I am part of a youth organisation that camps a few times a year with approximately 100 people. We have had a couple of Dean Boilers run from propane.
They have lasted really well probably 30 years old or so. The last one finally died this weekend when it was allowed to boil dry for a good while. It now leaks like a sieve and the actual copper inner tank has pin hole in a few places. I have repaired it in the past but the remaining metal is just not thick enough anymore and the folded seams are leaking.
Ideally we need to buy a new one the one below listed on Ebay is too far from Devon and the seller wont post plus they have not been made for a long time so I suspect it may not have many years of life left in it.
We have always used the boiler outside of the main kitchen tent that helps to keep a lot of heat and moisture out of the tent.
The only real alternatives that I can find are the Burco Catering boilers but they are expensive have a tap that flows pretty slowly for filling up big pans / washing up bowls etc. and they only hold 20 litres so we would need 2 or 3 and would have to put them on a table which then makes filling them awkward. The old one held at least 50 litres.
If anybody has any suggestions or designs, we can fabricate most things as a group.
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