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Old 2016-07-09, 4:10pm
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I wonder if the fuel you have access to is somehow not ideal for the way the hot head burns.

I believe the hot head is optimized for propane but if the fuel you are using is say more butane than propane that might change how the flame burns.

I know the US has at least some 6 different mixes with some being available in one place and others not and if the chemistry is not 'just so' for the air to fuel ratios designed into the hothead the flame could be getting too much air or not enough either of which could give the problems you have mentioned.

Edited to Add: I think acetylene might be a fuel that has a different enough air requirement and it might be used for a lot of things overseas.
Any way I am guessing now and that is not going to add much to the conversation.
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