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Date:         Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:23:59 -0600
Reply-To:     Alfred Bagdan <abagdan@POWERSURFR.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alfred Bagdan <abagdan@POWERSURFR.COM>
Subject:      Re: More fridge help needed.
Comments: To: "Anthony L. Mourkas" <frankenstein@TELPLUS.NET>
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----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony L. Mourkas <frankenstein@TELPLUS.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 6:32 PM Subject: Re: More fridge help needed.

> >You make a "U" shape out of the tube, with the 0-11 scale you marked on the > >left leg of the U, and the right leg of the U attached to the regulator. > >You fill the U with enough water that the base of the meniscus (the > >waterline) comes to 5.5", filling the bottom of the U. > > > >You turn on the gas, and plug the open regulator port with a spare > >finger(since there are two ports). The gas will push the water up the left > >leg of the tube...hopefully EXACTLY 11". > > I was under the impression that a spec of 11 inches referred to the total > distance that the gas would raise a column of water. In this example > therefore after making a "U" with the clear plastic tubing and filling > with an adequate amount of water and ensuring that the water levels were > exactly equal on each side of the "U", I marked the zero pressure water > level with a black marker, measured up the open end of the "U" 11" from > the zero point and made another mark labeled 11". After opening the gas > valve, I adjusted the regulator until the column of water rose to the 11" > mark. > > So which is it? Does one measure the difference in water levels from one > side of the "U" to the other after application of pressure? Or does one > measure the total distance that the gas has lifted the liquid from a zero > point on one side of the "U"? > > Thanks, > > Tony > Tony

It is the difference in the height of the 2 columns, not how high one column rises. You now have 22 inches of pressure in your gas lines, the way you did it. Does your fridge light and how about the flames on the stove?

Alfred


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