Skipping The Pressure Regulator
Running your torch without a pressure regulator? You’re not just wasting gas..you’re paying double for unstable performance, and unnecessary CO2 emissions. The difference between bottle pressure and regulated pressure isn’t small, it’s the line between efficiency and massive loss.
How Pressure Regulators Prevent Gas Waste, Flame Instability, and Dangerous Leaks
Most burners are designed to work at a set pressure, usually 2 Bar or 4 Bar. Without a regulator, your torch runs directly on cylinder pressure (7.5–9 Bar), which can never match the burner’s optimized design.
This means:
- Huge amounts of gas go to waste, because the energy transfer to your working area is not substantially higher.
- Your flame becomes unstable, increasing the risk of the burner puffing out because it can’t get enough oxygen.
- Unburned gas may escape, adding dangerous risks in any environment with flammable material.
What many miss is how quickly wasted pressure adds up. Without a pressure regulator, gas flow becomes much more uncontrollable. The cylinder cools down faster, pressure drops, and your working flame falls way below 4 Bar in no time. In contrast, a pressure-regulated system stays stable, consistent, and efficient for a much longer period.
And here’s the part that shocks most professionals
That’s twice the gas, twice the cost, and twice the CO2 emissions
So, if you’ve been running torch systems without a pressure regulator, you’ve essentially been paying double for inefficient performance, unstable flames, faster pressure drops, and higher emissions.
Switching to a regulated system isn’t just safer, it saves you money and gas from day one.