Compressor Rule Question

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Originally Posted by TikiTech

R79

Compressed air on the ROBOT must be provided by one and only one compressor. Compressor specifications may not exceed nominal 12VDC, 1.05 cfm flow rate.


R80

Off-board compressors are permitted, however the compressor must be controlled and powered by the ROBOT.

I just want to point out the wording of the rule.
Compressed air on the robot must be provided by one and only one compressor.

To me, this is different from "Only one compressor is permitted to provide compressed air to the robot" which seems to be the theme of the misunderstanding of this thread.

I interpret the rule as: at any given time, all the air in the tanks, in the cylinders, etc could have only been sourced from a single compressor. If you purge the tanks after practicing, there is no longer any compressed air on the robot so nothing was sourced from your second physical compressor.

The AIR on the robot comes from a single compressor. Not "only one compressor is permitted for usage at a given regional".

Alas, all this is a great excuse for me to go get some dry ice to bring with me to the regional :-). Worst case maybe use the frozen peas approach. I was never intending to harm the button-hunters, as such a compressor would be well shielded and hidden beneath a massive heatsink.