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What to do
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:42 pm
by noname
What do people do when you unscrew the back of a combustion because it isn't working and hit the sparker. Do you sit and watch the fitting melt or do other people actually do stuff about it?
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:37 pm
by WOW!!
I made the mistake of trying to blow it out.....................BAD idea lol. Try waveing it fast.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:51 pm
by M3NT4L
That has happened to me what i do is put the cap back on partialy leaving a little space uncovered and the fire turns off
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:58 pm
by cannon freak
If that happens take the gun and invert it and set it on the ground and the fire will suffocate.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:01 pm
by Mihlrad
i take a 500 gallon engine with a 2 and a half inch hose and spray the sucker down.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:34 pm
by Steve-
lol, that'll do it
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:40 pm
by mark.f
Just screw the cap back on.
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:33 pm
by noname
Yeah, I'm going to put my hand next to something that's spraying out 6" of blue flames. I tried blowing it out but it ended up melting the threads off.
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:42 pm
by spud man
Do what cannon freak said. Any kind of ground should work
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:47 pm
by mark.f
Uh... yeah? Those six inch of flames aint that hot. Just cap it off and screw it shut. Since you blew it out, you were adding more O<sub>2</sub> to the problem, which is another reason your threads melted.
Just shoving the bottom against the ground works too.
-OR-
Switch to propane metering, and you'll never have this problem again, (outside of testing). The last time I had a launcher that didn't fire was just before I made my meter, using starter fluid, and a few times here and there tuning in new launchers and their meter pressures.