Date:         Sat, 5 Jan 2013 11:04:38 -0500
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stove & whine
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Is the flame still blue or is it turning yellow? Yellow means lack of air. Make sure the air inlet tubes are clear, those holes near the valves!

Dennis


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Subject: Stove & whine


As seems fairly normal, lots of small devices I'm now depending on while full-time camping require attention.
My Westie stove, for example.  It's my custom to wake and fire my coffee and watch sunrises, nice and toasty in the van from the stove's heat....right now it's about 35f outside.  But the flame has been fading, despite recent filling of the tank. Could be freezing line or maybe another failed Reg.  Can someone tell me what pressure Reg. I should look for for a Westie kitchen set up?  Then there's Sirius.  It's always been pretty cheesy, now it blew both my dash area power outlets.  Love that.  Out to catch the radio news at o-dark thirty and enjoy my morning coffee....stove quits and "CLack!". The fuse blows when I plug in the sat radio.  All is not perfect always just because one is off somewhere in their van...  Its actually a bit strange,how much it takes to keep things going.  Many little chores each day, and always some projects.  Also amazing is how you can lose stuff in a small space like a van, and how you can forget to bring necessary items...sometimes the same item trip after trip( battery charger for our trailer batteries).   Still, just a quick glance at the weather where our house sits makes me glad to be dealing with these minor whines rather than facing the prospect of months of freezing rain and protracted gray skies.