Controlling fill pressure for less than $5.00…
And, I brought it in under budget. A bit less than five bucks USD.
If I’d known it was that simple, I’d done it earlier. All parts available at a local hardware store. Had to get whatever needle valve they had and use a connector to downsize it to fit my whip fill. Other than that, no problems.
Poor ‘ol Marmot_Militia, I almost drove him nuts with ideas on how such a thing could be built. Sorry Jim!
Regards,
H 😯 😯 T
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Fucking Hoot is soon going to be called “Lefty”
Good idea Hoot…… Bad parts though.
H 😯 😯 T,
If you die, can I have your airguns?
😈
Please be careful!
I don’t think so, I am PM ing all my personal info so you can complete the adoption papers and get me in that will ASAP.
That looks like a saddle valve…!!!
So it’s a “saddle” valve….big deal! Do you realize how much a large horse weighs? On the hoof, a Budweiser stallion can go 3K easily. Common sense should tell you a “saddle” valve is built for the big boys! You guys worry too much.
Besides, if I died tomorrow, there are a LOT of people who would swear I lived too long anyway!
Having been married 45 years, I no longer have any fear of hell, and I’m not afraid of death. Just for yuks this afternoon….I cracked that valve open with my teeth, and my steel tank was full at 3450 psi.
I found out two things fast…I didn’t know copper got that hot, that quick, (burned my lips!) and I didn’t realize those valves are meant to expand under pressure. Apparently they are designed to do that, as it stayed “bulged” when I depressurized it. Kind of like a “pressure fitting”…needs that heat and pressure to expand and seal properly, I guess.
Any way it works like a champ, and you learn something new every day!!!
Kindest regards,
Kindly ‘Ol Uncle H 😯 😯 T
I’m sure that the burst pressure of that rig is well over 3000psi.
However proceed with caution just like every high pressure air application
Be Carfull uncle H 😯 😯 t!
… I think that thing scares me just a WeE bit…
That was my first thought. Be careful.
Hoot…
That looks like a saddle valve for an ice maker…I sure hope it is rated at a high enough pressure!!
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$2000 for an EdGun and under five bucks for high pressure fittings… 😕
I sure hope your just joking. 😯