Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:57:21 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: LP regulator tester. PIC + Question
Comments: To: Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <46AFBA54.3090207@earthlink.net>
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On Jul 31, 2007, at 4:40 PM, Mark Drillock wrote:

>
> I am just a home driveway hack but I have tested and repaired quite a
> few Westy propane systems as well as other RV propane systems.
>
> Mark

I f Mark is just a driveway hack, what does that make many of the
bozos like moi?

Tom B.-1 man's hack is another man's genius?


>
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott wrote:
>
>> On 7/31/2007 2:09 PM Mark Drillock wrote:
>>
>>> You need an open bleed hole between the reg and the water while
>>> measuring the levels.
>>
>>
>> Am I correct to assume that one should not check to see if the
>> bleed is
>> working properly by holding a lighted match near it to catch a draft?
>>
>> But about that bleed thing: presumably the regulator is designed
>> to work
>> even when only the Dometic refrigerator is turned on. The orifice is
>> effectively the "bleed" under those conditions, and that orifice is
>> really really small. So the regulator must be able to regulate
>> even with
>> such tiny gas flow. If a fellow could put such a small bleed hole
>> in his
>> manometer I wager a bottle of good beer that the measured pressure
>> would
>> be the same whether that bleed was open or shut. Neil - you have a
>> manometer rigged right now, wanna test my hypothesis? Put a
>> pinhole in
>> the input tubing for your bleed. To plug it, use a wad of gum or some
>> old Bandaid.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
>>