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Re: pic: 72 lbs so far.

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Originally Posted by klmx30302 View Post
Just one more thought, you might want to get one of the newer compressors that move 20% more air and have about 1/2 the weight of the old ones. We bought one last week (still waiting for delivery) the model is the viair 090c, here is a link to the only place that sells it that has decent information: http://www.suspensionconnection.com/...con/00090.html
A word of warning. We ordered the new compressors and ran them through a series of tests against the old ones. We found that the new ones move significantly less air than the big thomas ones. We've decided to use the Thomas compressor on our robot, because we need more air. Essentially, the specs that they give come from the compressor running at 13.8 volts, when you scale it down to the 12v that we can give it, then the CFM drops.
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