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Can anyone help me please?

I've just picked up a bargain double burner cooker secondhand from a charity shop (!) and it's called a Gimeg.  It looks in very good condition - the blue clear plastic protector is still on it, so it can't have been used.

Is there anyway I can tell what sort of fuel to use, or has anyone got one of these (it's a model 32)

I'd be very grateful of any help!

Christine

Gimeg seems to be based in the Netherlands.

Havn't got one, but picture of double burners are on http://www.gimeg.nl/?sc_id=592 but couldn't see a type 32. (if you click on the pics that shows more models). All the gas stoves seem to be rated at a gas pressure of 30mbar.

Maybe someone else can tell you which gas is suitable for a 30mbar burner.

Failing that Gimeg have a "contact us" tab on the web site, from the pictures try and decide which stove you have then e-mail them with your question.

Hope this helps you on your way a bit.

Big O

Thanks for going to all that trouble, Big O.  I'm just waiting for Herbert at Gimeg to get back to me, but I've had to send photos because he'd not heard of the model, so things aren't looking too hopeful!

Christine

I did get a reply from the lovely Herbert:

This cooker works on propane/butane gas with 30 mbar (gas
pressure indication).
The gashose you're using however isn't very good..... It's a waterhose.....
Please look for some (propane)gashose! Using waterhose is cheap but very
dangerous!!

Well, it's a mystery about this little stove, it's obviously not been used so I'm not sure why someone's attached a water hose to it.  I think that when I do get it running, I shall leave it burning out in the back garden in case it explodes!

So I'm assuming it runs just off a calor 907 or whatever but could someone please explain something about the underneath of the cooker?  The pipe that runs directly from the knobs to the rings looks like and double headed armoury helmet, in that it has a cut out on each side.  I'm probably not describing this very well but from my very naive point of view it looks like the gas will escape rapidly.

Am I being thick?

I'd say yes you can run it off any gas bottle you like with a regulator.

As for the helmet, I havn't a clue. I would hook it up to a bottle, switch on and then check for leaks. I'm sure there is an official gas mans way to check for leaks, but I would try water with washing up liquid on the bits you think might be leaking. If it blows bubbles then you have a leak.

Big O

oops,

Didn't mean yes you were being thick

Ha ha, well, you'd have been forgiven for calling me thick!

My now close friend Herbert has told me that these holes are:

The holes are no problem either.
The holes are to mix gas with air/oxygen, this mixture goes to the burner.

Well, they look dodgy to me but then I've never seen the underbelly of a gas burner!

Thanks again for your help!