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| − | [[Image:Pop_safety_valve.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A 125psi pop-safety valve]]A '''safety valve''', also known as a '''pop-safety valve''' is a device installed on a chamber to prevent over-pressurization. | + | [[Image:Pop_safety_valve.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A 125psi pop-safety valve]]A '''safety valve''', also known as a '''pop-safety valve''' is a device installed on a chamber to prevent over-pressurization. They are available in a wide range of pressure ratings, from pressures lower than you'd want to use in a spudgun to pressures higher than a PVC chamber will hold. |
| + | These are most commonly installed when you are using a [[pressure regulator]], so that if it malfunctions it won't fill your chamber to the point where it fails, although no such event has been <i>recorded</i>. | ||
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Revision as of 21:36, 25 October 2005
A safety valve, also known as a pop-safety valve is a device installed on a chamber to prevent over-pressurization. They are available in a wide range of pressure ratings, from pressures lower than you'd want to use in a spudgun to pressures higher than a PVC chamber will hold.
These are most commonly installed when you are using a pressure regulator, so that if it malfunctions it won't fill your chamber to the point where it fails, although no such event has been recorded.
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