Thread: Where do we get a relief valve?
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Unread 16-01-2007, 22:04
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Re: Where do we get a relief valve?
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Originally Posted by Simon Strauss View Post
First off i have no idea why one would need a spare relief valve, through my going on three years experience heading up pnuematics for 1155 i can think of no situation in which i see the valve breaking unless it was installed an a VERY incorrect manner.
I could argue that stupid thing may have cost my team a regional win. There is a little stop on the plastic knob that hits a pin that keeps it from going past 90 degrees when you close it. If you over-do it when you close it, that little stop gets deformed, the valve goes past 90, and leaks. There goes your pneumatic system. This happened to us. It's a poor design imho. We offered anything and everything for a spare, but no one in the whole regional had one. While it may be a rare occurrance to have this happen, bring a spare.
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