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re camping gaz bottles.
I have a camping gaz bottle that holds six pounds of butane and it is
coloured blue. Recently, my wife bought herself a new double burner and grill unit which came with a regulator and pipe. The regulator, which is flattish and about 2 to 3 inches in diam. and is marked up 28. This looks like being a diaphragm type letting out gas at 28mB. The bottle was originally bought for a double burner and grill about 40 years ago (tilly titan IIRC)and the regulator we used on it is about an inch tall, disregarding the threaded parts and about 7/8 of an inch in diam. I have just tried blowing through it after opening the valve and there is very little resistance.Does anyone know at what pressure the gas comes out it? Dave |
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re camping gaz bottles.
On 4 July, 23:50, dave wrote:
I have *a camping gaz bottle that holds six pounds of butane and it is coloured blue. Recently, my wife bought herself a new double burner and grill unit which came with a regulator and pipe. The regulator, which is flattish and about 2 to 3 inches in diam. and is marked up 28. This looks like being a diaphragm type letting out gas at 28mB. The bottle was originally bought for a double burner and grill about 40 years ago (tilly titan IIRC)and the regulator we used on it is about an inch tall, disregarding the threaded parts and about 7/8 of an inch in diam. I have just tried blowing through it after opening the valve and there is very little resistance.Does anyone know at what pressure the gas comes out it? Dave You need to be aware that there is propane and there is butane and there is the two mixed. These regulators can be adjusted if you take the top off. Screwing the screw revealed IN increases pressure. Be carefull there are no leaks when you put the top back on. |
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re camping gaz bottles.
On 05/07/2010 17:14, harry wrote:
On 4 July, 23:50, wrote: I have a camping gaz bottle that holds six pounds of butane and it is coloured blue. Recently, my wife bought herself a new double burner and grill unit which came with a regulator and pipe. The regulator, which is flattish and about 2 to 3 inches in diam. and is marked up 28. This looks like being a diaphragm type letting out gas at 28mB. The bottle was originally bought for a double burner and grill about 40 years ago (tilly titan IIRC)and the regulator we used on it is about an inch tall, disregarding the threaded parts and about 7/8 of an inch in diam. I have just tried blowing through it after opening the valve and there is very little resistance.Does anyone know at what pressure the gas comes out it? Dave You need to be aware that there is propane and there is butane and there is the two mixed. I am aware of this. The bottle is blue. These regulators can be adjusted if you take the top off. Screwing the screw revealed IN increases pressure. Be carefull there are no leaks when you put the top back on. My question was not about this type, as I am quite familiar with how they work. My question was about the high pressure outlet of the one I could blow throw when I opened the valve. What is the pressure of the gas flow through it? Regards Dave |
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re camping gaz bottles.
On Jul 5, 10:33*pm, dave wrote:
On 05/07/2010 17:14, harry wrote: On 4 July, 23:50, *wrote: I have *a camping gaz bottle that holds six pounds of butane and it is coloured blue. Recently, my wife bought herself a new double burner and grill unit which came with a regulator and pipe. The regulator, which is flattish and about 2 to 3 inches in diam. and is marked up 28. This looks like being a diaphragm type letting out gas at 28mB. The bottle was originally bought for a double burner and grill about 40 years ago (tilly titan IIRC)and the regulator we used on it is about an inch tall, disregarding the threaded parts and about 7/8 of an inch in diam. I have just tried blowing through it after opening the valve and there is very little resistance.Does anyone know at what pressure the gas comes out it? Dave You need to be aware that there is propane and there is butane and there is the two mixed. I am aware of this. The bottle is blue. These regulators can be adjusted if you take the top off. *Screwing the screw revealed IN increases pressure. *Be carefull there are no leaks when you put the top back on. My question was not about this type, as I am quite familiar with how they work. My question was about the high pressure outlet of the one I could blow throw when I opened the valve. What is the pressure of the gas flow through it? Regards Dave- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The outlet pressure is 28 mbar - the normal pressure for most butane appliances in UK. Blowing through it should be like blowing through a pin hole. Just a tiny hiss. If you blow backwards it should close up. |
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re camping gaz bottles.
On Jul 6, 12:02*pm, andyv wrote:
On Jul 5, 10:33*pm, dave wrote: On 05/07/2010 17:14, harry wrote: On 4 July, 23:50, *wrote: I have *a camping gaz bottle that holds six pounds of butane and it is coloured blue. Recently, my wife bought herself a new double burner and grill unit which came with a regulator and pipe. The regulator, which is flattish and about 2 to 3 inches in diam. and is marked up 28. This looks like being a diaphragm type letting out gas at 28mB. The bottle was originally bought for a double burner and grill about 40 years ago (tilly titan IIRC)and the regulator we used on it is about an inch tall, disregarding the threaded parts and about 7/8 of an inch in diam. I have just tried blowing through it after opening the valve and there is very little resistance.Does anyone know at what pressure the gas comes out it? Dave You need to be aware that there is propane and there is butane and there is the two mixed. I am aware of this. The bottle is blue. These regulators can be adjusted if you take the top off. *Screwing the screw revealed IN increases pressure. *Be carefull there are no leaks when you put the top back on. My question was not about this type, as I am quite familiar with how they work. My question was about the high pressure outlet of the one I could blow throw when I opened the valve. What is the pressure of the gas flow through it? Regards Dave- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The outlet pressure is 28 mbar - the normal pressure for most butane appliances in UK. Blowing through it should be like blowing through a pin hole. Just a tiny hiss. *If you blow backwards it should close up. Very simple to see if the regulator works, fire up both burners then adjust one. NT |
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re camping gaz bottles.
