Tourist Primus: user's manual, the advice of "experienced"

All the virtues of the Primus can tell the supporters of the long hikes, which had to spend in the mountains one day. The only one who had to carry in your backpack not only warm clothes, sleeping bag, tents and food, but firewood can understand the value of this device for preparation of hot food in such difficult conditions.

Description principle of operation

And home, and travel Primus work on the principle of a blowtorch. Liquid fuel in the reservoir of the device by the generated pressure is supplied to the tube burner. Petrol or kerosene heated, vaporized, ejected through the nozzle aperture. To ensure that the process proceeded in the normal mode, you need a built-in reciprocating pump to maintain the pressure in the tank.

Before ignition to warm up the metal torch. You can do this by first adding a bit of kerosene, or to ignite pieces of dry alcohol.

Mixed with the air, fuel vapor burn in the burner, heating up a bowl of water or food supplied from above. The average time of operation - about 50 minutes. This gives you the ability to boil the kettle, cook a simple hot dish (such as soup or porridge).

A bee that buzzes, but does not fly

Tourist Primus – a device for heating water and cooking, which is powered by liquid fuel (kerosene or gasoline). There are modern models that use small gas cartridges.

The First such device has appeared for 8 years until the late 19th century in Germany to quickly “won” the sympathies of the inhabitants. In Union, the release of domestic burners began in the twenties of the 20th century. Every self-respecting family had in the kitchen the gasoline stove. Tourist people, too, quickly appreciated the advantage of light weight and simplicity of the device.

Principle of operation

How does Primus tourist? The instructions are very simple:

• Install the device on a horizontal surface;
• Carefully pour into the tank of burner fuel;
• Rhythmically moving the lever of the built-in pump, pump up the pressure;
• With the dry burning alcohol to heat the plane of the burner;
• Gently rotate the valve.

The Fuel getting from the tank to the feed tube of the burner, when heated, evaporates. Flammable couples going through the nozzle, burn when mixed with air. To whole process took place in normal and continuous mode, requires a preliminary heating of the working part of the stove. And just before the ignition in tank fuel pump up air, creating pressure that must be maintained.

If the ignition is blue flame from the nozzle suddenly crashes a black-and-gray smoke, it means the stove is not hot enough. A few minutes of patience, and “breadwinner” will begin to produce a regular humming sound. Perhaps that is why one of the models was named «bumblebee».

Who invented the kerosene stove tourist

Pictures and information from the archives preserved the date and the name of the inventor: 1892, Franz V. Lindquist, subsequently founded a company for the production of these heating devices. Such burners have started to make in the Union in 20 years, and they quickly won the respect Housewives.

The First model was a simple copy of the foreign stoves. Later they were changed and improved.

We List a few of the most popular models:

• Tourist kerosene stove which was called "Swedish" (in the country-the manufacturer) tested by climbers all over the world in the most serious of temperatures and altitudes. Measuring 13 by 10 cm, weighs half a kilo, 1 liter of water boils in about 7 minutes on one filling 120 ml runs just under an hour.
• “Light” is a compact and reliable instrument of Soviet production without pump, weighing about 800 grams, with a capacity of 120 ml.
• «Motor Sich» (Ukraine) – a larger box, litre capacity and a weight of 1.5 kg, running from 3 to 6 hours.
• “Tourist” can be used both for cooking and for drying clothes and wet shoes.
• Modern multifuel burner "Himalaya" exchangeable-tip burners capable of running on gasoline, kerosene, gas. At small sizes and weight of 505 g of water on the stove to boil in just 4 minutes.

Safety tips and a “seasoned”

Experienced travelers are recommended to have a camping a piece of fiberglass. As it isto use? Following ignition and with a tourist Primus vessel with water, the whole structure is closed at the top of this cloth for better heat preservation. In addition, after use, it is dismantled and cleaned the burner, fiberglass wrap the bulb of the device during the transfer to the backpack.

If the surface is not very smooth, the pot can be put on the Primus, and the stones, and kindled the torch to slip from below.

And some recommendations for safe use:

• It is better to carry Fuel in flasks from by placing them in the side pockets of the backpack.
• Fuel can be poured only in the completely cooled down device.
• Primus in any case can not overheat.
• It is not recommended to use the device inside the tent.

Have a Good trip and Bon appetit to you, lovers of heights, fishing or hunting!