I recall one lister mentioning to me via pmail that he had his Westy regulator set lower than stock. Something like 10.5" water column. I gather this can be done with the two stage regulator. It has an adjustment screw. It's possible that lowering the pressure might help high altitude performance. Neil. On 8/19/07, Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > I sent a set of pictures to the list a couple of weeks ago showing > pictures of a 1985 camper owner manuel. It has a note about high altitude > Dometic use. > > It says that the OEM burner jet is a size #24. If using the Dometic at > altitudes over 6500 ft, to change this to a #22. The #22 is smaller. > > Seems to me that this smaller size can be mimicked by reducing the tank > pressure.Changing it from 11 inches of water column , to maybe 10 or 9 > inches may reduce the pressure same as using a smaller jet. What do you > think? > > The jet from a 182b for high altitude may or may not be avaliable this > long since the manuel was printed. It will fit the 182a if the entire > lower buirner box is exchanged, too. I called Dometic once and asked about > obsolete 182b parts.They gave me a phone number for a company that bought > their old stock. They had lots of stuff, and may have this high altitude > jet for a 182b.Dont remember the company name. >
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