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ironsmith

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  1. thanks Frank, I did a quick google search on them. came up with pine creek industries which has the same description of the traveler you posted about. they price them at $37.43 they also list many other buggy parts and tools. 

  2. Well said JWS, and you hit the nail on the head at what i was thinking about with doubling the voltage, it's been a long while since i've cracked a book on basic electricity  so i  defaulted to the old standard p=VI, which is power, when dealing with heat the measurements are in Joules which is basically watts/sec.

     

    Looking on the net, this answer was the best i could find about it.

     

    The amount of heat produced by an electric current flowing in a conductor is given by:
    Q = I2*R*t

     

    ( with 120v)   8amps * 15ohms * 10 sec= 1200joules

    (with 240v )   16amps * 15ohms * 10 sec= 2400joules

    where Q is heat; I is current; R is resistance of the conductor; t is time

    or:

     one can say the the resulting work done by the electric current is heat. This gives rise to a second formula:
    W = V*I*t
    where V is volts and W is work.
     

    120v * 8amps * 10sec = 9600joules

    240v * 8amps * 10sec =    19200 joules

    you do get more heat with 240 :)

    if you can give me more info or if I am incorrectly understanding this please let me know !

     

    Thanks for challenging me Steve ;)

  3. Thanks for the 2cents guys, as frosty says i have the tank so i was going to use it.

    I am familiar with building/ tuning forges and had never ran across a reason why no one

    has used liquid propane, Again Frosty gave me his experience.

     

    I can see it would be way too dangerous to attempt a burner with liquid propane.

     

    thanks for the offer Direwolf, I have 4 tanks as it is ;)  i need to sell them and get a 100lb tank one day.

  4. hey thanks for the reply,

     

    there is a valve for vapor, but i have never seen any fittings available for it at the box stores. I'll have to do some research to see what it would take.

     

    I am interested to see how it would act on the liquid though, curious if there would be any difference.

  5. Hey Guys,

     

    I was wondering if anyone has had experience with liquid propane as a fuel source for a gas forge i.e. the kind of tank that comes off of

     

    a forklift.

     

    i suspect the propane would turn into vapor past the regulator. so i  was wondering if i would need  a specific reg for the fluid. also what

     

    other dangers would i run into that would be different from a normal BBQ tank.

     

     

     

     

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