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start gas bottle question - 7/8/2003 4:59:23 PM   
J. Campbell


 

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Status: offline 		When filling the start gas bottle with powermax, how much do you put it? Do you wait for the pressure to equalize or will just a little do the trick. Thanks Russ Simjet 1200AES
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jrc316 - 7/8/2003 7:09:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Russ

Look in the post regarding "Wet Start" I believe Kevin has answered this question for you already.

He uses a clear line from the power max and gives a 3 second burst from the trigger valve. You can see after 3 seconds that the fuel stops flowing. The pressure inside the onboard tank equalizes to the pressure in the power max can.

Hope this is what you are looking for.

Gary

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start gas bottle question - 7/8/2003 7:19:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have a 1200 AES. It took me a few starts to learn the trick, but I pull the trigger on the Powermax and count to 4 (1001, 1002, 1003,1004) and release. Keep the propane tank as verticl as possible and it may require you to jiggle it a little bit if you tank sitting for a while before you start up. I mounted my tank with Velcro and when I that way I can reach down and jiggle it slightly if I need to. It starts everytime for me now with the onbaord tank, It took me a few times to get it right.
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gas bottle - 7/9/2003 2:24:33 AM   
J. Campbell


 

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Status: offline 		Yes! that is what i did, held the trigger untill i no longer saw the bubbles going into the bottle. I was just wondering if i was using too much. The engine started fine on the first try. Thanks Russ

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start gas bottle question - 7/10/2003 5:52:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Russ,

I've found that you don't generally need to continue adding PowerMax until the pressure equalizes. I like to try to use just enough for one start, and I've found that a ~3 sec burst usually does the trick.


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