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Harness the power of precision mixtures of pressurized flammable vapor. Safety first! These are advanced potato guns - not for the beginner.
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Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:59 pm

Along with the bank there should also be a betting house. I bet he gives up in a week, and I'm all in!
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Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:17 pm

No rp181, I meant more along the lines of "that method is so ludicrously inaccurate that it will only fire on the very rare occasion that you somehow get the mix right by shear luck".

How accurate is the gauge you're using? If it is better than Grade 1A, you might have a chance, but I wouldn't bet on it being consistent unless it was like a Grade 4A or something...
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Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:35 pm

Ahh, i get what im doing wrong. thanks for help.

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So I close the ball valve, open propane regulator, let section A fill to a certain PSI, close propane valve, open ball valve to release into chamber, close ball valve, and add air into it?
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Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:08 pm

yes but normally you would have two ball valves
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Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:14 pm

why 2? i have 2, but i dont see anything wrong with this.
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Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:37 pm

It is not nessesarry
what you you would do is open one(propane enters) and close that one. then the other one (dumps the propane into the chamber) And then close that and then pressurise. It just allows for more precise fueling.
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