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Originally Posted by MrForbes
Without the cooling fan, the compressor will get so hot that it can even melt the plastic air tubing connected to it! not good.
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We blew out three bits of tubing on our 2013 Ultimate Ascent robot during practice sessions; it used air for most of its climb. This blow out sounded rather like a .22 round; as Jim said, not good. Once we figured out the cause, we were able to resolve it by hard mounting more pieces to the compressor to also serve as heat sinks and moving the tubing fitting away from the compressor.