Wallas Stove Problems?

Glad I went Butane ...saved $2000....got a HOT FREE stove...its so hot you can STIR FRY a WOK on it....the Chinese use them All the time...cheap fuel..4 cans Butane for $2.79....Trouble Free...heats the cabin in minutes....just keep teapot brewing...a window cracked....

Very happy no problems and $2000 more in my pocket

Go Butane!!!
Dick
 
squidslayer":22mnh8lk said:
Glad I went Butane ...saved $2000....got a HOT FREE stove...its so hot you can STIR FRY a WOK on it....the Chinese use them All the time...cheap fuel..4 cans Butane for $2.79....Trouble Free...heats the cabin in minutes....just keep teapot brewing...a window cracked....

Very happy no problems and $2000 more in my pocket

Go Butane!!!
Dick
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My sentiments, exactly, been saying/aluding to it for years around here!

Butane's Hot
Wallas' Not!

Diesel Sucks
Butane Trucks!

BURMA SHAVE!

(Valid for both butane and propane)

Joe.
 
No amount of poetic prose will convince me to go butane. Our wallas lights, stays lit, makes good heat and is safe. What it cost is a relative thing, I'm gonna spend money on the boat for one thing or another anyway!
Mike on Huda Thunkit.
 
Chris Bulovsky":2s49pmpn said:
No disrespect Mike......But for 2000$ you could get a Force 10 , propane cook top and a M-16 . Plus extra cash for ammo.
:wink:

Chris Bulovsky
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And, unlike the Wallas, you wouldn't have to use the gun to shoot yourself when the stove 'backfires"!

(Remember that discussion?)

Joe.
 
Knock on my wooden head :twisted: , I took the boat out last weekend for the first time since October. It was cold , so I turned on the wallas for the heater. Dang thing has been sitting, not used since October.
Man, I love that wallas, it was nice and warm in the cabin.
 
we shoulkd try to talk C-Tick into to engineering up a replacement means of cooking and heating for our boats.

All I know is that little Wallas that we have has provided me many hours of enjoyment.......good thing I enjoy removing and installing and tearing it appart. I may have paid to much for it though :)
 
c-Spirit, Your Wallas is working fine. The left burner is supposed to burn twice as hot as the right on any given setting.

I have a Wallas related question of my own. Does deisel fuel go bad the same as gasoline? Mine hasn't been used in a long time. Should I empty the diesel tank and replace with new, or is the old fuel okay?

Thanks C-Brats.
 
dogon dory":ud9r94e6 said:
I've finally settled on the optimum solution to any and all reliabiltiy problems with the Wallas. From now on I'm going to burn either Kleen Heat, K-1, or diesel as my primary fuel and carry along a quart of grain alcohol for emergency use.
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An excellent suggestion! Might I suggest "Early Times"? Long forgotten by the "in" crowd, it is cheap, good, and educational:

http://www.ellenjaye.com/earlytimes.htm

Every ship medicine cabinet should have some -- just make sure whatever ails you takes place after operating hours . . .

As for the Wallas -- I wish the pesky people with alternate suggestions would go away -- why ruin a perfect love-hate relationship? Mine worked perfect this last trip -- we're back in love again (subject to change at any moment).
 
Flagold, is Hernando Beach near North Fort Myers. My wife and I flew to Fort Myers about a month ago to sea test a 24 Tomcat at the Bulldog Boatwerks. We purchased the boat and it will be shipped to Galveston in about a week. We ordered a number of modifications--radar arch/rocker launchers, sink, solar-powered vent, extra battery storage, bimini, windlass, etc.--that are just about complete. It has been a good experience doing business with the Boatwerks' personnel, including Vivian, Chris and Brady.

My wife Lisa and are new to boating and will have much to learn when the boat arrives. Meanwhile, I've been reading all the original owner's manuals for the GPS, 24 Tomcat, Wallas, portable head, twin 100 Yamaha TXRX's, VHF radio, helm controls, etc.

Could you help me to understand "trim." There are switches on the dash for raising and lowering the starboard and port engines, along with guages indicating their position from all the way up to all the way down or vertical. Additionally, there is one up/down power trim switch on the throttle handle which I assume trims both engines simultaneously.

Is "trimming" making slight changes in the angle of the engines relative to vertical, at whatever cruise speed one chooses, to adjust the bow height and, therefore, the efficiency of the engines? How does one know when the best trim setting is attained?

Thanks.
 
Kerry and Lisa":2139bqtw said:
Flagold, is Hernando Beach near North Fort Myers. My wife and I flew to Fort Myers about a month ago to sea test a 24 Tomcat at the Bulldog Boatwerks. We purchased the boat and it will be shipped to Galveston in about a week. We ordered a number of modifications--radar arch/rocker launchers, sink, solar-powered vent, extra battery storage, bimini, windlass, etc.--that are just about complete. It has been a good experience doing business with the Boatwerks' personnel, including Vivian, Chris and Brady.

My wife Lisa and are new to boating and will have much to learn when the boat arrives. Meanwhile, I've been reading all the original owner's manuals for the GPS, 24 Tomcat, Wallas, portable head, twin 100 Yamaha TXRX's, VHF radio, helm controls, etc.

Could you help me to understand "trim." There are switches on the dash for raising and lowering the starboard and port engines, along with guages indicating their position from all the way up to all the way down or vertical. Additionally, there is one up/down power trim switch on the throttle handle which I assume trims both engines simultaneously.

Is "trimming" making slight changes in the angle of the engines relative to vertical, at whatever cruise speed one chooses, to adjust the bow height and, therefore, the efficiency of the engines? How does one know when the best trim setting is attained?

Thanks.
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Hernando Beach is 45 miles up the coastline from Tampa.

Some of the TC owners can answer your specifics as I don't run the TC.

Trim is merely setting the fore-aft condition of the boat to meet conditions. The engines may be tilted up or down to "trim" the bow up or down to meet the waves or "skim" over them. When trimming with engines for fast running, the common technique is to trim the bow up until rpms gain (about 100 rpm) and steering goes from hard to easy. (so you effectively gain speed on the same amount of gasoline in smooth water).

Trim can also be accomplished with tabs.

Trim can also be accomplished by loading the boat for the conditions expected.

Again -- some of the TC owners can address the specifics of your boat/engine combo.
 
Alasgun":2d3000vl said:
I am real pleased with our Wallas and at the time I was real fond of my
M-16 as well!
Mike on Huda Thunkit
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Guess that's why they call it Scan Marine. I had the Wallas on the 22 footer. Now we use our propane Buddy Heater and the little Coleman one burner stove to make coffee and heat soup. Less than $100 total . Keepin it simple.
 
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