AverageWhiteBloke
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Had some strange problems the last couple of days, following on from this http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=18545 I bought a new reg and atom diffuser from AE. Everything worked ok for a day then got home to find no co2 coming out the diffuser. I turned it up and co2 started coming out again.
This morning before I left for work I switched it on just to check it was ok rather than finding it hadn't worked when I got home and there was a little burst of bubbles in the bubble counter then it stopped working. When I stripped it down I noticed there was a bit of moisture coming out from the inlet side of the solenoid. I put this down to possibly two things, 1. While the reg had been knocked off for a few days some water may have run back from the tank into it or 2.I have heard that some FE's when nearly empty can dump co2 fluid out.
I stripped it down and tried to eliminate problems one at a time using a glass diffuser as opposed the atomiser. Firstly reg to glass diffuser worked no problem. Then I threw the solenoid on and worked no problem. Tried with bubble counter worked no problem. Tried the atomiser on and it stopped working.
My question is when a FE is nearly empty would it still give you a blast as mine did with everything off, would it possibly still show 65bar working pressure on the reg gauge and would the higher pressure required by atom diffusers cause enough back pressure for a nearly empty FE to stop working?
I have used atom diffusers with both these reg for months without any problems but as this is the first FE that has possibly ran out I'm not sure whether I have a problem here or simply a FE running on dregs can't handle an atom diffuser which may be the reason for the moisture in the solenoid and it working with a glass diffuser.
This morning before I left for work I switched it on just to check it was ok rather than finding it hadn't worked when I got home and there was a little burst of bubbles in the bubble counter then it stopped working. When I stripped it down I noticed there was a bit of moisture coming out from the inlet side of the solenoid. I put this down to possibly two things, 1. While the reg had been knocked off for a few days some water may have run back from the tank into it or 2.I have heard that some FE's when nearly empty can dump co2 fluid out.
I stripped it down and tried to eliminate problems one at a time using a glass diffuser as opposed the atomiser. Firstly reg to glass diffuser worked no problem. Then I threw the solenoid on and worked no problem. Tried with bubble counter worked no problem. Tried the atomiser on and it stopped working.
My question is when a FE is nearly empty would it still give you a blast as mine did with everything off, would it possibly still show 65bar working pressure on the reg gauge and would the higher pressure required by atom diffusers cause enough back pressure for a nearly empty FE to stop working?
I have used atom diffusers with both these reg for months without any problems but as this is the first FE that has possibly ran out I'm not sure whether I have a problem here or simply a FE running on dregs can't handle an atom diffuser which may be the reason for the moisture in the solenoid and it working with a glass diffuser.