10-10-2012, 12:22 PM
Miscellany:
The two-burner campstove is available at Harbor Freight for under $40 (and yes, they will ship USPS). Large burner is 15K BTU. I have three years on mine, no problems. SKU# 35559.
In most situations 220V is up to 15% more efficient than 110V -- not an EE, so can't exactly explain this one. Electronic devices are generally "world-supply", so work just fine at 220. (This can be a huge win if you're also dealing with the heat output.)
For anything that makes heat, gas is 5-8x more efficient than electricity.
Most natural gas appliances can be retrofitted for propane; this is only "useful" when restoring antiques (I once saw a *beautiful* wedgewood range that had been fitted for LPG -- really want one someday).
The two-way regulator is worth the extra few bucks: not just because it automatically "flips over" to the full tank, but because you never bleed the system when changing out the empty, so no running the stove and waiting for the gas to come back.
The two-burner campstove is available at Harbor Freight for under $40 (and yes, they will ship USPS). Large burner is 15K BTU. I have three years on mine, no problems. SKU# 35559.
In most situations 220V is up to 15% more efficient than 110V -- not an EE, so can't exactly explain this one. Electronic devices are generally "world-supply", so work just fine at 220. (This can be a huge win if you're also dealing with the heat output.)
For anything that makes heat, gas is 5-8x more efficient than electricity.
Most natural gas appliances can be retrofitted for propane; this is only "useful" when restoring antiques (I once saw a *beautiful* wedgewood range that had been fitted for LPG -- really want one someday).
The two-way regulator is worth the extra few bucks: not just because it automatically "flips over" to the full tank, but because you never bleed the system when changing out the empty, so no running the stove and waiting for the gas to come back.