
Ignitionoftheburner◆1.
(11)Lightthealcoholinthepre-heatingtray.Justbeforethealcoholisconsumed,opentheneedle
valveslowlytoabout15degreesforburnerignition.*Ifnotpreheatedsufficiently,thealcoholwill
notbevaporized.Insuchcases,closetheneedlevalveandrepeattheprocess(9)above.
*Themaximumopeningoftheneedlevalveisabout60degrees
fromfullclose.Adjusttothebestpositionafter10minutesʼ
operation.
*Usuallyitʼ snotnecessarytoopenneedlesofbothnozzles.When
youwantgreatersteamfortheengine,openingbothneedlesis
required.
Steamup*Usingthepressuregauge(option)ishighlyrecommended.
(12)Aftertheburnerisignited,ittakesabout8-12minutestoraisepressuresufficiently.Whenthe
pressuregaugeshows1.0~1.5kgf/cm2,opentheregulatorquicklytofullopenpositionandreturn
tofullclosepositiontogetridofremainingairinsidetheboiler.Thenpressuredropsimmediately
andrisesgraduallyagain.
(13)Whenthepressuregaugeshows1.0~2.0kgf/cm2,Steamupiscompletedandnowyoucan
operateregulatorstoruntheengineorusethewhistle.
CAUTION
◆1.Alwayskeepfuelcan,containers,andburnablematerialawayfromtheburner.Andkeepawet
towelnearbyforanemergency.
◆2.Excessivetighteningmaygreatlyshortenthelifeofpackings(O-ring,gasket,orglandpacking)
andevenstriporbreakthethreadedpartoftheneedlevalve,safetyvalves,andoverflowplug.
◆3.Alwaysusefixedwaterandfuellevelsfortheboilerandburners.
◆4.Donotfilluptheboilerwithhotwater.
◆5.Ifyourestarttheengineafterstoppingtheburnerforciblybyclosingneedlevalve,theremaybe
fuelremainingintheburner.Insuchcases,theburnercanbere-litimmediatelywhilethetankis
stillhot.ButthenDONOTaddanyfuel.
Orafteritgetscold,draintheremainingfuelfromtheburner(removethesafetyvalve[C]and
turntheburnerupsidedown),andfollowtheprocessoutlinedin(3)to(13)abovetorestart.
◆6.Incaseofengineracing,adjusttherpmusingtheneedlevalveandtheregulator.Operatingthe
engineathighrpmcancauseexcessivewearorotherdamage.
◆7.Aslongasyoufeedrecommendedquantitiesofwaterandfuel,theflamewillextinguishinabout
25minutes.Thequantitiesaremeasuredtoensurethattherewillbewaterleftintheboilerwhen
theflameisextinguished.Ifexcessivefuelisused,theboilerwillbecomeoverheatedafterthe
waterhasbeendepletedandtheflamecontinues.Thisdrysuperheatingcanbreaksomewelded
sectionsandcausesubsequentboilerleakage.Insomecases,severedamagecanresultwhich
cannotberepaired.
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Fullopen
approx.60degs
Fullclose
0deg
Burnerneedleposition