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Sunday, June 16, 2019
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Entry 103 of 210 |
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Regulator Flow Rate
While the activation of the regulator is dependent on the controller, the flow rate of CO2 is regulated via the brass adjustment knob. This has required some initial finesse because if the flow rate it to high, the regulator will literally freeze up due to the cooling effect of the compressed CO2.
The regulator is on in the image, and there is a small silver colored ball just above the 20 SCFH (Standard Cubic Feet per Hour) level. Through some trial and error the max flow rate before regulator freeze-up is about 25 SCFH even though the surrounding air temperature can be 85F+. This flow rate does work and the regulator will be wet but not completely freeze. There are inline heaters that could be purchased if a high flow rate was needed, but I do not want to add the additional equipment that could fail and result in a frozen regulator.
The tank is mounted to the scaffolding and located near an entrance door to make the exchange of bottles as safe and as easy as possible.
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