Nitrous on the street
10-13-2009, 11:00 AM
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Nitrous on the street I'm in the middle of my nitrous install and I had a question pop into my mind. Is it safe to leave the bottle closed with the automatic bottle heater on? I want to have my system ready just in case I run into a Z06 (or something like that), but I don't want to waste nitrous by continually filling my lines and not using it. I know I will need to purge to get the air out of the lines, but like I said, I want it to be ready at a moment's notice.
Bottle will be mounted in spare tire area with remote bottle opener.
Bottle will be mounted in spare tire area with remote bottle opener.
10-13-2009, 11:16 AM
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im pretty sure if the valve is closed the heater will not come on. the heater needs to sense pressure before it will activate and with the valve closed there will be no pressure to read. i could be wrong though.
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10-13-2009, 01:03 PM
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You should be fine, just think about the temp outside has a direct effect on bottle pressure, so your heater may shut off at 950. But the heat from the enviroment could push it 1,400 or more. I would think if you have a blow down tube or some type of pressure release you should be ok.
10-13-2009, 01:27 PM
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Leaving the bottle on is hard on solenoids from what i understand, i never leave my on on the street, however when im cruising down the road i will look at the pressure guage (tunnel mount) and try and keep it around 900-950. Ive heard of a few stories where open bottles caused leaky solenoids.
10-13-2009, 07:58 PM
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Leaving the bottle on is hard on solenoids from what i understand, i never leave my on on the street, however when im cruising down the road i will look at the pressure guage (tunnel mount) and try and keep it around 900-950. Ive heard of a few stories where open bottles caused leaky solenoids.
10-13-2009, 08:42 PM
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it will come on with the bottle closed depending how you wires the pressure sensor. I bypassed mine so i could heat it with the bottle closed or open, plus get it up the the psi i want it at. If you leave it on to long with the bottle closed and you actually have a blowdown tube and you forget about it you'll just loose your bottle full of nitrous.
10-13-2009, 08:52 PM
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it will come on with the bottle closed depending how you wires the pressure sensor. I bypassed mine so i could heat it with the bottle closed or open, plus get it up the the psi i want it at. If you leave it on to long with the bottle closed and you actually have a blowdown tube and you forget about it you'll just loose your bottle full of nitrous.
10-14-2009, 01:50 PM
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This is way wrong. First off, the bottle must never be “full” There must always be vapor space to allow for expansion of liquid nitrous. Second, all nitrous users need to know that when both vapor and liquid are present pressure is determined by temperature and is unrelated to the quantity of liquid (fullness).
10-14-2009, 04:48 PM
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I turn the heater on with the bottle closed all of the time. I got tired of wasting nitrous from opening, purging, then closing the bottle for a race that didn't happen. I also bypassed the regulator to get the pressure where I want it. Just don't forget to turn it off!
10-14-2009, 09:48 PM
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This is way wrong. First off, the bottle must never be “full” There must always be vapor space to allow for expansion of liquid nitrous. Second, all nitrous users need to know that when both vapor and liquid are present pressure is determined by temperature and is unrelated to the quantity of liquid (fullness).
10-14-2009, 10:53 PM
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Heater will turn on when bottle is closed but will not turn off when pressure is reached. You must remember to turn off heater yourself when pressure is reached.
