I know the Shoe Box uses compressed air on its input side and this got me wondering if one could connect a shop air compressor to the suction side inlet of a Yong Heng and would it increase its efficiency and reduce fill time?
Compressed air into a Yong Heng suction side???
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Not sure it would be worth the effort, that's a lot of amps on two compressors. The other issue is what happens when you pump 120 PSI into the intake, it will boost the first stage by x amount and then the boosted first stage would also increase that amount into the second stage. Now if that exceeds the design capabilities of that would be another concern. I'd just let the YH run for an extra 2 minutes.
Smitty
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Sounds like something Tim Allen might have built on Home Improvement.
Binford compressor supercharger.
Interesting idea. At that point it might be more of a booster than a compressor.
Binford compressor supercharger.
Interesting idea. At that point it might be more of a booster than a compressor.
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I feed my compressor's ONLY dry Nitrogen I remove the muffler/intake port ( it's usually 1/4 pipe thread) then hook up my regulated tank's hose at about
8-10 psi no need for driers or any of the other means people go to in pursuit of dry air , and NO oxidizers oxygen, co2 waterand ?? enviromental contaminants.
8-10 psi no need for driers or any of the other means people go to in pursuit of dry air , and NO oxidizers oxygen, co2 waterand ?? enviromental contaminants.
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Wow! That's brilliant! Never thought of that but it makes sense. Question is, how much nitrogen is used during a typical compressor fill run? I have nitrogen already (for servicing & charging extinguishers) but it's not so cheap as it used to be (what is?). I love having a compressor because my air is "free" but this would add a cost. You might have motivated me to try this! Any further info/tips would be appreciated.
Gerry
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Well to put it in perspective there are 28316 cc's in ONE cuft of niotrogen I fill my 125cuft size bottle that I use to fill guns only, about once a year the 150 size that I fill my 74 cuft cf bottle gets maybe 2 fills a year. Nitrogen is the cheapest gas for the compressed gas industry to make and you can always negotiate a good price. BTW I shoot about 500 pellets a week.
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Doesn’t Costco use nitrogen to fill tires. Around here they have free tire fill stations at their stores.
Any way to make use of this free nitrogen to feed a yong heng? Their pumps might do 100 psi but I’ve never actually checked.
I’m guessing I wouldn’t be able to get enough nitrogen into some sort of low pressure tank to make it work. Would need a huge transportation tank.
Any way to make use of this free nitrogen to feed a yong heng? Their pumps might do 100 psi but I’ve never actually checked.
I’m guessing I wouldn’t be able to get enough nitrogen into some sort of low pressure tank to make it work. Would need a huge transportation tank.
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