Quote: (Originally Posted by
Crazyduck)
Bruce,
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Plus, hypothetically it would slow the battery drain for firing the solenoid in the first place.
Would you keep the solenoid on the same 1st stage as the orifice or just use a slide shut off for potential solenoid runaways/failures?
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Battery drain isn't an issue for me. I use a dedicated dual Saft C (15 Amp hour) battery for solenoid firing. It has no standby drain because it isn't used for the displays. It's rated for huge pulse currents, so the solenoid firing hardly gets its attention.
And even if the solenoid battery dies, the displays keep working.
I would keep it on the same first stage. It's simpler. On the Meg I could always unplug the o2 connector, but rather than get water in the system, I would probably just shut off the o2 at the tank.
This is getting pretty far off-topic.