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 Topic: Camping Gaz Flow rates?
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12/7/2010 at 2:32pm
Location: Lowestoft Suffolk
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Your previous experiences of 'flame throwers' (accompanied by a roaring noise?) was probably on devices that operated at cylinder pressure. The correct regulator will be blue (for Butane) and set to 27 millibars (I think.)
The regulator reduces the pressure and regulates the flow to be even, irrespective of how full or empty the cylinder is.
As long as the flame boils your kettle in a reasonable time and does not too easily blow out, it should be fine.
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12/7/2010 at 3:40pm
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If it boils a kettle in reasonable time, its ok. If not & stove is old, clean out burners. If regulator is old replace it, they don't last forever.
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14/7/2010 at 12:01am
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I used a GAZ stove with a GAZ regulator as you describe for many years, never burning any food. Then I lost the regulator, so had to buy a new one, wow, at least twice the flame I had been used to. So I can only assume some GAZ regulators may restrict a bit too much. If you could borrow one just to try, that may be the problem.
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