Been using an acetylene regulator on my propane foundry furnaces for a
few years now, works just fine....I don;t know about the 2-15 range,
but even on an acetylene cylinder it was easy to run pressures up past
the recomended range.......perhaps accuracy of gauge / reg is off at a
higher output pressure, but for my use it is certainly not noticeable.


On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:02:45 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:
I just talked to Victor customer service. I called them to find out if I can use
their medium duty single stage acetylene regulator, no. SR-260A, on a propane
tank. They told me the following:

Both acetylene and propane cylinders use a CGA 510 connector (aka a POL fitting)
so you can generally use an acetylene regulator on a propane tanks but most
acetylene regulators are set up for the range 2-15 psi so if you plan to use
more propane than that you should either get your acetylene regulator modified
to use a stronger spring and different gauge or you should use a regulator set
up for propane. In addition, once you use a regulator for propane (which leaves
tarry residue inside) you should not go back to acetylene with that regulator.

As this has come up here before, I thought I'd pass this along for comment or FYI.

GWE

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