On most of those irons there is a control to adjust how much air gets into the mixture. On all that I have used you can change this to compinsate for altitude.
Sent from my iPhone this time > On Jul 10, 2014, at 9:45 PM, Tim Elwell <t...@kg1gem.com> wrote: > >> On 7/10/14 9:24 PM, Al Lorona wrote: >> This FD I had reason to use it. However, I couldn't ignite it. It would >> sputter and refuse to burn. We were at 7400' (2260 m). >> When we got back home it worked perfectly. So I guess that these butane >> torches aren't any good at high elevation? > Not sure what make you have, but I have a cheap little Radio Shack model that > I take from virtually sea level (600ft) to Breckenridge, CO (9600ft) every > winter and use quite a bit while I'm there. I've never had any trouble with > it, other than running out of butane. I bought a new tip for mine not long > ago and it seems to have more trouble lightning than the original one. Other > than that, though, it's been a workhorse for me at all elevations. > > -- > Tim > > KG1GEM > Flower Mound, TX (Denton County) > EM13lb > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to gerrylear...@icloud.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
