From: Jim Newton (jnewton@laurel.com)
Date: Wed Jan 14 2004 - 16:10:48 PST
Hi Ryan...
>Be careful with the peanut oil. It could cause
>someone with a peanut allergy to drop from
>anaphylactic shock.
Yeah, I thought about that too but it turns out that the protein that
triggers the allergic reaction is not present in peanut oil.
>Heh. That must have been fun!
Thanks...and yeah, it is a fun device. I highly suggest that all
MV'ers get one! They would be great for parades, or for obscuring
your parked MVs to comply with homeowners association regulations. ;)
>At 3:54 PM -0800 1/14/04, Jim Newton wrote:
>>Hello List...
>>
>>We're going to use an M3A4 smoke generator that was generously donated
>>to our group (thanks, George!) for an upcoming re-enactment event. I
>>fired it up yesterday on the very first try and it made gobs of smoke,
>>filling the neighborhood before I could shut it off. Here's a picture
>>my wife took of my second test firing (my Suburban is completely
>>obscured behind the smoke on the left side of the photo):
>>
>> http://216.103.65.124/archives/cimmerians/photos/smokegen_01.jpg
>
>
>
>>I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried using vegetable oil (peanut,
>>corn, canola, soy bean, etc.) for the fog oil instead of SGF2 (which
>>is 10-weight light petroleum oil, mixed with kerosene to lower the
>>viscosity if needed in cold weather).
>
>
--Jim "Ike" Newton
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