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Re: pic: Compressor Backpack
Relevant thread: consequences of one of those plastic tanks letting go. Other legalities aside I'd not want a bomb (and we are talking about energy levels associated with explosives) strapped to my back or the back of anyone else.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=127956
Edit: on the topic of failure modes...
Even with metal tanks, what happens if a line bursts near the operators head?
What happens if someone trips and falls and the battery starts leaking/spraying battery acid?
I see a LOT of ways for someone to get hurt in some pretty horrific ways for the advantage of having a snazzy, heavy, backpack to charge a robot with air at practice in shop. This is an application where a light-duty shop compressor plus a long hose and/or hose drop would be the right way to go. I understand the appeal of an air-charging backpack, I/my team made one in 2003 to charge our robot that didn't have a compressor, but in hindsight it was not safe and did not get us any significant advantage.
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Last edited by JamesCH95 : 16-02-2015 at 14:48.
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