List
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 4:56 PM
To: Curtis; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Alcohol stove

Curtis,
My Atomic 4 runs pretty good on Captain Morgan's too, but at that point the hell with the substitute use and just use the Captain Morgan's as the big guy intended and worry about the stove later!!!!!!
James
1976 C&C 38
Delaney
Oriental, NC
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Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Alcohol stove

In a pinch my alcohol stove runs very well on Captain Morgan Private Stock Rum. You just ant use a mixer. You will need to purge it afterwords for the sugar content is high, ARRGGG!!! 


On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Steve Thomas via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Different chemical.
 
Short chemistry lesson:
 
Methyl hydrate is an old name for methanol, which is a chemical compound (molecule) consisting of one carbon, one oxygen, and four hydrogen atoms. Ethanol, the alcohol we love to drink, has two carbon, one oxygen, and 6 hydrogen atoms in each molecule. In general, a hydrocarbon is a compound made up of just carbon and hydrogen atoms. If you substitute an oxygen atom which is also linked to a hydrogen atom for one of the hydrogen atoms in a hydrocarbon molecule, you then have an alcohol. The -OH is know as a hydroxyl group, and when attached to a hydrocarbon to form an alcohol, is responsible for most of the resultant compound's chemical activity. Most but not all. That is why the various alcohols are similar but different, and particularly different in how toxic they are to humans.
 
Dwight might have something to add, but that is it in a nutshell.
 
Steve Thomas
C&C27 MKIII
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Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Alcohol stove

How is methyl hydrate different?


On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 11:04:41 AM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:


My experience is that 95.6% is the most what you can obtain commercially (or from any kind of distillation). You can get further only with molecular sieves or by removing the remaining water using benzene or some other substances.
 
The best (for drinking, if you are so inclined) is this one: http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/sakemitsui/item/vod-0007/ (btw. the web page says incorrectly 96 degrees, it is 96%). In Canada, you can get it in Quebec as Global Alcool, but it is “only” 94%.
 
However, I would not use it in a stove, as it would not be overly cost effective. It has great applications for mixing drinks, though.
 
Marek
 
 
From: dwight
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 10:06 AM
Subject: RE: Stus-List Alcohol stove
 
Here is an article on ethanol versus methanol as a fuel.  This article concludes that ethanol is the more efficient fuel.
 
 
and this article says that ethanol produces a higher flame temperature.
 
 
Ethanol is hygroscopic and will absorb up to 5% moisture from the atmosphere.  It is difficult to obtain and store 100% pure ethanol.
 
Many chemicals can be used to “denature” ethanol, like methanol, acetone, benzene, isobutyl ketone and most of these chemicals will make the denatured ethanol poisonous , bad tasting, bad smelling or nauseating in order to discourage human consumption
 
 
 
Dwight Veinot
C&C 35MKII, Alianna
Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
 
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List
Sent: August 12, 2014 9:12 AM
To: Stevan Plavsa ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Alcohol stove
 
Steve,
 
try other marine stores. In Ottawa , The Chandlery, sells Capt. Phab 4l for $21.50 (or $20 US) (http://www.thechandleryonline.com/product_info.php?products_id=3331). I think they would ship it, unless there is some funny restriction. They ship to the US , as well.
 
Marine Outfitters out of Kingston carry it, too.
 
Btw. this is what I use in my stove and it burns extremely clean.
 
Marek
 
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Alcohol stove
 
I found it hard to source denatured alcohol here in Toronto . I found it at this place finally:
 
I paid something less than $25 for a 4 litre jug. Much better deal than the stuff they sell at west marine.
 
Steve
Suhana, C&C 32
Toronto
 
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Rick Brass via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Denatured alcohol is all I've ever used in the stove on the 38 or the Origo stove on the 25. About once a year I go to Lowes and buy a gallon can.
 
And one of these days I'll finally get around to installing the new propane stove I bought for the 38 a couple of years ago. I'm told it is easier to find propane than denatured alcohol when you are in the Bahamas or the Caribbean .
 
Rick Brass


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On Aug 11, 2014, at 10:36, Burt Stratton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
This my first go-around with alcohol stoves. Seems to work very nicely. Cleaned it up filled it and brewed a big pot of coffee in no time. Is there any reason not to use plain old denatured alcohol instead of stove cooking fuel?
 
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