Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:53:35 -0700
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: LP regulator tester. PIC + Question
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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.

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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
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