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RE: Air Tank overload??
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 12 Dec 1998 04:44:25 GMT
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Daniel Miller <danielmi@expert&NoSpam&.cc.purdue.edu>
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On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Eric Eilebrecht wrote:
> I would guess it would be more likely to damage the rubber tubes that are
> connected to the tank. It could possibly cause them to burst, or "bubble",
> or maybe just pop off of the tank. The tank itself seems very solid to me.
Or if you're especially ambitious, you could glue a stress gage to the
tank, and run it through a Wheatstone bridge to your RCX. :)
Someone recently posted, either here or on RTL, that they used a film
canister (with the lid glued on) for a tank. Pressurizing it caused the
lid to baloon out just a bit, and if you put a touch sensor next to that,
viola -- pressure regulator.
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> Eric
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin A. Saddi [mailto:ksaddi@gte.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 1998 4:48 PM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Air Tank overload??
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>
> I just got the Search Sub kit and it's great. The main reason I got this
> one is because it came with the air tank. I was wondering, what would
> happen if, oh let's say I had a compressor attached to a running motor
> (to supply the air tank with air)...Would pumping the air tank over its
> "30-35x" limit damage the tank?
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> Any ideas about setting up a compressor w/ motor and air tank system,
> please post. Thanks!
>
> --
> Kevin A. Saddi
> kevin-saddi@iname.com
> http://home1.gte.net/ksaddi/
> -
> Go Saints!
> c/o 2002
Daniel "Dan'l" Miller Senior, School of Aeronautics and
danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu Astronautics, Purdue, Indiana
danielmi@cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu
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| I would guess it would be more likely to damage the rubber tubes that are connected to the tank. It could possibly cause them to burst, or "bubble", or maybe just pop off of the tank. The tank itself seems very solid to me. Eric -----Original (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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