I finally hooked up the small holding tank to my Airsep AS-12A generator, and no more "breathing flame", yippee!!! BUT....there is still a problem (I think), and only because I don't understand what it means:
The blue-white candle flames are sharp and pointed, and stretch out a bit. It's doing this more now than before. Before I hooked up the tank the candles were pointed like that occasionally. I have learned the difference between a reducing flame, neutral, and oxidizing flame on my torch, it's a Mini CC. I don't have any problems making these adjustments. But this is different, the normally rounded tips on the little candles are "sharp" and stretch out. Is this a problem with too much psi?? My machine runs about 18 psi and the flowmeter ball is on 15. I have tried adjusting my propane to different settings between 5 and 8, and no difference there, candles are still pointed.
I'm making beads okay, but I'm wondering if this is bad for the torch, and/or if I'm likely working with a less than optimum flame. I want to start working with boro, so now I'm really wondering about the flame chemistry.