[Amps] Q: Chimneys for 3-500/4-400??

[Rich]

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>> Coleman still makes them and they althoiugh they have gone from cheap to
>> inexpensive.  The real cost is all the neat other stuff you buy when you go
>> to buy the lantern chimneys.
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>> Colin  K7FM
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>Amen, Colin!
>Gone are the days when I could stop off at W.W. Grainger and pick up
>a nice blower to go with the chimneys for $14.95.
>
Gone with the wind.  To meet Eimac's pressure spec for the air system 
socket one needs a high-pressure blower -- something that I have never 
seen in an inexpensive blower.

High pressure blowers typically consist of a largish wheel running at 
3450 rpm.  They are not quite quiet.

cheers, Phil

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