Al,

My wife has found something that works as well, maybe even better then the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. We were camping in Seward and she stayed at the campsite while I did a practice climb on Mt Marathon, while waiting she decided to start the fire using a soft bound book that someone had left in the firepit. The book was written in Spanish and she could not read it, so she started tearing pages out. About half way through she finally figured out why it looked familiar even though it was not in English, it was a bible. We had a good laugh and told her that she was going to be hit by lightning afterwards.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: Al Knoll <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2004 6:17 am
Subject: Re: LVC shop heater

> Could be the same sort of critter I lit every winter morning at
> Ft. Greely,
> AK where I vacationed at US Taxpayer expense.  The tank holds the
> keroseneor JP4.  Take the deelybob outside and try crumpled paper
> in the burner
> chamber.  First place one sheet of crumpled newspaper,  Fairbanks
> News-Miner
> works best.  Then turn on the drip system so that there is a
> little puddle
> of kero in around the paper, turn off the drip system, light the
> paper wait
> until the paper is almost out and then turn on the drip again.
> The heater
> to which I refer has a flue just like a fireplace it is NOT a
> catalytic will
> produce both CO and HC and CANNOT be used in a non ventilated
> area.  A
> better idea is a catalytic LPG heater for temporary heat.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pensioner ( who was NOT responsible for the ChemWarfare stuff at
> Ft. G)
>