wantacoe
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I have 150 psi in my air tank but I can only get 110 through the regulator. I have tried two different regulators and 2 different gauges. Both regulators are 3/4" in and out. Any ideas? thanks
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air compressor regulator
- Thread starter wantacoe
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rsanter
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Maybe you don’t have 150 psi in the tank?
Beerhippie
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Pressure gauges are notoriously unreliable--even new--especially the ones used on air compressors.
Do you have a good digital gauge for the tires? If it goes high enough, try that. It might be accurate.
Do you have a good digital gauge for the tires? If it goes high enough, try that. It might be accurate.
Post a link to the spec sheet on the regulators you are using. Give us an idea of how you are testing this. Is the system flowing air or is it static? Regulators come in all sorts of configurations and some are quite specific in their applications. If you look in a catalogue for regulators you will see that the same basic regulator with a given Cv can be ordered with a variety of connection sizes yet the one with 3/4" fittings will flow the same as the one with 1/4" connections.I have 150 psi in my air tank but I can only get 110 through the regulator. I have tried two different regulators and 2 different gauges. Both regulators are 3/4" in and out. Any ideas? thanks
lg
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micromind
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All regulators have a maximum output pressure. I've seen 250 PSI in and max 10 PSI out. Most will go to 125 though but if the spring is weak, not quite that high.
I don't have them.Post a link to the spec sheet on the regulators you are using. Give us an idea of how you are testing this. Is the system flowing air or is it static? Regulators come in all sorts of configurations and some are quite specific in their applications. If you look in a catalogue for regulators you will see that the same basic regulator with a given Cv can be ordered with a variety of connection sizes yet the one with 3/4" fittings will flow the same as the one with 1/4" connections.
lg
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Well then I'm going to say that they are working as they should. Most regulators will have some limit on output, i.e. they will not have zero regulation that would give an output equal to the input.I don't have them.
lg