Posted by sflem849 on February 22, 2010 at 16:51:59 from (69.197.84.192):
In Reply to: 450 LP head again posted by Mike in tex on February 21, 2010 at 10:37:40:
Blackland Dan said: (quoted from post at 16:06:33 02/22/10) sflem, you threw some stuff out there that got me to scrambling to see what they mean. I already understand flash point but the stoichiometric ratios got me going. You're right about the lower flash point of propane vs gasoline, -45 for gasoline and -156 for propane. However, the stoich values are 14.7 for gasoline and 15.7 for propane. I don't know if that 1 % is substantial or not. Thank you for the lesson. I always learn neat stuff on here. Dan
I learned it in Haz Mat Tech training for the FD. Basically Stoich Ratio amounts to how soon and how often you will blow up. Probably doesn't even apply to this bc you are playing with all of it in the carb to make it work perfectly. We used it with LEL (Lower Explosive Limits) to determine if we could go in.
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