Post by mach12 on Apr 26, 2020 23:30:49 GMT -5
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was playing with some different burners so thought I'd post a bit on them. I'm still not sure whether I prefer the original C series style or these but should have a better idea pretty soon.
When we restored our BZ, Pepper, Dwayner designed and fabricated some adapters so that we could upgrade the burners to C series burners, which works well. Back when I first got involved with Chambers stoves I met another member in the area here who told me about the D series burners (I think he referred to them as Plane of Flame burners) and how they are even more efficient than a C series. I've been wanting to try them out so when a guy on one of the Facebook Chambers sites said he was parting a D series out I bought the two burners from it (third burner was a Burner with a Brain).
I tried them right out of the box and a bunch of the holes were plugged and whatever they were plugged with was baked in so strong I couldn't even clean them out with welding tip cleaners so I boiled them out (stainless kettle, 3 gallons of water, 1/2 cup of washing soda) for about and hour and they cleaned out nicely. Some of the ports had rust buildup and still needed a little work with the welding tip cleaner but this time I was able to get the tip cleaner to go in each port and clean out the debris. After I got them cleaned up I rubbed a light coat of vegetable oil on then and gave them an hour in the oven.
The D series burners have two rows of holes and they have a flat plate at the top of each chimney that spreads the flame out instead of shooting straight up. There are also no holes in each chimney for flames at the center of the burner. I still need to time boiling a gallon of water with each burner (C and D) to see whether there's a significant difference but my regulator on my propane tanks isn't working properly and when I run my oven the gas pressure isn't maintaining pressure so I'll need to change that out with one of my spares before do the test.
I have the two D series burners in the front and an original at the back.
And this is a close up that shows the flame spreader and the two rows of ports. Not a good shot but I'll get a better one.
When we restored our BZ, Pepper, Dwayner designed and fabricated some adapters so that we could upgrade the burners to C series burners, which works well. Back when I first got involved with Chambers stoves I met another member in the area here who told me about the D series burners (I think he referred to them as Plane of Flame burners) and how they are even more efficient than a C series. I've been wanting to try them out so when a guy on one of the Facebook Chambers sites said he was parting a D series out I bought the two burners from it (third burner was a Burner with a Brain).
I tried them right out of the box and a bunch of the holes were plugged and whatever they were plugged with was baked in so strong I couldn't even clean them out with welding tip cleaners so I boiled them out (stainless kettle, 3 gallons of water, 1/2 cup of washing soda) for about and hour and they cleaned out nicely. Some of the ports had rust buildup and still needed a little work with the welding tip cleaner but this time I was able to get the tip cleaner to go in each port and clean out the debris. After I got them cleaned up I rubbed a light coat of vegetable oil on then and gave them an hour in the oven.
The D series burners have two rows of holes and they have a flat plate at the top of each chimney that spreads the flame out instead of shooting straight up. There are also no holes in each chimney for flames at the center of the burner. I still need to time boiling a gallon of water with each burner (C and D) to see whether there's a significant difference but my regulator on my propane tanks isn't working properly and when I run my oven the gas pressure isn't maintaining pressure so I'll need to change that out with one of my spares before do the test.
I have the two D series burners in the front and an original at the back.
And this is a close up that shows the flame spreader and the two rows of ports. Not a good shot but I'll get a better one.