I'm new to nitrous and went out to run it for the first time. When I turned the bottle on, the pressure was at about 800 psi, when I turn my bottle warmer on, how long should it take to warm up to about 1000 psi? Also when I turn the system and bottle off and park the car, the gauge(mounted on the pillar in the car) obviously still shows pressure in the system. Anything I should do about this or just let it sit like that?

 

getting the bottle pressure up with the heater depends on a couple things , how full is the bottle, temp outside ,ect.......it usually takes my heater(NOS) like 10 mins or so..........as far as pressure in the system ,you could install a purge and with the bottle valve closed just hit the purge to release the pressure........

 

3-5 minutes with a torch.

 

Very funny

My bottle heater will sometimes take 20 minutes to heat the bottle and that is with it 3/4+ full (to go from 650-950psi). I think a lot of it depends on the wire you used. If you used a good thick 10 gauge wire to feed the voltage to your heater it will function more efficient than if you use something like a 16-18 gauge wire. I think mine is wired with 14g and would be better off with at least 12g. As previously stated also, the amount of nitrous in the bottle has a direct correlation to the amount of time it takes to increase the pressure as well. Of course, how cold the bottle is to start with will make a difference too.