Hi all,
Can anyone help identify this Maxie Stove?
1) Is it Kero, Metho or Shellite?
2) does anyone have a copy of a manual I can buy or know how to properly operate the stove?
3) does anyone know where I can buy spare parts for the stove?
Any information would be greatly appreciated =)
Thank you in advance.
Cheers
It looks most definitely to be a kerosene stove. It is getting hard to buy spares for them but maybe Maxco Industries could help.
The knob in the middle is where you pressurise the tank. Maybe it is a shraeder valve there.
To light it you need to put metho in the bowl below the burner, light that to preheat the burner and just before it goes out open the burner valve and the burner should light up.
If the burners are self pricking, before doing anything turn it fully to the left and the pricker should clear the burner jet and allow some kero into the burner.
Then close it off and do the metho preheat and you should be in business.
Never fill the tank more than two thirds. You need to have air space above the kero for pressureising. You will need to pump it up occasionally during use.
If you don't want it I will buy it from you.
Hi Cisco
What are the advantages of a pressure Kero stove over a gravity fed Metho one
Regards Don
Hi Don.
There are pros and cons. Kero burns hotter but will spread soot around the cabin if it gets a yellow flame or if somebody who does not understand it tries to light it. 
With a metho stove that has the tank fixed at the back of the stove (Maxie Stoves) you have to keep adjusting the gimbals to compensate for the changing weight of metho in the tank.
MorningBird fitted an Orrigo metho stove before we did the LHI trip 2 years ago. It is a very good stove being easier to use and virtually maintenance free. The flame is not as intense as a Maxie type stove because it is purely an evaporative type burner but that is somewhat compensated for by the larger diameter of the burner.
I found the odour from the Orrigo a bit pungent when it is first lit up as it is feul rich you might say. Once it is up to temp it seems to be ok.
I have more marine stoves than I can poke a stick at. I have just taken this beautiful Kiwi built Mariner stove out of my boat and we are going to use it in our outside kitchen at home.
For the size of my boat and the type of sailing I will be doing, it is really too heavy and if I need an oven I will use a hooded BBQ in the cockpit.
At home I have a Tudor Maxie 2 burner and grill gas stove. It works great but does not have fail safe burners so would never pass for a gas certificate on the boat.
Then I have 2 Maxie metho stoves. One is the smaller 2 burner and the other the larger model with 2 burners and grill. I don't think the grill is much use except maybe for toast.
I did a timing test between the gas Maxie and metho Maxie for boiling 500 ml of water. Gas 5 mins, metho 8 mins. I am still tossing up between gas and metho but either way I will have to build a gimballed platform for the stove.
On smaller yachts it is always a difficult choice on which kind of stove to have.
Thank you Cisco =)
I'll do some more googling. Also if I get it running I'll post you a photo =)
Thank you again for your help!!
Cheers
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Try these people . If they don't have it, it never existed.
Cheers John
With a pressure Kero stove you have to warm the burner with Metho first so the Kero turns into a vapour then you light the burner which burns the vapour .
I put a pot on my kero stove full of water and also on on the gas stove in the kitchen one night and they both boiled around the same time
Cisco right you need to make sure the burners is warmed the kero turning it into a vapour other wise you will end up with a yellow flame sooting every thing inside the cabin roof.
The newer burners work well compared to the older style
If its a kero stove you pump up the tank and add some metho to the bottom under the burner 20ml should do and light it, then when the metho goes out you crack open the burner and light the kero vapour. The flame should be blue
Probably need a syringe to put the metho into the recess in a seaway. Kero stoves are good for camping, not so sure about small yachts. I use gas. Brace myself with left hand and use long probe igniter. Turn gas off at bottle after use.
There are plastic bottles with brass spouts for priming kero stoves. Kero stoves are a great choice for small yachts and bigger yachts.
I had a Taylor Marine kero stove the same as HGO2 has on my Peterson 42. It is a great stove but I rarely if ever used the oven. Cooking a roast for 2 to 3 hours on a yacht might be someting one does in Tasmania, but not in Queensland.
On the weekend I scored a really good 2 burner kero stove with underslung tank for $100.
For me I think it will be perfect as I know how to use it. Light weight, fierce flame and no need for a gas certificate.
