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penguain 07-02-2008 17:34

120 psi
 
how do you hold the tanks at 120 psi and regulate it down to 60 psi? when i used the norgren regulator it held the tanks at 60 psi and bled off the rest of the air. So how can you do you store the air without bleeding all of it off? I know this is really simple but it is not working. :confused:

EricH 07-02-2008 17:36

Re: 120 psi
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by penguain (Post 694117)
how do you hold the tanks at 120 psi and regulate it down to 60 psi? when i used the norgren regulator it held the tanks at 60 psi and bled off the rest of the air. So how can you do you store the air without bleeding all of it off? I know this is really simple but it is not working. :confused:

Try putting the regulator on the other way. You might have it such that the 120 psi side is going into what the regulator thinks is the 60 psi side.

seanl 07-02-2008 18:02

Re: 120 psi
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by EricH (Post 694119)
Try putting the regulator on the other way. You might have it such that the 120 psi side is going into what the regulator thinks is the 60 psi side.

EXACTLY! we had this problem i hooked it up backwards(im the electronics and programming guy) the pneumatics guy was being lazy and not coming to class so i had to do it...

that should fix it... so good luck.

nickcvet89 07-02-2008 21:35

Re: 120 psi
 
We had the same problem when we put it on backwards, laziness is not only on your team.

team2061 10-02-2008 16:50

Re: 120 psi
 
can some one post a diagram of this because i am having the same problem the system only goes up to 60 psi

dtengineering 10-02-2008 16:53

Re: 120 psi
 
Look for the arrow on the regulator. Think of the air as coming "in" the stem of the arrow and low pressure air heading out the "pointy bit" of the arrow. The two side ports are also low-pressure. You will also notice if you look in the ports on the regulator that one looks different inside than the other three. This one is your inlet.

Jason

EricH 10-02-2008 16:54

Re: 120 psi
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by team2061 (Post 696004)
can some one post a diagram of this because i am having the same problem the system only goes up to 60 psi

Take your regulator (set to 60 PSI) and turn the whole thing 180 degrees. (Disconnect the tubing first, then reconnect it after turning.) That should solve it.

What happens should be:
120 --> Reg.--> 60

What is actually happening is:
120-->.geR --> 60, which causes the 120 PSI to bleed off to 60 PSI.

team2061 10-02-2008 16:57

Re: 120 psi
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dtengineering (Post 696006)
Look for the arrow on the regulator. Think of the air as coming "in" the stem of the arrow and low pressure air heading out the "pointy bit" of the arrow. The two side ports are also low-pressure. You will also notice if you look in the ports on the regulator that one looks different inside than the other three. This one is your inlet.

Jason

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricH (Post 696008)
Take your regulator (set to 60 PSI) and turn the whole thing 180 degrees. (Disconnect the tubing first, then reconnect it after turning.) That should solve it.

What happens should be:
120 --> Reg.--> 60

What is actually happening is:
120-->.geR --> 60, which causes the 120 PSI to bleed off to 60 PSI.

ok that makes perfect sence let me go try it and I'll see what happens, thanks again

tseres 10-02-2008 18:36

Re: 120 psi
 
i made that mistake today :)

stndalonecmplex 11-02-2008 20:22

Re: 120 psi
 
guess what...

our p.s.i limit is


OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


EricH 11-02-2008 20:23

Re: 120 psi
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by stndalonecmplex (Post 696924)
guess what...

our p.s.i limit is


OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you got the pressure over 200 PSI, something is badly wrong. The tubing would probably blow before 500 PSI and almost certainly before 1000 PSI.

lukevanoort 11-02-2008 20:30

Re: 120 psi
 
This is mostly irrelevant, but I accidentally discovered last weekend that the regulators can make a noise that is amazingly close to that of a foghorn. The trick is start with one completely closed with some pressure already in the system, then slowly let more pressure through. Just something that might be amusing to try if you're off in the corner working on pneumatics...

Clifford 11-02-2008 20:41

Re: 120 psi
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by EricH (Post 696925)
If you got the pressure over 200 PSI, something is badly wrong. The tubing would probably blow before 500 PSI and almost certainly before 1000 PSI.

The KOP tubing is rated at 175 psi, I believe.


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