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Old 10-10-2006, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BMW Rider
I found that I can't get mine to hold a setting the way they reccomend adjusting it. It would do exactly what you are experiencing. Instead, I set the pressure at about 10 psi and then control the bubble count with the needle valve. It has woked fine this way for 7 months keeping a steady flow rate.
I'll basically second everything said here. Except that I set my psi to 18 even, I found I wasn't getting too consistent of a flowrate at 10. It could be the checkvalve I use though needs a higher psi. I got one from Wendell, it's some German, big name brandname but I can't remember the name offhand.

Even at 18 psi I find I don't have the steadiest of drip rates. I'll count bubbles in a 30 or 60 second period to try to get a decent estimate of the bubble rate, because in 10 seconds there can be a impressive variance in the rate. Blip.. blip................ blip blip blip ..... blip ..... blip ... blip, blip, blip, ............. blipblipblip! .......... etc.

All I've ever used is Milwaulkee so I just thought all regulators were like this. Now I'm thinking I want to try that other one that props showed.
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