I saw a shutoff tee valve sold by NOS but it was ~$100!!! I am sure that this is way over priced but I can't find another place to buy one. I am going to try Earls performance fittings tomorrow, but does anyone else have any ideas?

Dustin

 

ebay?

 

TTT. This would be great because you would be able to heat your bottle and watch the pressure while not putting constant stress on your solenoid.

 

yeha is it on ebay??

 

couldn't find one on e-bay

 

did earls have it?

 

NX sells a bottle valve that has a non closable port for pressure gauges/heater transducers.

so you can keep your bottle closed, and know your bottle pressure.

Ryan.

 

how much is it?

 

Earls did not have it. I think they are owned by holley and would only recomend using the NOS valve. I would like to hear more about the bottle valve though.
I was hoping someone would know of some kind of propane/oxygen/welding supply type valve that I could use. I think I am going to go to a welding supply place tomorrow or the next day and ask them.
This seems like something that a lot of people would want, I am suprised more people have not looked into it. I know that a $90 valve is out of my budget right now. I will post if I find anything.

 

cool

 

I found it! A company called McMaster-Carr has a 1/4" Medium pressure ball valve for ~$20.00. It is rated for 2000 psi so it should work great. I also needed a $2.00 fitting from Earls to make it fit. The valve is in the mail.

This works out good for me because my bottle heater is pressure controlled so now I can drive around and have my bottle heater keeping the bottle at a good temp and not be stressing the solenoids always. I just have to turn a handle 1/4 turn to open the line.

See, poor college kids can find a way to do things right and cheap sometimes

Dustin