Re: MSR Simmerlite lighting trouble

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Posted by Tom D on December 10, 2007 at 11:45:54 pm EST
In reply to MSR Simmerlite lighting trouble posted by backpacker_1024 on December 10, 2007 at 6:46:51 pm EST

I just looked at the manual for this stove on MSR's website. It works similarly to most other stoves of this design, including my MSR XGK.

It sounds like you are are priming the stove with way too much fuel. The manual says half a spoonful. That isn't much. It should be just enough to wet the burner. Watch it closely, then close the stove valve before lighting it. Do not open the valve until the flames have almost died out. Expect a brief fireball, let it die down most of the way, then open the valve. If the stove is hot enough, it will start up as the vapor comes out the holes in the burner.

If the stove is leaking, it will most likely be leaking at the pump, not the stove itself. Make sure that isn't the case, otherwise you will set the pump on fire. I've seen it happen, because I've done it.

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