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Re: compressor is heating up to the point it blows hose

Moved all of our metal fittings down to the compressor for the heat sink value today. It fixed the problem with the added help of throwing more ballast to the back of the robot.
We did discover one trick that we did last year without knowing how it helped.
We used a plastic elbow push fitting as the first non metal fitting last year. The extra heavier thermoset housing helped isolate some of the heat before it got to the tubing.