Awesome thread guys. Hopefully somebody can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to setup an all 11"WC LP gas setup because I'm planning to do a Honeywell valve temperature controlled system. So far I've had countless problems with burners and gas flow and I'm a bit of a loss.
Stage 1:
High BTU LP regulator
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0024E6TQY/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
6 foot hose to the manifold
1/2" black iron manifold
23 tip jet burner (made sure I got LP and not NG jet tips)
This put out lots of yellow flames that put soot on everything and started melting my steel. Clearly too much heat and not enough gas pressure.
Stage 2:
Same setup with a 10 tip jet burner (made sure I got LP and not NG jet tips)
This still put out lots of yellow flame and soot, but at least I'm not melting my steel anymore.
Stage 3:
6inch Bayou cast iron LP burner
Blue flames, but it takes an 45-60min to heat water for mash in and barely can maintain a boil.
Stage 4:
10 inch Bayou cast iron LP burner
Blue flames, but I don't get anymore heat.
Stage 5:
I decide there is too much drag in my manifold somewhere and go straight from my tank to the burner with a 3 foot hose.
Barely gets the fire lit. Somehow this is worse than before.
Clearly my regulator has crapped out somehow. Most of the discussion here is about high pressure, so I'm not sure what good setup for LP. Is de3isit using high pressure and using the valves to control flow to his Honeywells there? Did I just get unlucky and buy a crappy regulator, if so what would you guys recommend? Would this all be easier if I just went to 10-30 PSI and used a valve to control flow to my Honeywell or what?
At this point I have several spare burners and I could setup in a variety of ways. I'm just tired of not getting anywhere with my attempts to fix it. Any help would be great.