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Re: VIAIR 250C-IG Compressor

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Originally Posted by ArtemusMaximus View Post
Mark,
I tried to look for air flow meters but they are expensive. Our team doesn't have enough funding to justify such a purchase. I wasn't able to find rental locally for the meter either.

I also contacted VIAIR and asked for CFM performance table @ 12V. here is their reply:
Well I hope no team wants to buy ones for such a singular use. I use a mass flow meter (~$800) at work but i am using it for important stuff. I don't want to undo the fixture to test just a compressor.

I bet most teams would just care about how fast a compressor tanks to filll 4 air tanks. I might get around to this if I can buy a thomas 215 this summer. The volumes won't be totally the same, thus the test won't be totally repeatable but I think if the data is that subtle and the compressors are roughly the same, i personally would not care to be more accurate and go with the cheaper compressor.
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