Burning some fuel...

[rainjer]

After my camping trip last weekend I decided to tear down my Sears 220 to try and figure out why it does not burn as bright as the 275. After re-cleaning everything it made no difference. So then I started swapping parts. Still no improvement. During all of this work, I was able to keep from breaking the mantles. So the last time I was putting the generator in I broke one mantle. So I tied a new on on and burned it in and lit it. It is now brighter. Go figure, I should have started with the mantles...

After all of the fettling I decided to fire up my other 2 mantles for comparison.

Let to right:
Todays 220F
The 275275
The free wedding 220F
The Sears 220


The funniest thing is the brightest one is the one I have not even cleaned.

Jeremy

[doug hodder]

See....I told you it was thread count! Doug

[rainjer]

Doug, the mantle are from the same package. They look the same burned in??

Jeremy

[doug hodder]

Maybe they were left handed ones? Doug

[Kevin A]

They were the 60 watt mantles, you needed the 100 watt ones.