Re: Pilot light
Posted by:
SSsssteamer (50.34.146.---)
Date: August 26, 2019 10:25AM
I use the Maxwell pilot light with the Coleman 500 generator. I try to keep the Hexane pressure at 12 PSI, however it still works well down at 5 PSI. The Hexane fuel that I use is very reliable. My pilot light does have a 3/16" stainless steel rod that is directly over the pilot light flame and it is called a re-igniter. It glows red in the flame and if the flame briefly blows out, the red hot igniter relights the flame. Hardly ever is a problem with my pilot lights in our three Stanleys. Another method that I practice by is the lower the pilot light pressure is, the easier it is for the generator to vaporize the fuel. It is like boiling water on a mountain top. With the lower air pressure at the higher elevation, the water will boil at a much lower temperature. It works the same with fuel. The opposite is also true, the higher the pilot air pressure, the higher the temperature has to be for the vaporizing of the fuel to occur.