Sourcing Pressure gage
Does someone here knows where I can buy pressure gage with dial size of say 20-25mm / 3/4″ – 1″ size to be mounted on PCP.
I need smallest possible size from asthetic point of view. It is supposed to go on a PCP pistol I am making.
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You’d like to think the dive shop gauges are more expensive as they are more accurate due to the fact they are telling the diver how much life air he/she has left..! 😯
Dive shops stock pony-bottle valves in 15/16″ (1″) diameter wth 1/8″NPS or BSPP threads. They are pricey at $30 or so USD.
Any Paintball shop like AllPaintballsupplies.com has 1″ gauges with 1/8″NPT. They should cost around $10.
I have yet to find a smaller gauge that goes to useful PCP pressures.
Hope that helps,
Jim
Jim,
I am sure you have looked at more of these things than I have man, does the dive shop guages you mentioned above have a better resolution for there expense???
I read about one somewhere on the internet, that is 5000psi and is the size of a dime!!! lemme see if i can find it…
sorry..it’s the size of a nickle, NOT a dime, but the thread is 1/8 npt 🙁 cost $14.50
Depends on what thread size you need.
Dive shops stock pony-bottle valves in 15/16″ (1″) diameter wth 1/8″NPS or BSPP threads. They are pricey at $30 or so USD.
Any Paintball shop like AllPaintballsupplies.com has 1″ gauges with 1/8″NPT. They should cost around $10.
I have yet to find a smaller gauge that goes to useful PCP pressures.
Hope that helps,
Jim
“paintball ninja” carries that sort of stuff…
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I agree, they are probably built to higher Grade. I see some are O2 compatible which to me means there is no oil anywhere in them. They also have to be ‘certified’ for breathing air..which will add to their cost. However, they are much taller than the Paintball version. The dial is smaller, but that doesn’t help me much. The cost is 4-5x higher too. OUch. I just don’t see the benefits.
I have not been able to find the grade on any of them on the websites selling them.
Jim