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Re: more air reg
At 12:47 PM 3/23/1996 -6000, JD Schueler wrote:
>Great .gif, Al! Now I guess I'll have to break down and see if I can do an
>illustration or two. If I'd had _Neon News_ in hand several months ago or
>now Al's illustration, building an air regulator would have been much less
>of a struggle. But since I went through the struggle anyway, I'll see if I
>can do a .gif and post it. My regulator is a variation of Telford's
>"internal" theme using 1.25" PVC with a couple of slots and an internal
>piston which rises under pressure to progressively uncover slots on the
Thanks, JD. Yours came out really well too! It makes more sense
to me now that I see a picture. It prompted a couple questions in my
mind:
- Approximately how heavy is the plug? In my situation the outer tube
is somewhere around 4 lbs or so. I suspect your plug can be lighter
than this?
- You mentioned not needing a surge tank. I don't either, but in addition
to the regulator I've got around 10 feet of 2 inch PCV to get from the
blower to my air manifold (this length is needed to get from my attic down
to my shop area). So, there's a pretty good volume in there to act
as a surge buffer. I was just wondering what the diameter of the air
feed is between your blower and your air manifold, and how long it is.
You might, in effect, have a 'surge tank' there, as I do.
Thanks for doing your GIF!
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