Paraffin Stove ID please.

[beachlover]

A friend found this in the back of his shed and gifted it to me today.



It belonged to his father and clearly runs in paraffin, but after doing a google image search etc. I can find precious little out about it. Do any resident stovies have any information or history relating to this model?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Big Si]

It's an RM 320 range stove with a silent burner, try looking on classic camp stoves. Once refurbished they can go for quite a bit of money, mainly used for cooking in the summer months when you did not want to put the range on. they have a decent flame control and with the large tank you can get a very long simmer time out of them.

http://classiccampstoves.com/threads/rm-range-320.4219/

Si

 

[beachlover]

It's an RM 320 range stove with a silent burner, try looking on classic camp stoves. Once refurbished they can go for quite a bit of money, mainly used for cooking in the summer months when you did not want to put the range on. they have a decent flame control and with the large tank you can get a very long simmer time out of them.

http://classiccampstoves.com/threads/rm-range-320.4219/

Si

Thanks Si, that's teally helpful. I was going to look at the the stove sites and forums, but didn't know what I was looking for.

 

[rik_uk3]

Great stove, its my 'brew' stove in the shed

PM me your address and I'll post you an outer cap for the burner.

 

[beachlover]

Great stove, its my 'brew' stove in the shed

PM me your address and I'll post you an outer cap for the burner.

Thanks for the kind and generous offer. I'll get her fired up first and make sure all's well before I take you up on it though. If it works OK I guess I need to be looking at giving it a clean, paint and polish too. With luck it will make a nice rainy day (i.e. summer) project.

 

[bilmo-p5]

By the look of it, you will need a new outer cap to get it to run properly. I'd take up Richard's offer before you try to light it, IIWY.

 

[beachlover]

By the look of it, you will need a new outer cap to get it to run properly. I'd take up Richard's offer before you try to light it, IIWY.

Thanks Ian. A brief pump up this morning ended in the pump washer disintegrating too, so it looks like base-camp may be getting a call now.....

 

[beachlover]

New pump washers and silent burner caps, along with a few other bits arrived from Base-Camp Stoves today

[video=youtube_share;hHaUJOABG_Y]http://youtu.be/hHaUJOABG_Y[/video]

Really pleased with it.
Now to have a look at cleaning her up a bit.

 

[bilmo-p5]

Did you have something else running out of frame, Kev?
Your stove shouldn't be making all that racket. That style of burner is called a silent burner because it's more or less silent in operation.
That noise sounds like underburn, which is the vapourised fuel burning in the vertical tube underneath the burner cap. It is a dangerous thing and can cause your burner to melt. Did the burner appear to be very hot?

It could be due to the outer cap not seating quite right, or it could be the last of the priming setting the vapour alight under the cap. Check the cap sits right then light the stove. Check that the inner cap (looks like a little doughnut) is seated properly around the top of the tube. Let the priming burn out before pumping and light the burner at the top with a match or lighter.
It certainly shouldn't be making that noise; running correctly, flat-out, it should make about as much noise as a Tilley lantern.

 

[beachlover]

Thanks Ian. Certainly my brother has likened the noise to an incoming Doodle bug and having never had one before I did wonder what one would sound like if it wasn't silent! However, I assumed it was OK. It seems now that my nearest and dearest may have been correct in their anxieties about this project - lol!

I've put it away now, but will fire it up again tomorrow and check all of your suggestions and tips. I'll keep you posted!

 

[rik_uk3]

Sounds like you have 'under burn' turn it off it happens again.

[video=youtube;eXYz9kraEmU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXYz9kraEmU&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[beachlover]

Thanks Rik, that's a really helpful video. I'll give it another go tomorrow.

 

[beachlover]

[video=youtube_share;fnWC-rSGWGE]http://youtu.be/fnWC-rSGWGE[/video]

Now running properly.
Thanks for your help guys!

 

[rik_uk3]

Much better, now pump the bugger up, you can't over pump these stoves.

 

[beachlover]

Thanks for the help.
I think there were several issues. Not enough pre-heating, lighting and pressurising too soon and finally it doesn't take kindly to the wind.
The next step will be looking at refurbishing it a bit.

 

[beachlover]

Spent today de-rusting, painting and polishing this baby, who now looks newborn and is purring nicely.

 

[bilmo-p5]

Sweet!

Good job, Kev. Aren't you glad you didn't get rid of it?

 

[beachlover]

Sweet!

Good job, Kev. Aren't you glad you didn't get rid of it?

Thanks Ian. It has been well worth it. I see many brews being made on this old girl.