At Life.Church, we use the Pea Soup Phantom Hazer. This article will help understand how the hazer works, and how to operate it efficiently.
What does what and how does this hazer work?
This hazer setup has 3 main components.
The first is the CO2 tank. The CO2 tank is filled with pressurized CO2.
Connected to the tank is part two to the hazer setup, which is a pressure regulator. The CO2 leaves the tank at a very high pressure level, and gets "regulated" or controlled with the pressure regulator. The CO2 then gets pushed out of the regulator at a controlled pressure level, and goes into the hazer. The CO2 then moves through the machine, mixing with the fluid to create haze, which gets pushed out of the nozzle on the front.
Filling the hazer with haze fluid
You will need a funnel to fill the hazer with fluid.
Attention!
Before filling the hazer with haze fluid, please ensure that the CO2 tank is closed. The CO2 pressure moves throughout the entire hazer, including the haze fluid reservoir. When the CO2 tank is left open and the reservoir cap is open, the CO2 pressure will seep from the cap opening.
Once the CO2 tank is closed, relieve the leftover pressure that is in the hazer by pressing the Smoke button on the back of the hazer. When the hissing noise stops, the pressure has been relieved.
Please be sure to turn the Smoke button back off after relieving pressure.
After reliving the pressure, unscrew the reservoir cap on the top of the hazer.
Do not overfill the Hazer!
Place the funnel in the reservoir entry.
Pour haze fluid into the reservoir in 5-second increments. In between increments, use the reservoir view on the back of the hazer to monitor haze fluid level. The reservoir view may take 4-5 seconds to reflect the actual fluid levels.
Tip: When pouring the haze fluid in, turn the bottle sideways, as shown below. This helps to ensure a steady pour.
Once the hazer is just over halfway full, stop pouring, remove the funnel, and screw the cap back on.
If your campus does not have any of the PS320 Pea Soup Haze Fluid, please put in a ticket.
Changing CO2 tanks
Like propane, the CO2 gas in the tank is limited. When on, the hazer slowly ues the CO2 in the tank. At each Life.Church campus, there are two CO2 tanks; one for active use, and a second for backup purposes.
For a full explanation on how to change CO2 tanks, please refer to the article: Installing CO2 Tank For Phantom Hazer.
After replacing an empty tank with the backup, please order a refill of the empty tank. Since each campus has a backup tank, we do not keep extra CO2 tanks at our warehouses. Please never let both tanks run dry at any Life.Church campus.
Refer to the article Getting CO2 Refilled for the Pea Soup Hazer for full instructions on ordering the refill.
Running haze during an experience
When deployed at Life.Church, the hazer's density is set to the appropriate level so that the hazer can fill the room in approximately 90 seconds. We have a cue created through Jands Vista that runs the hazer for exactly 90 seconds. We suggest running this hazer cue 10 minutes before the countdown starts for each experience. Running it 10 minutes before the countdown allows time for the haze to disperse evenly around the room before people begin to enter.
When and how to order hazer fluid
Please order a new bottle of hazer fluid when the 5-liter bottle reaches around the halfway point, as it's better to have extra fluid than none at all.
Refer to the article: Haze Fluid for the Phantom Hazer for instructions on how to order haze fluid.
Please submit a ticket when:
- The hazer stops outputting thick haze and the density knob has not been adjusted.
- The pressure regulator is not able to provide over 3 BAR of pressure.
- The hazer stops outputting haze and CO2 pressure does not look lower than normal.
If any of these symptoms pertain to your hazer, please submit a Help Desk Ticket.