I can relate to that...but how is this for a dirty deed. I had a
friend who was going through a divorice. He would have offed h is old
lady if he could. We was a welder by trade. So what he did was
inflated her tires on the 1970 Impalla with acetylene, with the
concept that when she made her run to work (bout 80 miles one way) on
the interstate in the summer, those tires would get hotter, and
pressure would increase over what he had them inflated to, and
possibly blow and hopefully she would loose control.....or maybe hit
a pot hole and have it explode.....She went to work one day, made the
round trip uneventfull, and later on he had second thoughts as to what
he did, and wound up slicing her tires to get back at her let the
acetylene out. They were in th process of a divorice and still lived
in the same house all that time.......In theory I guess his idea could
very well work.......but she made a decenlty long run to and from and
on rough Pennsylvania interstates just fine....


On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:49:48 -0500, "digitalmaster"
wrote:

"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 17:19:51 -0500, "digitalmaster"
wrote:

"Roy" wrote in message
k.net...
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.


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Pretty sure most who use acetylene is aware of this, but it does not
apply if a acetylene reg is use with propane.

It is not a good idea to run acetylene at pressure above 15 psi.Above
15 psi
acetylene is unstable and can spontaniously explode.To acheive higher
pressure in an acetylene cylinder the acetylene is dissolved in
acetone.Hence the red marking for 15 psi and above on the regulator.


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You would be astounded at the number of people who use a torch daily and do
not know why the acetylene regulator redlines at 15 psi.


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