Bottle temp?
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Bottle temp?
my bottle will not go over 900 psi, i have a nos warmer and i can leave it on for 10-30 mins and it never goes over 950 with a full bottle any suggestions, ended up getting smoked last night by a cammed ram air on gas with a stall im only spraying 100 shot but it felt like 40 at 800 psi 
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Re: Bottle temp? (joe03z06)
my bottle will not go over 900 psi, i have a nos warmer and i can leave it on for 10-30 mins and it never goes over 950 with a full bottle any suggestions, ended up getting smoked last night by a cammed ram air on gas with a stall im only spraying 100 shot but it felt like 40 at 800 psi
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Re: Bottle temp? (KillerVette99)
NOS warmers are notorious for only heating to ~900 PSI. The heating element is good (300 W) but the themostatis junk. Get a pressure controlled switch from Dyno Tune or Cold Fusion.
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Re: Bottle temp? (joe03z06)
joe03z06, there is a fix. Stock NOS bottle heaters come with conservative 85* thermastats and that is why you only get 900psi. You can replace these (there are two) with 95* stats which will give you 1050psi. If you go to ls1.com and do search on/for sept1234 or thermastats you will find that a group purchase or an individual will sell you stats for about $20.00 a pair. I bought mine that way. They come direct from manufacturer who supplys NOS: Portage Electric.
There are a few reasons I would stay with the NOS heater:
(1)NOS heater supplys more than 20% power/wattage than the NX: 300watts -vs- 240watts. That heats the bottle in 80% of the time that it takes a NX heater.
(2)Because the NOS heater is thermastatically controlled, it will heat the bottle wether it is open or closed. (some newer bottles do have a port for pressure transducer (nx) to work open/closed which is good)
(3)If your heater light on your switch goes out (not heating any longer) and your pressure gage reads less than 900psi you have only a couple pounds left: time to get refill. (some like the transducer sys better because it keeps the press steady at 1000psi full/empty which may be better for consistancy at strip but you have to weigh bottle to tell the weight in order to gauge empty/full?)
Hope this helps a little.
There are a few reasons I would stay with the NOS heater:
(1)NOS heater supplys more than 20% power/wattage than the NX: 300watts -vs- 240watts. That heats the bottle in 80% of the time that it takes a NX heater.
(2)Because the NOS heater is thermastatically controlled, it will heat the bottle wether it is open or closed. (some newer bottles do have a port for pressure transducer (nx) to work open/closed which is good)
(3)If your heater light on your switch goes out (not heating any longer) and your pressure gage reads less than 900psi you have only a couple pounds left: time to get refill. (some like the transducer sys better because it keeps the press steady at 1000psi full/empty which may be better for consistancy at strip but you have to weigh bottle to tell the weight in order to gauge empty/full?)
Hope this helps a little.
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Re: Bottle temp? (ICULUKN-C5)
take off the thermostat, and watch the temperature yourself. I can warm mine to 1200 no problem
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