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wyattfg
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Sun May 11, 2014 3:11 pm

Is it possible to use 2 chambers using 2 sprinkler valves, one for each chamber? I would have a blowgun trigger coming out of the top of each of them with a nipple and pull both triggers simultaneously. I think this would cut down on the size of the gun by having 2 smaller chambers instead of one big one and allow for safer high-pressure fires since it eliminates a lot of fittings needed to have 2 separate chambers. Not to mention the faster air flow with 2 1" sprinkler valves as opposed to one.

I'm using sprinkler valves one way or another, I'm just figuring out the best method to make 2 work at the time.
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Sun May 11, 2014 5:01 pm

Pulling both triggers "simultaneously" probably won't be on the time scales air cannons work on.
You'd be better off plumbing both sprinkler valves into one blowgun and running a length of small bore tubing to connect the chambers.

Take this as inspiration for how to handle a two chamber/two valve system, just swapping the Supah-valves for sprinkler valves, and the sprinkler for a blowgun.
Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?
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