Reconditioning: The reconditioning p r o c e d u r e s t a t e d
f o r the m o d e l
r e g u l a t o r c a n
a l s o b e followed f o r the m o d e l KN. C e r t a i n c h a n g e s i n p r o c e d u r e will have t o b e m a d e t o allow
f o r m i n o r d e s i g n d i f f e r e n c e s t h a t will b e c a m e obvious a s the unit i s d i s a s s e m b l e d . A f t e r r e c o n -
ditioning i s c o m p l e t e and unit i s r e i n s t a l l e d in s y s t e m , a d j u s t l o c k off p e r p r e v i o u s i n s t r u c t i o n s .
KOHLER #A- 271310 ( M O D E L R C B ) TWO-STAGE REGULATOR
The m o d e l R C B t w o - s t a g e r e g u l a t o r p r o v i d e s p r i m a r y a n d s e c o n d a r y r e g u l a t i o n f o r L P G vapor
w i t h d r a w a l s y s t e m s p r o v i d e d a v a p o r i z e r unit i s i n s t a l l e d on f u e l t a n k s i d e of the s y s t e m . The RCB
a l s o f e a t u r e s a n e l e c t r i c a l l y o p e r a t e d f u e l solenoid t o p r o v i d e
s h u t off w h e n e v e r engine i s not
in o p e r a t i o n . The R C B i s often u s e d with the m o d e l XG c a r b u r e t o r and a n optional vacuum gauge t o
p r o v i d e a u t o m a t i c s t a r t i n g without the need f o r p r i m i n g .
Operation: F u e l e n t e r i n g r e g u l a t o r p a s s e s t h r o u
g
h a s c r e e n t h e n flows t o the e l e c t r i c solenoid
valve. When a c t u a t e d , the valve d i s c
is
l i f t e d off i t s s e a t which a l l o w s f u e l t o flow t h r o u g h the
high p r e s s u r e valve which i s in t u r n c o n t r o l l e d
a d i a p h r a g m t o r e d u c e p r e s s u r e
about
p s i . F r o m h e r e f u e l flows i n t o the low p r e s s u r e c h a m b e r w h e r e i t i s d r a w n off a s demanded by
engine.
A b a l a n c e l i n e o r tube u s u a l l y c o n n e c t s a t m o s p h e r i c s i d e of the low p r e s s u r e d i a p h r a g m t o
the a i r h o r n s i d e of c a r b u r e t o r . D e p r e s s i o n c a u s e d by a n i n c r e a s i n g l y d i r t y o r r e s t r i c t e d a i r
c l e a n e r i s t h u s c o m m u n i c a t e d b a c k to the r e g u l a t o r t o m a i n t a i n c o n s t a n t a i r - f u e l r a t i o . Without
t h i s l i n e , the m i x t u r e would b e c o m e
r i c h e r a s the a i r r e s t r i c t i o n i n c r e a s e d .
B a l a n c e l i n e m u s t have m i n i m u m
I. D.
of
t o b e e f f e c t i v e .
A
s e p a r a t e idle l i n e i s not r e q u i r e d with t h i s unit, although the idle a d j u s t m e n t i s m a d e a t
the r e g u l a t o r . Idle f u e l flows t o the c a r b u r e t o r
the m a i n f u e l l i n e .