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Old 04-05-2007, 01:35 PM
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Stupid question, but I don't have the install instructions for my kit anymore.

On the controller box (mine is the one without any dial markings... but with an LED and a purge button), what exactly is changed when you turn the adjustment ****?

I assumed that it was controlling a variable pump speed... but maybe that's not precisely true? I'm trying to get a sense of the range of whatever parameter is being controlled by this ****.

Fully counterclockwise, it clicks into an "off" position.

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It's the ramp-rate used for the pump
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I should have just PM'd you, shouldn't I?

So fully counter-clockwise would specify that the pump takes longer to reach full speed?

And once the ramp is finished, the amount of methanol sprayed is solely regulated by jet sizing?
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The **** fully counterclockwise on my LABELED box is OFF. All the way clockwise is maximum ramp rate.

With the PAC controller installed, you can adjust turn-on point and initial flow. The ramp rate of the main control **** tells it how fast to ramp up to the full flow. So youre correct, once the ramping up is finished the amount of methanol sprayed is regulated by the jet size.
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counter clockwise needs a reference to determine... Moving it until the **** turns it off, and then fully in the opposite direction will create a nearly non-existent ramp (full-on). And for your last question: yes

Don't forget, in the other enclosure are 2 pots that adjust 1. turn-on point and 2. initial spray level/volume.
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