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Re: Pneumatics Code

Another issue is the pressure switch doesn't behave the way you want.
The pressure switch value will only be 1 or 0.

It will trip to 1 if the pressure is or falls below 95 psi.
Once tripped it will remain at 1 until pressure rises to 115 psi.
At 115 psi it resets to 0 and stays that way until pressure falls below 95 psi again.
So part of the automatic compressor operation is built in to the pressure switch they send us in the KOP.

You'd have to buy (fairly expensive) a pressure transducer to get a constant readout of current pressure the way you want.
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