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Old 2016-06-11, 1:36pm
Katia Katia is offline
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Default Uneven flame on Minor

This evening I tried to light my new Minor, but had a problem with the flame. When the oxy valve is opened on the torch, the oxycon seems to work normally (i appreciate that my wet hand is not the most precise measuring tool, but the flow feels even and stable). When i close the oxy valve for a few seconds to open the propan valve and light the torch and then open the oxy valve, the flame starts to change from oxydising shape to pure propane flame. During these several seconds oxycon beeps an error and falls to 0 lpm.

For me it looks like the oxy machine is too clever and immediately stops the flow if there is no exit. And when the valve opens again it can not restore the presetset level of oxygen. But separately the oxycon works just fine.

Propane seems to flow evenly, flame is same size without fluctuations.

I did not try to light the torch with the oxy valve open, since all I learned so far - POOP must be observed always.

The setup i have is as follows - minor, propane tank, flashback arrestor on propane. Bitmos Oxy 6000 6 lpm max (set to 5 now).

Thank you in advance.
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