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Posted by spaco on March 18, 2007, 4:44 pm
Please log in for more thread options Make sure the bottle was mfr'd later than 2002. IIRC, they had the flow
restrictor in them from about 2000 to 2002. Shouldn't be a problem if
it is a new bottle from a place that moves their stock often. Tell the
seller that you need to run a weed burner. They put out about 500,000
btu/hr. That's about 5.5 gallons of propane per hour (500,000/90,000).
If in doubt, go to a company that sells propane.
10 psi doesn't tell the whole story, its the flow that is the issue.
You may need to put your 20# bottle into a tub of water to keep it from
freezing up if you run your forge for several hours at a time.
Pete Stanaitis
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theChas. wrote:
> Soon I will be purchasing my first ever 20 pound propane bottle, for my
> 'forge under construction'. I have reason to believe some of them have a
> flow restricting device installed.
> If this is so, how does one make sure he is not getting such a bottle? Is
> there lettering or some descriptive warning that such a bottle has this
> safety device installed. I imagine there is no way to remove the device
> from a full bottle without transfering the gas to another bottle first.
> I will be running a Zoeller sidedraft 3/4" burner at max 10 psi, I
> understand. I don't know the consumption for this burner, but I have read
> that one does not want a bottle with a flow restrictor.
> Any advice will be appreciated...thanks.
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