compressed air input volume and pressure tests

[c11man]

since i now have a air conditioner compressor and the ability to have a compressed air imput i decided test some myths and answer some questions about them

i also did some time trials. with nothing attached to the output. no air input it took 45 seconds to fill the compresor. sounds slow right? well since its a air conditoner compressor the entire shell is fillled with the high pressure so that is quite a bit of volume. when attach my qev gun tha thas a 3/4 by 16inch chamber it takes 75 seconds to fill. this means that the comprerssor shell has more volume that that chamber. now when i add 40psi in the time to fill the smallish cannon decreases to only 30seconds! a vast improvement in the volume it will pump

now pressure is a completly differnt story when a compressed air input is added of 100 psi the compressor stall at 450psi. and when 40psi i used it will go to the limit of my gauge of 600psi

hope this helps you all!

[Technician1002]

The shell of an air conditioner compressor is tied to the input side, not the output side.

[c11man]

The shell of an air conditioner compressor is tied to the input side, not the output side.

not on mine, the output holds quite a bit of volume and the input very little.
its like the ac compressor shown in the davidsfarm video

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[POLAND_SPUD]

hmmm that's interesting thx for testing that...
but could you tell if it can reach 600 psi on it's own (without air supplied to the air input) ?

iwell now it seems that jimmy was right... I remember also that he suggested putting a needle valve on the air input to increase pressure, back then I though it was a stupid idea but now I fell stupid...
soif you have one... it would be cool if you could test that as well

[c11man]

the compressor can easily go up to 600psi on its own. adding a pressurised input decreases max psi but greatly increases the volume of the output. i find 40psi input is a good balance between max psi and volume.

and i dont understand what adding a needle valve would do?

[POLAND_SPUD]

it would reduce input pressure, which it might increase max psi while reducing flow

[c11man]

oh i get it now. i just use the reg on my normal air compressor to set the input pressure. it would allow a higher max psi because more inlet pressure=less max psi
but the same thing can be done with a reg