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Re: Pre-charing pneumatic air tank

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Originally Posted by orangemoore View Post
This.
Seriously this conversation should be over. What else is there to talk about?
Yes, it should.

But we should talk more about this:

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I think that some of the rules for the pneumatics are a little weird. All the "incidents" mentioned have not been due to over pressurization. The relief valve takes care of that.
First, the relief valve must be properly installed in order to do its job.

Second, relief valves bleed, they don't gush--it's entirely possible to overpressurize a system by adding air faster than the relief valve can relieve it.

Third, I'm 100% positive that you don't have personal knowledge of all the "incidents" mentioned, and so cannot speak authoritatively on what did or did not cause them.

Fourth, rationalizing unsafe or disallowed practices with shoddy handwavium arguments and invented "facts" is not useful. So please stop.
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