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Re: Pneumatic Test Stand

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Originally Posted by Pendulum^-1 View Post
Suggestion: Make the "stored" pressure (~115 PSIG) one color of tubing, and the working pressure (<60 PSIG) another color. While certainly not required, it can be a good feature when teaching students.
+1 on this!

Color coding can save you a huge amount of time when diagnosing a problem.

Personally, I would not only color code between stored pressure and working pressure, but between actuators too. (the tubing from one solenoid would be green, next one blue, etc.) That is, if you have that many colors of tubing
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