Alternative heating with the Zibro Type Electronic Liquid Fuel Stove
Channel: Andrea Box
Date: 2022-01-02

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1) 0:00 Intro Imaginative
2) 1:09 Trolley assembly
3) 1:37 Tank Filling
4) 2:07 Liquid Fuel Pump
5) 3:35 Stove ignition
6) 5:57 Temperature measurement
7) 7:31 Consumption Measurement

The cheapest liquid fuel I have currently found is the Petropur Top

Portable liquid fuel stoves are of two types: mechanical wick and electronic, differ mainly in terms of consumption, ease of use and odor management. Ultimately the only advantage of the mechanical wick ones is that they do not require electrical power.

The stove I am using is about 5 years old, but currently there are very similar ones even for less than € 200. The model in question is a KERO SRE300: minimum power 800 watts, maximum power 3000 watts, heating capacity 120 M3, minimum consumption 0.07 liters per hour, maximum consumption 0.3 liters per hour, tank capacity 4 liters, height 40 cm, width 42, cm depth 31 cm, maximum autonomy of about 50 hours, net weight of 10 kg, removable tank, electronic thermostat with 24-hour timer, evaporation burner without filter, ventilation function, altitude adjustment self-diagnosis, three operating modes operation: min, save, auto, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide detection system, rollover safety system and automatic odor abatement system on and off.

The only tedious operation to do manually is to fill the tank with a manual or electric pump or simply by using a funnel. Personally I also use to fill a plastic emergency tank with a spout in such a way as to have, if necessary, also a supply to be quickly transferred into the stove tank.

After connecting the plug to the electrical socket, you will be asked to import the time using the plus and minus keys, confirming it by pressing the Mode key.
To use it if necessary, just turn it on by pressing the ON key, the countdown will start during which the stove will manage ignition in a totally automatic way. For the first 5 minutes, the stove will start at maximum power, then it will adapt to the preset temperature with the plus and minus keys. During ignition and shutdown you will notice a more or less intense odor depending on the quality of the fuel used, such as that produced by a spark plug being extinguished.

To program the daily start and shutdown at a predetermined time, just press the timer button and the timing button, selecting the time and duration of operation with the plus and minus buttons, naturally setting the preferred temperature and one of the three power management modes. : idle, automatic and economy. In economy mode the stove will turn on and off automatically, while in the other two modes it will only be modulated by power.

Obviously, to be defined a good stove must heat the environment in which it is located effectively and quickly. Using a kitchen thermometer I verified that in automatic mode with the temperature set at 30 degrees Celsius, the maximum temperature detected a few centimeters from the burner is about 160 degrees Celsius, while in minimum mode it is about 100 degrees Celsius, in addition an environmental thermometer at about 30 cm it detected in any case about 30 degrees Celsius, at shutdown the temperature near the burner quickly drops below 50 degrees; therefore comparable to a classic methane catalytic stove which at maximum power reached about 170 degrees Celsius near the burner.

The tank full of fuel has a total weight of about 3.9 kg, after more than two hours of various tests at various temperatures and power modes, the weight dropped to about 3.4 kg, while after another 3 hours of operation in minimum mode with temperature set at 18 degrees dropped to about 3.1 kg; therefore, considering the filling of the small internal fixed tank of the burner at the first ignition, I would say that the consumptions are in line with those declared, i.e. about 0.1 liters every hour at minimum and about 0.3 liters every hour at most, for an expense minimum of about € 0.22 per hour to a maximum of about € 0.66 per hour, considering the current price of 2.2 euros per liter.

For those who want maximum versatility and the best management of consumption and power, it is certainly a choice to take into consideration.

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