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Default Compressor pump-up time (BobH)


"Ignoramus26567" wrote in message
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On 2009-03-10, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:34:04 -0700 (PDT), Glenn Lyford
wrote:

My compressor pumps my 80 gallon tank, plus the compressed air hoses
(150 ft plus dryer), from 0 PSI to 125 PSI, in exactly four minutes.

How do you pull that initial vacuum?

And why?

I suspect he means PSIG. Some gages bother to mention it, some
don't...
--Glenn Lyford



But doesnt he start off with 14.6 +/- PSIG before he turns it on?


What does your pressure gauge show when your compressor tank is open,
0 or 14.7?

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PSIG.