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Support Equipment For PCP/HPA/CO2 and springers ,rams => Support Equipment For PCP/HPA/CO2 => Topic started by: Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58) on March 09, 2023, 09:34:39 PM
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It took about a month to get here, but it finally arrived and for such a small part it's really quite amazing! This little miracle part is the Best Fittings One-way Valve that allows you to use your small PCP Compressor to fill your air tanks without over stressing the compressor!
I used my Benjamin Traveler (wonka wonka) compressor to top off my 90ci guppy tank and it never broke a sweat! It attaches between the fill whip and the tank fill adapter and prevents the pressure inside the tank from being released back toward the compressor. So, if filling in multiple sessions (it only took me 2 sessions to fill from 3000 to 4500 psi) you can stop the compressor, release the pressure in the fill whip, but leave the tank open. Then you start th compressor for the subsequent session, it just fills the fill whip till it reaches a pressure above that of the tank and then it just continues to fill the tank! I ran my Traveler for about 10 minutes per session, until the temp reached 125F, then stopped and let the compressor cool back down to around 83F, then started the secone session. I probably could have done it in one session, but I don't want to over task my little wonka wonka compressor!
This thing is going to be a game changer, making it much easier for me to fill my tank, where I wasn't able to before because I don't have a compressor that is rated to fill tanks. I got it from Sub MOA out of the UK.
https://submoa.co.uk/product/best-fittings-one-way-valve/
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Amazon also sells a simple QD male barb with the one-way valve inside. I replace the o-ring inside it every few months because I am a PM freak!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R792TGF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R792TGF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
I use this on my filter from the compressor so that the tank is isolated from the compressor, that means I can turn it off, bleed the compressor and restart it all without touching the tank.
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Amazon also sells a simple QD male barb with the one-way valve inside. I replace the o-ring inside it every few months because I am a PM freak!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R792TGF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R792TGF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
I use this on my filter from the compressor so that the tank is isolated from the compressor, that means I can turn it off, bleed the compressor and restart it all without touching the tank.
I put one of them on my chuga 12v compressor filter also.