Mos6502
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A few months ago I was watching some youtube videos about the SVEA 123. But something was absolutely BOGGLING my mind. In every single video the person would light the stove in an overly complicated, and in my opinion, needlessly hazardous way. I saw many different approaches, but most of them involve using methylated spirit, dispensed from an eyedropper, or a syringe, or a straw, to preheat the stove - and then handling the hot stove after preheating to put the windshield on. I kept thinking "why are people doing this? This is not how the instructions tell you to light the stove!" - but I was wrong. This is not how the old instructions tell you to light the stove. The instructions that come with new SVEAs are vague, and leave a lot of the lighting procedure up to the imagination of the user. Unfortunately the imagination has produced some rather wild ideas about how to get the thing to work. So for the benefit of those who have never gotten to read the instruction that used to come with them, I made a short vid to illustrate:
There are several advantages to lighting the SVEA 123 this way. You don't need an extra, different source of fuel for preheating (no need to carry alcohol), you don't need extra tools like a syringe or eyedropper (which might get lost or broken), and you won't be picking up a HOT stove to put into the wind shield. The disadvantage to this method is you may have a hard time lighting the stove in cold weather as your hands may not warm the tank enough to get the gasoline flowing, and if it's really cold you may not be able to get the gasoline to light, in which case alcohol may be a preferable fluid for preheating. But most of the time, I find this method preferable. I'm not sure why the instructions were changed. I want to think it's simply the new translation isn't very good, so it's vague. But I suspect that maybe by being purposefully vague, the manufacturer is shielding themselves from one who might misinterpret the old procedure and injure themselves or the stove. Who knows? Anyway, I hope somebody finds this interesting at least.
There are several advantages to lighting the SVEA 123 this way. You don't need an extra, different source of fuel for preheating (no need to carry alcohol), you don't need extra tools like a syringe or eyedropper (which might get lost or broken), and you won't be picking up a HOT stove to put into the wind shield. The disadvantage to this method is you may have a hard time lighting the stove in cold weather as your hands may not warm the tank enough to get the gasoline flowing, and if it's really cold you may not be able to get the gasoline to light, in which case alcohol may be a preferable fluid for preheating. But most of the time, I find this method preferable. I'm not sure why the instructions were changed. I want to think it's simply the new translation isn't very good, so it's vague. But I suspect that maybe by being purposefully vague, the manufacturer is shielding themselves from one who might misinterpret the old procedure and injure themselves or the stove. Who knows? Anyway, I hope somebody finds this interesting at least.
