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Re: On the subject of air tanks ...
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:14:39 GMT
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> Way to go! Using an industrial strength compressor!
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> Do you have to keep it out in the back yard and run the airline in through the
> window to keep the noise level down?
It is quite noisy, but it only runs for about 2 minutes, then shuts off. The
tank of air is enough for about 3 full trains through the unloader, far more
than I have ever ran through it (the RCX almost inevitably makes a good crunch
of it before I get 3 trains through). Given the pressure, the tank holds @10
gal of air at 3o psi, so the run time is quite low compared with the bleed off
time (I use 1/8" id vinel(sp) hose, which is not as tight a fit as the lego
hose, but much cheaper for long runs)
So, it lives in the closet, along with the boxes for the lego. I have a much
quieter compressor at my mom's house, but it is only a 15 psi job...which
wouldn't be enough for what I am asking the little cylinders to move.
And, as for plumbing in compressors outside, I have, at my dad's house, he has
a 1.5 hp outfit under his steps, along with a ex -GO- train reciever off a
bilevel passenger car, which is 65 gal or so.
James
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 | | Re: On the subject of air tanks ...
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| >You should see how long a 2.5 Gal air tank at 100 psi with a regulator will >drive a pneumatic thingy!. I gave up on trying a all lego solution to my coal >unloader (because it is "sticky", and the volume of air lost is large), and >went out and (...) (26 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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