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since i now have a air conditioner compressor and the ability to have a compressed air imput i decided test some myths and answer some questions about them

i also did some time trials. with nothing attached to the output. no air input it took 45 seconds to fill the compresor. sounds slow right? well since its a air conditoner compressor the entire shell is fillled with the high pressure so that is quite a bit of volume. when attach my qev gun tha thas a 3/4 by 16inch chamber it takes 75 seconds to fill. this means that the comprerssor shell has more volume that that chamber. now when i add 40psi in the time to fill the smallish cannon decreases to only 30seconds! a vast improvement in the volume it will pump

now pressure is a completly differnt story when a compressed air input is added of 100 psi the compressor stall at 450psi. and when 40psi i used it will go to the limit of my gauge of 600psi

hope this helps you all!

The shell of an air conditioner compressor is tied to the input side, not the output side.

Technician1002 wrote:The shell of an air conditioner compressor is tied to the input side, not the output side.

not on mine, the output holds quite a bit of volume and the input very little.
its like the ac compressor shown in the davidsfarm video

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hmmm that's interesting thx for testing that...
but could you tell if it can reach 600 psi on it's own (without air supplied to the air input) ?

iwell now it seems that jimmy was right... I remember also that he suggested putting a needle valve on the air input to increase pressure, back then I though it was a stupid idea but now I fell stupid...
soif you have one... it would be cool if you could test that as well

the compressor can easily go up to 600psi on its own. adding a pressurised input decreases max psi but greatly increases the volume of the output. i find 40psi input is a good balance between max psi and volume.

and i dont understand what adding a needle valve would do?

it would reduce input pressure, which it might increase max psi while reducing flow

oh i get it now. i just use the reg on my normal air compressor to set the input pressure. it would allow a higher max psi because more inlet pressure=less max psi
but the same thing can be done with a reg