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| Author: | Jim Baker [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Carbon Traps on a GP 9 |
I'm getting conflicting opinions from various fire authorities as to how much carbon collected in the carbon trap of a GP-9 (567 prime mover) is "bad." I've got one inspector that tells me that anything more than about a teaspoon of carbon particles in the bottom pipe cap is bad. Yet a Forest Service publication says that if the pipe cap is full, that is ok, but a pint or more is bad. Can anyone reference a technical publication of these carbon traps? I'd especially like to see a diagram of what the inside arrangement is. And any discussion as to how the thing is supposed to work, and if its efficiency drops as the collecting area fills. Thanks. |
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| Author: | Owen S. Paulsen [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Carbon Traps on a GP 9 |
Hi. The Calif. has a strict on the Spark Trap for internal combustion engine. But don't say the amount it the Spark Trap just the size of that exit the exhaust. http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fire_prevention_wildland_terminology.php?filter=S Stan Paulsen |
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