Presure guage question
My hand pump was delivered yesterday, so last night I charged both my Condor SS and Talon SS from totally empty to 3000 psi. That was a fun experience. On my Talon the pressure gauge matched exactly what the pump gauge said, but on my Condor the pump gauge read about 300 psi lower then my pump gauge. Since the two gauges match on my Talon and pump I am assuming they are correct. So my question: Should I go by that assumption and charge my Condor to 3000 psi according to the hand pump which would put the gauge on my condor way into the red?
I have the day off work so I will get to shoot these for the first time today and get them sighted in.
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I agree. The gauge on the pump is more likely to be accurate, especially since you have another gauge that agrees with it.
Go by the pumps gauge. My mrod is off close to 1k my condor is off by a few hundred and my other spin loc is almost dead on. What would you do if you had the old tank with no gauge? You would fill according to the gauge on what you filled with. I think the tanks are built with some type of safety margin and going 200 psi over shouldnt cause something to blow.
I have the same problem. The gauge on my Hill pump reads 300# less than the gauge on my Talon at 3000#. I filled my Talon for the first time the other day to 3000# per the gauge on the Talon while at home in the 70 degree air conditioning. When I got to the range in 90 degree temp outside the gauge on my Talon was way way into the red. I was afraid maybe the pressure release valve might pop. Is there any danger of that happening?
Its real common for these cheap little gauges to be a few hundred psi off.
Since you have 2 of them that agree..just know that that one gauge is 300psi low.
If it bothers you, go to your local painball shop and buy another gauge..they cost about 15 bucks
But odds are, it will not be perfect either.
Yeah, I would like to at least know which gauge is accurate. If I know what one is right then I can compensate. Ideally though I would have a gauge on the gun that is accurate.
if the Condor is in warranty Id’ ask AF about it.
If they say the Condor is correct and the talon in warranty I’d ask what to do about that one.
IMO 300 is bad but you can live with it if you know which is closer.
it would be interesting to see what they read when the pump says 2000 and 1000.
if the Condor gauge gets worse I would definitely consider replacement. Or, is it the others that are off ❓
Maybe have it checked at a dive shop or against a known accurate gauge.
That is a good question which gauge is right. I have quite a few tanks and only one is right on with my fill gauge. I spent the money a while ago and bought 2 good gauges. One is +- 1% and that one is on my fill whip.
The other one is +- .25%. That one I have female foster fitting on so I can check other fill whips and actual tank pressure in my fill tanks.
I use to use it to set regs up.
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There is no pressure release valve in these tanks…Well I guess there kinda is..its called a burst disk.
It does exactly what a pressure release valve would do.
Get the visions of your tank blowing up and flying accross the room tearing through walls, killing people out of your head.
Its just not gonna happen, it is designed to safely dump the air out of the tank. The fella at the paint ball field filling station told me he had many blow u in his hand. I had one pop on me, the only ill effect was a brown spot in my shorts.
So, don’t worry if your tank is 3300 psi out in the sun or car..The burst disk is rated at 5000psi
That tells me..there is a large safety margin.