C lectric
Guru
I am glad all turned out well , although messy. Keeping your head helps. There is a lesson here for all of us and I will add one more extinguisher to my boat [10#] and replace two 2# units with 5#ers .
No such thing as too many of these things, extinguishers.
In Louisiana, you may not need that stove, I agree.
I have the Pacific, one size smaller.
However, something was wrong. Either the pump overpowered the fuel control or the fuel control was sticking due to lack of use. These things only require one to three pounds of pressure.
So what is the pump and how much pressure does it produce?
MANY, MANY stoves are setup for gravity feed, actually preferred. There are pumps designed or at least spec'd for these stoves. If the P.O. just used whatever he had on hand then the pump may have overpowered the control valve.
A small pump may be used to fill the gravity tank from the boat's main tank.
If this was working properly, UNLESS YOU HAD A BURNER POT HOLE TO LEAK which does not sound like the case, the overflow would not have occured. The valve is designed to only raise the fuel level to a certain point and quit unless overpowered.
I had that very thing happen to me, without the fire. The fuel rose to about 1" deep and quit flowing. But my valve was working and not overpowered by a potentially incorrect pump. It was my fault allowing myself to get distracted and forgot to light it, taking off in the car. At some point I had a holy s++t moment and went roaring back expecting a huge mess. Nope, shut off the fuel and just had to mop out the excess fuel and CAREFULLY light it. In my case, fuel OFF, I simply watched untill the excess had burned mostly away so I could then turn on the flow again.
Just a suggestion.
But I do understand if the stove is removed, you no longer trust it.
No such thing as too many of these things, extinguishers.
In Louisiana, you may not need that stove, I agree.
I have the Pacific, one size smaller.
However, something was wrong. Either the pump overpowered the fuel control or the fuel control was sticking due to lack of use. These things only require one to three pounds of pressure.
So what is the pump and how much pressure does it produce?
MANY, MANY stoves are setup for gravity feed, actually preferred. There are pumps designed or at least spec'd for these stoves. If the P.O. just used whatever he had on hand then the pump may have overpowered the control valve.
A small pump may be used to fill the gravity tank from the boat's main tank
If this was working properly, UNLESS YOU HAD A BURNER POT HOLE TO LEAK which does not sound like the case, the overflow would not have occured. The valve is designed to only raise the fuel level to a certain point and quit unless overpowered.
I had that very thing happen to me, without the fire. The fuel rose to about 1" deep and quit flowing. But my valve was working and not overpowered by a potentially incorrect pump. It was my fault allowing myself to get distracted and forgot to light it, taking off in the car. At some point I had a holy s++t moment and went roaring back expecting a huge mess. Nope, shut off the fuel and just had to mop out the excess fuel and CAREFULLY light it. In my case, fuel OFF, I simply watched untill the excess had burned mostly away so I could then turn on the flow again.
Just a suggestion.
But I do understand if the stove is removed, you no longer trust it.