aircon compressor help
so i got my compressor to work. I hooked a 300psi air hose onto the output copper pipe and on the other end i fittined an air chuck. i want to reach 200psi and each time i fill the gun chamber, when it reaches 20psi it tends to get harder and harder to fill the chamber, the air barely gets into the chamber and the air hose gets fatter and fatter is it normal should i keep forcing air into the chamber dispite the air hose getting sweld up or the fact that at 20psi the air chuck needs to be pressed against the tire valve with force? i get scared every time. i feel like the hose is gonna explode or somthing else.
Your air hose isn't able to handle the pressure. Instead of transmitting the volume of air, it is absorbing it by expanding. Get yourself a pressure rated line.
It's like why we don't use balloons for chambers, because instead of the pressure increasing, the volume does. Also, it will explode if you inflate it much more. I'd reccomend throwing it away now, as it's probably damaged.
It's like why we don't use balloons for chambers, because instead of the pressure increasing, the volume does. Also, it will explode if you inflate it much more. I'd reccomend throwing it away now, as it's probably damaged.
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Well, whatever it's rated for, it's not managing to handle it. If you truly believe the rating then by all means take it to 200psi, but from the symptoms you've described, I think it will explode.
Perhaps it's been damaged by something? Can you post a picture?
Perhaps it's been damaged by something? Can you post a picture?
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When a hose starts to bulge it is very close to failing.
Is it a rubber hose wrapped up in cloth or something?
I once had a bike pump with that kind of hose. When you take the clothing off, the rubber fails. The rubber is meant to hold it airtight, and the cloth is meant to hold the force of the pressure. Take damage the cloth when putting the hose on a barb or something and the rubber will have to bear the pressure, which it cannot.
Are you sure that the pin in the tire valve is pressed down? Maybe the valve simply closes.
Is it a rubber hose wrapped up in cloth or something?
I once had a bike pump with that kind of hose. When you take the clothing off, the rubber fails. The rubber is meant to hold it airtight, and the cloth is meant to hold the force of the pressure. Take damage the cloth when putting the hose on a barb or something and the rubber will have to bear the pressure, which it cannot.
Are you sure that the pin in the tire valve is pressed down? Maybe the valve simply closes.
Simple answer: buy a new hose. Your current one is damaged.
If you can see all three layers then isn't at least one damaged?
How old is it?
If you can see all three layers then isn't at least one damaged?
How old is it?
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
In that case it's really odd. Did the salesman say 300psi or does it say on the box? I really can't imagine it's supposed to be swelling in normal operation.
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If the valve isn't open properly, then all the pressure may be building up in the tube. If this isn't the case, I'm pretty much out of ideas.psycix wrote:Are you sure that the pin in the tire valve is pressed down? Maybe the valve simply closes.
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That's your problem then. I assume that you have the gauge in the chamber, so the chamber stops filling at 20psi, but that isn't necessarily when the hose starts to swell.
The valve shuts, and the pressure continues to build in the tube, until iut reaches past 300psi and begins to swell.
I would be vary wary of using that pipe now, as it may be permanently damaged.
The valve shuts, and the pressure continues to build in the tube, until iut reaches past 300psi and begins to swell.
I would be vary wary of using that pipe now, as it may be permanently damaged.
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Odd problem you have. You should be easily able to hold the chuck in place past 100psi.
I suggest you double check the scale on your gauge. Is the scale you're reading (assuming it has two scales, they are usually different colors) perhaps in "bar"?
20 bar = 290psi
Just a suggestion.
I suggest you double check the scale on your gauge. Is the scale you're reading (assuming it has two scales, they are usually different colors) perhaps in "bar"?
20 bar = 290psi
Just a suggestion.
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