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Re: Pre-charing pneumatic air tank

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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall View Post
I was envisioning a variant of the poor man's tubing plug: bend the tubing over sharply, and zip-tie around both legs of the bend to stop the air. I admit I've never tried that with an already-pressurized tube (and don't particularly recommend it either way).
Theres a guy on our team that really loves to do this, especially when the tube is already pressurized. It leaks a bit while you're folding it over, but holds much better than a push to connect fitting once it's folded over and zip tied.
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