Canadian snow related equipment post WW2

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Originally Posted by James P

^ Generator or warming the burner ? Pumping up the stoves tank and then spraying the burner wet (not a crazy amount) light the fuel and let it heat the burner, stick the tank back on and open the valve works great to get a cold stove producing BTUs.

The part that had to be hot was the tube running over the burner in order to vaporize the fuel. And yes, most of the time you were good lighting it the way you describe. But some of the time you weren't.....that tube (the generator) had to be hot.