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5 Gallon Copper Kelly Kettle . - Reality Jones - 16 January 2012
I have recently come into posession of what can only be described as a 5 gallon, copper kelly kettle. It sits on a tripod about a foot high and has a copper tap.
It was used by my girlfriends mum when she was a child in Zanzibar and was their only way of getting hot water .
I have tried it out a couple of times now and it can boil the 5 gallons in a couple of minutes when its internal fire is burning well.
You can't drink the water because the 'Kettle' no longer has a lining and it needs to be 'tinned?' ( I think that's right)
If I can work out how to upload a photo I'll put a couple on.
I was wondering if any one else has ways of heating a large amount of water, post SHTF?
RE: 5 Gallon Copper Kelly Kettle . - NorthernRaider - 16 January 2012
I was thinking about getting a gas powered Berco for boiling water, you see em in comunity centers across the country, a big aluminium drum with a lid, and tap. I already have lots of gas bottle for the portable fire etc so a Berco would be handy.
Oops wrong spelling BURCO not BERCO
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&cp=8&gs_id=u&xhr=t&q=burco+water+boiler&safe=off&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=651&wrapid=tljp1326727216800014&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=4442155188109426229&sa=X&ei=REAUT8jKFYefOveFgMcP&sqi=2&ved=0CJIBEPICMAY#
RE: 5 Gallon Copper Kelly Kettle . - 00111001 - 16 January 2012
Sounds like a good piece of kit. Ive got a normal kelly kettle, but I can definately see the advantage of a big one for home use.
Even if you cant drink from it the ability to use it to make a bath, wash up would be great.. Probably quite cheap to get an aluminium one made up (or make it yourself if you know how)
RE: 5 Gallon Copper Kelly Kettle . - Rootsman - 16 May 2012
(16 January 2012, 15:58)Reality Jones Wrote: I have recently come into posession of what can only be described as a 5 gallon, copper kelly kettle. It sits on a tripod about a foot high and has a copper tap.This sounds like a similar thing to a Volcano kettle, which is (if you havent already seen one)basicly a copper or aluminium cone in a cone forming a cylinder which holds the water an there is a filler hole an a spout for pouring an a open hole at the top for the chimney, an you build a small fire inside the cone and it takes just a sheet or two of newspaper(or whatever) to boil a kettle full (pint) of water or longer depending on the size of your kettle.
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I have tried it out a couple of times now and it can boil the 5 gallons in a couple of minutes when its internal fire is burning well.
Good bit of kit.