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Darren · Junior Member Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 255

Here's a few pictures of my small but expanding collection of Loco meths burners.

The 'front' one is from IP, the middle one is from Chas & the one at the end is some strange 'device' that came with my kit SL.

These picts show the subtle differences between the three burners in the area of filling and mounting. Notice that the IP burner (one on the left) doen't come with a filler stopper & what's with the pipe filler on the right hand side burner?

I've only used the Chas burner at the moment which worked really well with a wick length of 2mm.

Darren.
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Mamodman123 · Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:59 am Post subject:

there is another. Has a good tank at the back too! not sure how long it burns for, but it's a really good burner. I just sold it though

You need the modified chassis, which I included

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Darren · Junior Member Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 255

Now that's what I call a monster burner MM

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My friend at work has just bought a Railway set and in the set is a 2 wick burner.

I was thinking about the merit of 2 wick burner as when I was running my Chas burner last night, it only ran on 2 wicks for the final 6 to 7 minutes of the burn, so why do I need 3 wicks ?

The heat given off by the two wicks was plenty hot enough to get an engine going but may be you need the 3 wicks to start if off?

Eitherway, I may have a play with the strange burner that came with my kit SL as I can't imagine I'll ever use it as it, as it doesn't actually fit correctly hence the bend in the 'vein' at the end.

Darren.
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Mamodman123 · Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject:

Not sure I think the idea of the 3rd wick is for a bit of superheating

. That 2 wick burner wouldn't give much superheating anyway

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Sandman · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:10 am Post subject:

Haven't even looked at my SL3 yet, but is there a meths burner you can substitute for the solid fuel one without modification???
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Mamodman123 · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:19 am Post subject:

Sandman · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:25 am Post subject:

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Sandman · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:29 am Post subject:

Good to know MM.

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Darren · Junior Member Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 255

tmuir · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:59 pm Post subject: