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[[Image:Quick_disconnect.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A quick-disconnect plug and coupler]]A '''quick disconnect''' is a device that allows you to split an air line at a point without having to unthread components. Always place the coupling (the female side) on the upstream side and the plug (male) on the downstream side.
 
[[Image:Quick_disconnect.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A quick-disconnect plug and coupler]]A '''quick disconnect''' is a device that allows you to split an air line at a point without having to unthread components. Always place the coupling (the female side) on the upstream side and the plug (male) on the downstream side.
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Quick disconnects are often used as high speed filling valves (in place of a [[schrader]] on larger cannons. 
  
 
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Revision as of 20:00, 4 February 2007

A quick-disconnect plug and coupler

A quick disconnect is a device that allows you to split an air line at a point without having to unthread components. Always place the coupling (the female side) on the upstream side and the plug (male) on the downstream side.

Quick disconnects are often used as high speed filling valves (in place of a schrader on larger cannons.

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