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Contents:
  natural gas regulators (Paul Hethmon)


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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:32:39 -0500
From: Paul Hethmon <phethmon at hethmon.com>
Subject: natural gas regulators

First, thanks to everyone for the replies and suggestions. I thought
I would send a single response and follow up.

Ryan Kearn suggested some ball valves:

I've got ball valves on each burner to control the output already
though I'm not convinced these are the best burner design for
doing variable control. The one good burning burner can be 
controlled fairly well with the valve.

bill keiser asked about an air/gas mixing adjustment;

These type of burners have no adjustment at all. The brass jets
are milled, no moving parts.

oobyjooby asks whether both are in fact the same:

That's a good idea for me to check. I will do that, though perhaps
not tonight. While they were purchased together, that doesn't mean
they are the same. Cursory handling of them makes them look the
same.

Chuck Petersen suggests making sure no creepies are in the way:

Mine are inside, but that doesn't rule out little creepies in the jets. 
I'll be sure to clean them out when I check them.

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What I've decided to try is to add a natural gas regulator made
by Maxitrol, model RV48. Since HBD is still a bit picky on line
length and such, I won't post a link, but a Google search will 
turn it up. Runs about $17 and is available in both a 1/2 inch
and 3/4 inch size. It's rated to supply enough gas for 230k
btus/hour.

I'll follow up with the results once I have it installed and brew.

Thanks again for all the suggestions.

Paul

Paul Hethmon
Farragut, Tennessee
[1218.5, 357.4deg] AR



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