I may have missed this on an earlier thread somewhere, so at the risk of being redundant.......customers are showing up with this air pressure booster. It's small, affordable, fast, and it works. Check it out at www.dickmantires.com
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I may have missed this on an earlier thread somewhere, so at the risk of being redundant.......customers are showing up with this air pressure booster. It's small, affordable, fast, and it works. Check it out at www.dickmantires.com
or try this one... www.dickmantires.com
Yep...thats what I meant
Is this what I might want? My bus "Aux" system goes to #120 with the engine or even with the 12vdc aux pump, but does not seem to have the CFM to do much (probably due to tank size in Drive lower compartment). I am considering just buying a small 120v ac that will go to 120+ that will deliver more CFM and have the added versatility of being AC and not having to do the tires with the engine running. What say thee?:o
I carry my Hitachi:
http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-EC12-2.../dp/B0000225DO
I like it because I can grab it and go with it in the toad. The only thing that I have found is that you will want it running when you start to pump up your coach tires. Let it treat the tire like it is part of the resevoir system. Other wise, you will need to monkey with the shut-off switch which then limits the versatility of carrying this compressor.
Also. since I am going to carry it, I am considering plumbing it in to the aux air system on quick connects so I can eliminate use of the aquairium pump that is curently installed.
rahangman - I'm not selling these........just sharing info, but our customers are very happy with them. Probably an option worth looking into.
Just to be a smart ass here these devices have been called "doublers". I believe Tuga's Newell came from the factory with one.
I propose we set up a demo with one. Since it will double the pressure in the bus system it appears to be a good way to air up tires for example. However, it doubles the pressure, but halves the volume so I think we need to set up a timed event in OKC to determine if it does actually fill a tire needing air any faster.
When we are done with that we can use it to see if we can explode airbags.
I'm in that class...
I will bring the air bags!
I bought one of the Porter Cable compressors that goes to 150 psi a couple years ago, and it works great. Keep it in my tool bay. I bought it off eBay for $125.
I opted to install one in the steer bay of the bus.
I'm real happy with the way it worked out..:D
Uh, Dale.........When I said blow up air bags, I was thinking some that are installed. Like on someone's bus.
Since I learned (for example) that our shock absorbers limit upward travel on the front suspension, will an air bag explode before it tears the attachment ring off of a shock absorber?
Air bags carry a max pressure limit of 100 PSI (molded into the body of the air bag). Is that really true? At what pressure will they explode.
If a doubler really doubles pressure, what happens when we hook a pair of them in series? Will that pressure explode tires? Or will the wheels fail first, both of which have a stated pressue limit of 130 PSI.
At what pressure will our bus air tanks explode? Can we run brake system pressure into a doubler and then into the aux system and see if pocket doors and floor slides will really slam shut?
The OKC rally can really be fun if a few of you will volunteer to let me use your coaches for experimental purposes. I usually calm down after I take my meds, but I really like destructive testing.
Jon,
I'm thinkin' if you get on the proper medications first, some of this destructive testing can start on your bus.
Just a thought.
lonesome
I think the sun may have done damage to your gourd today while you were weeding!:cool: Please wear your hat in the future, Jon Boy...
Maybe it was not the sun getting to Jon's gourd, maybe it was the weed!:D
Related enough to avoid thread creep I think, I've heard of newer conversions that have the air bags on the generator tied into the air system. Mine keep falling no matter how much changing of the fittings or teflon tape I use. Two air bags on each side are tied into together creating 4 bags on two valves. I was thinking of making something to keep these aired up one side now is not leaking at all and the other side will stay up for about a week.
Maybe the easier and more sensible answer is to use soapy water and find the leak I guess now that I've worked my way though it in writing. Can we have a generator air bag day at POG and are the fittings generic to most of our buses ? Speaking of the compressors, I got tired of running the 12 volt cord (which I lengthened) up through the drivers side window to put air each time so I bought one of these cordless compressor/combo units.
http://www.rvtoyoutlet.com/p-RVT1073.html
The compressor is really slow but it works for the air bags. Specs for 260 PSI but I doubt it would work. Haven't tried. It's a "get what you pay for" product. I also liked that we could run our lap tops off it to work in case there was some place else we wanted to sit and work besides our pad/spot.
