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Re: pic: How we cool our compressor

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Originally Posted by Alex Minot View Post
to be honest with you....that is really not necessary. The compresssor is built to perform.....so it is inevitably going to get hot...but it is supposed to do that. We run our test board with the compressor and we push that little thing pretty hard, it gets so hot you cant touch the top but its fine. And the match is very short, only a few minutes, so the compressor will only be on a max time of the match time, which is pretty brief, but still very demanding of the compressor. If weight is an issue for you guys, i would consider removing that.
I'm going to agree with that. Just seems like a waste.

On a side note (in the past) COTS fans have been considered motors and are illegal. I looked around the Q&A and didn't find anything, so you might be okay, but don't be surprised if you fail inspection at your event(s) and have to remove it.

If your compressor gets too hot to the point of where you need a heatsink after running it for 2 minutes (or less) then something is probably wrong with your compressor. Our pneumatics demonstration board has ran for several hours straight before when the programmers were working with it .. and the compressor got warm/semi hot to the touch, but nothing worth being concerned over, and nothing that could cause any burns or raise any safety concerns (although common sense is a different story)

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