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2015-04-19, 8:31pm
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Another flaming problem
Well crap. Haven't torched for a while. When I tried to light back up it gave dragon's breath when oxy was added.
Checked the regulator, it's fine; changed to another propane tank; hung the hose to see if it might need de-gunking, turned down the oxy flow. It worked for a little bit. Turned it off, left the oxy con to run. Went back to torch in just a bit, turned on the kiln while getting a few things together & it was up to about 500 by the time I tried to light the torch again *&&*%^$$&^%#%@$ Flames on fine, but when I try to add in the oxy it turns to dragon's breath 
Help?!
dj
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2015-04-19, 9:57pm
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Sounds like your oxycon is kaput and only blowing air, not oxy. Or very low oxy. Might be time to have your sieve beds re-poured. Do you have access to another that you can try?
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2015-04-19, 10:01pm
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Aye, Makes me wonder how many hour it has on it?
Still I would think the various systems would set an alarm off before we found it going dragons breath. Ya' think?
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2015-04-20, 2:22pm
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The first thing I check when that happens with my concentrator is the compressor. The seals in the compressors usually go bad before the sieve beds do. I change the piston cup seals in my compressors about once a year.
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2015-04-20, 3:13pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Speedslug
Aye, Makes me wonder how many hour it has on it?
Still I would think the various systems would set an alarm off before we found it going dragons breath. Ya' think?
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Not sure what dragons breath is  . None the less, No. These things are intended for medical use and therefore the operational limits and alarms may not have any relevance to supplying a torch. As shawnette said already it sounds like the oxycon is kaput.
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2015-04-21, 5:33pm
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Queen of the milo field
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Sigh. I was afraid that might be it. Basement studio a likely cause.
Going to have to give Dave a call & get walked through a check up. First time for everything.
thanks
dj
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2015-04-22, 8:21am
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Where are you located? It's not very expensive to have sieve beds repoured.
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