On 06/07/2010 14:11, NT wrote:
On Jul 6, 12:02 pm, wrote: On Jul 5, 10:33 pm, wrote: On 05/07/2010 17:14, harry wrote: On 4 July, 23:50, wrote: I have a camping gaz bottle that holds six pounds of butane and it is coloured blue. Recently, my wife bought herself a new double burner and grill unit which came with a regulator and pipe. The regulator, which is flattish and about 2 to 3 inches in diam. and is marked up 28. This looks like being a diaphragm type letting out gas at 28mB. The bottle was originally bought for a double burner and grill about 40 years ago (tilly titan IIRC)and the regulator we used on it is about an inch tall, disregarding the threaded parts and about 7/8 of an inch in diam. I have just tried blowing through it after opening the valve and there is very little resistance.Does anyone know at what pressure the gas comes out it? Dave You need to be aware that there is propane and there is butane and there is the two mixed. I am aware of this. The bottle is blue. These regulators can be adjusted if you take the top off. Screwing the screw revealed IN increases pressure. Be carefull there are no leaks when you put the top back on. My question was not about this type, as I am quite familiar with how they work. My question was about the high pressure outlet of the one I could blow throw when I opened the valve. What is the pressure of the gas flow through it? Regards Dave- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The outlet pressure is 28 mbar - the normal pressure for most butane appliances in UK. Blowing through it should be like blowing through a pin hole. Just a tiny hiss. If you blow backwards it should close up. Very simple to see if the regulator works, fire up both burners then adjust one. The regulator in front of me will pass my breath both ways and it has no way of adjusting it. An earlier poster mentioned that the old burners worked at full pressure. This pressure is what I am asking about, as my blow torch was originally on a gas bottle that you could pick up and hold. At the time, I was going through gas very fast, so adapted it to connect, through a rubber pipe, to the butane 6lb bottle The 28mB regulator is good for a modern camping gas burner for camping, but not my blow torch, or my old two burner and grill camping stove. Not sure if I still have it, but there is a 28 mB regulator I bought some years ago, when I couldn't find my high pressure one and at the time couldn't understand why my torch wouldn't work. I hope this will clear things up, along with whatever other posters have added and written. Regards Dave |
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re camping gaz bottles.
On Jul 6, 4:58*pm, dave wrote:
On 06/07/2010 14:11, NT wrote: On Jul 6, 12:02 pm, *wrote: On Jul 5, 10:33 pm, *wrote: On 05/07/2010 17:14, harry wrote: On 4 July, 23:50, * *wrote: I have *a camping gaz bottle that holds six pounds of butane and it is coloured blue. Recently, my wife bought herself a new double burner and grill unit which came with a regulator and pipe. The regulator, which is flattish and about 2 to 3 inches in diam. and is marked up 28. This looks like being a diaphragm type letting out gas at 28mB. The bottle was originally bought for a double burner and grill about 40 years ago (tilly titan IIRC)and the regulator we used on it is about an inch tall, disregarding the threaded parts and about 7/8 of an inch in diam. I have just tried blowing through it after opening the valve and there is very little resistance.Does anyone know at what pressure the gas comes out it? Dave You need to be aware that there is propane and there is butane and there is the two mixed. I am aware of this. The bottle is blue. These regulators can be adjusted if you take the top off. *Screwing the screw revealed IN increases pressure. *Be carefull there are no leaks when you put the top back on. My question was not about this type, as I am quite familiar with how they work. My question was about the high pressure outlet of the one I could blow throw when I opened the valve. What is the pressure of the gas flow through it? Regards Dave- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The outlet pressure is 28 mbar - the normal pressure for most butane appliances in UK. Blowing through it should be like blowing through a pin hole. Just a tiny hiss. *If you blow backwards it should close up. Very simple to see if the regulator works, fire up both burners then adjust one. The regulator in front of me will pass my breath both ways and it has no way of adjusting it. An earlier poster mentioned that the old burners worked at full pressure. This pressure is what I am asking about, as my blow torch was originally on a gas bottle that you could pick up and hold. At the time, I was going through gas very fast, so adapted it to connect, through a rubber pipe, to the butane 6lb bottle The 28mB regulator is good for a modern camping gas burner for camping, but not my blow torch, or my old two burner and grill camping stove. Not sure if I still have it, but there is a 28 mB regulator I bought some years ago, when I couldn't find my high pressure one and at the time couldn't understand why my torch wouldn't work. I hope this will clear things up, along with whatever other posters have added and written. Regards Dave- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yes sorry I now see what you're getting at. You want to know what pressure your old regulator is rated at. I recently was after some adapters to get my German spec camper fridge going and contacted http://www.socal.co.uk/ You might like to put your query to them. |
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On 06/07/2010 17:29, andyv wrote:
Yes sorry I now see what you're getting at. You want to know what pressure your old regulator is rated at. I recently was after some adapters to get my German spec camper fridge going and contacted http://www.socal.co.uk/ You might like to put your query to them. Many thanks for that. I do several trips to Portsmouth, so I'll call in next time I am down there. Regards Dave |
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