In searching for it again, I found this one but my guess is it's junk also.
http://www.rvtoyoutlet.com/p-RV5135.html
I like the Hitachi gas one that Sawdust Ed has because you don't have to wrangle with a bunch of hose all the way around the bus. Found more than a half dozen of that model on Craigslist but none in my area. Several in California. If anyone wants the listings let me know.
Has your trlr arrived yet?
You folks are all sissies. I think of an excellent form of entertainment and you all think I've been out in the sun too long.
Sorry guys.....I should have known better than to bring up something that would get Jon wound up. BTW... What do you guys think about nitrogen in tires????
Gary, don't know for sure..... but I think Ken was just throwing some bait in the water.
Dale, I thought so, but I didn't take Ken for a trouble starter? :)
Gary S.
Just for the record I use nitrogen in both my tires, air bags and brakes.
Of course I mix it with a little oxygen and a few other gases to get the precise blend for may particular bus.
There's definitely too much Methane being used around here.;)
:DJIM
Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, you people are all so joking around and this is such a very (so very) serious forum for serious bus issue discussions. (weep, weep, weep) (cry,cry,cry). I can't belive your taking such serious issues as air presure and making jokes about other various gases. (ohhhhhh God). My gosh, isn't there anyone serious here? Buses, flying, and gases, either natrual or excreted from the body, should be taken VERY serious or should not be taken at all. You, you, you, you..............you jokesters you. Oh, what is a serious person like myself to do ? Oh my. Oh my. I thought you guys were all serious. Now come to find out this is a light hearted thing for you all. Oh dear Lord !
Jeff - Sorry for getting this started - I'ts a little slow here today and it's raining too hard to go fishing...............
You know when real red necks can't go fishing, they can always resort to watching either a fishing video or fishing on TV.
If you guys are bored, you could always go to the extreme subject of lounge chairs that some here think is high tech.
BTW, it is for me but the general audience, well, you can hear them laugh all the way back to the slack adjuster polisher.
Sorry to have woken you from your nap Lew.
So is this topic still on for OKC??????
JIM----:D
So was the "air doubler" tested at OKC? What was the result?
Also the gauge on the doubler, will it read IN pressure or Out pressure?
Was unable to attend so missed the Test.
Thanks,
Larry if it was presented at OKC I missed it also. I did see the one Tuga has and tried to get one here in Oregon since Les Schwab is big here, but the dealers here have know idea what it is.
GReg
Nope, no air doubler demo at OKC last year. You can see a picture of my installation earlier in this thread, and still very happy with it.
I do not have any problems "topping off" my tire pressures, the highest of which are my steer axle tires at 115 psi. Doesn't take long at all, however, I have never tried to fill a tire that was flat. You can easily top your tires off to 120 psi if need be. I used to haul around a small pancake compressor but that still struggled to maintain 112-113 psi in the front tires.
Tuga I think the beauty of the doubler is you can bring take a flat tire up to 80 or 90 with regular bus air then top of with the doubler. The problem with regular air compressors are the long time it takes to top off the tires.
Greg
Paul, does the pressure gauge read 'in' pressuer or 'out' pressure? I like the install on yours but my bay is stuffed with a bunch of alarm stuff. Would need to find a different location.
Paul, I thought the gauge should read 'out' Pressure , but I hooked mine up to my shop compressor for a source of air pressure and the gauge reads the same as the compressor gauge regardless of how much I increase the pressure with the knob on the doubler. I haven't tried to air up anything with the doubler but was surprised that the gauge was reading the same as the compressor gauge. Do you think I have a malfunctioning doubler?
Another thought, does the doubler gauge read 'out' pressure only with a demand for air pressure or all the time it is connected to a source?
Thanks,