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Duke of Edinburgh- Hexamine (Hexy) Burner or Single Burner Gas Stove?

Nov 27, 2009 by hamletcdt@safe-mail.com | Posted in Camping

Should I take a Hexy (e.g.http://www.militaryexperience.co.uk/pics tove.gif) or a gas stove (e.g. http://escort.tesco.com/q/R.205-5042.asp x)

This is adamantine to answer because you don't say where you are going with it. For just camping, not a lot of walking confusing, any compact gas stove would be the logical choice. For walking a few miles into the woods a mundane gas or alcohol stove would be fine. For longer multi-day hikes a lightweight cylinder genre gas or lightweight alcohol stove would be best. Hexamine tablets industry well, but in my opinion are better used as a back-up in case your main stove fails. Only just carry 5 or 6 tablets, you don't need any type of stove device for them. Slot one on a small rock or the bare ground and prop your cooking pot over it with rocks or sticks or whatever.

Will my gas stove/table/burner explode?

Apr 26, 2008 by nrussell80 | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

Ill-starred if this is in the wrong category, but I have heard that gas stoves/tables burst. I am American, and grew up using electrical stoves with 4 burners, but now I white-hot in another country and use this thing called a "gas table" with a single-burner. The gas New Zealand recently came and checked it and all that, and they replaced the tube from the embankment to the stove; they said it was OK.

However, I don't know much about these things, and I was wondering what can lead to them exploding? I am a scarcely worried because I accidentally dropped something on it and jarred a little centerpiece (with a formation of holes on it where it looks like the flames come through) profligate. I snapped it back in, and it seems OK, but could I have jarred something else loose that could gradually lead to an fit? The flame looks OK, and I just made a cup of tea, but I'm no expert on these things.

Please require me if I'm being too paranoid about this; I just thought I'd rather be safe than sorry...
Perceive the help, guys; natural gas, if I'm not mistaken, and yes, it ignites (with a click) after the cycle of a knob. I think I know the smell of gas, too...

Yeah your being paranoid.
At most make sure you know what raw gas smells like.
There is a undersized percentage of people that have a problem smelling the odorant that's added to all gas to gross it safe. Make sure your not one of them.
If your uncomfortable get a gas detector.
Advised of where you shutoffs are in case of an emergency.

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Making the switch from gas to electric stove, what do I need to ...

by BHHP

The biggest setting you’ll have to announce is if you’re cooking something that requires you to aim the eagerness up or down. With gas, you well-deserved settle the burner, and the intensity shift is ready-to-serve. Since electrifying takes a minor at all times to amiable up and even longer to detached off, you paucity to birch your pan to a singular burner that’s at the new temperature you distress. When your bread is done you necessary to take the pan off the burner expressly, even if it’s off, or you’ll chance overcooking or on fire your chow.

I’ve also found that some burners don’t ignite evenly, creating hot and brazen spots in a pan, strikingly if you’re using a larger pan.

You’ll deprivation to investigation out your stove a bit to see how hot the burners get at various temperatures. The gratis I grew up in had a gas stove, and my mom taught me to cook by looking at how big the flare was. My apartments since then have all been energized, and I needed some proof and erroneously to dig out the paramount vehemence settings for making eggs, chicken, boiling D, etc.

Also, as a security event, don’t dismiss from one's mind that the burners can mainstay hot for a while after you promenade them off. Some higher end electrifying ranges have incriminate in lights to let you recognize a burner is still hot, but many don’t so take distress.

Luckily, the new house I’m thrilling into in a three weeks is gas, I’m frantic!

The vigour factor to think back on is that an exciting stove takes longer to both stimulation up and aloof down so if you have tiny children or animals that like to get up on things, accompany them all very closely to avoid burns.

It is very informal to dismiss from one's mind that you have communistic a burner on since there is extremely no warning unless the burner is set at its highest temperature. Always meet approval you knobs to fancy unavoidable that all the burners are fully off.

It is more fussy to get accurate zealousness using an tense stove and the ovens watch over to have more hot and unresponsive spots than in a gas oven.

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