Simple direct connection of power supply to blower fan.

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This is a simple USB plug is a two-pin connector for laptop fans as used in my blower stoves. It is, cheap, robust, ‘repairable in the bush’ and compatible with the existing cables and sockets on the laptop fans. The laptop fan cables are designed for the gentle static environmentRead More →

Whisky top burner with riser (~9 g), with small clean concentrated flame.

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Backup alcohol burner A ~9g ‘whisky top’ backup alcohol burner is described. It can be used as an alternative ultralight way of cooking, on wood-burning stoves, when it must be used inside a tent in bad weather. Introduction This article is about a compact backup alcohol burners to use in myRead More →

"How to cook your dinner and burn your stove".' Destruction of burner using a large charge of wood charcoal plus a high air injection rate.

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Wood and charcoal combustion Charcoal burns much hotter than wood and in an ultralight blower stove, it can burn at damaging temperatures (~1,000+C) particularly when there is little or no wood in the fuel mix.  Understanding of these issues is key to the safe use of charcoal as an abundantRead More →

DIY fire starter strips from left to right; thin newspaper waxies, thick egg carton waxies and milk bottle flame drizzlers.

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Ultralight fire starter strips This post describes my tiny ultralight fire starter strips of newspaper and egg carton that are wax soaked and strips of plastic milk bottle that can be used as powerful, waterproof and versatile fire starters. Introduction. Over the years I have used a variety of ultralightRead More →