[Vwdiesel] Cold weather survival, was: Starting a Cold Rabbit

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Fine steel wool ignites with almost any spark.  A nine volt battery, an empty butane cigarette lighter, flint and steel like a boy scout. Burns real hot & hard to extinguish - perfect for emergency fire starting.
 
Bob in the Entire State
 
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From: Area31 Research Facility <stephensrw at stn.net>
To: slatersfb at aol.com; jhsg at sasktel.net; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Sent: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:52:19 -0500
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Cold weather survival, was: Starting a Cold Rabbit



> A coffee can - holds a lot --if you lean on it.----why steel wool ?  you
ask
> .    Because
> it is cheep and it ignites easy and it NEVER  gets wet.---BUT   be careful
> it burns really
> HOT.
> _____

I am a bit confused.  Are you supposed to pour kerosene or diesel liquid
fuel into the can containing the steel wool, or just burn the steel wool by
itself?  I can't see that working so well without adding some liquid
petroleum fuel.  Steel wool comes in coarse to very fine (#0000) strand
diameter.  What kind is to be used here?  I can think that #0000 would make
a pretty good wick.

Rob