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On 2/23/2021 8:36 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
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How do these things typically control the fill amount? Just by time?
Then you'd think they would need a pressure regulator so that a unit
on a line with 30 PSI doesn't get too little and a line with 70 PSI
gets too much. Do they have such a thing?




I have no idea how they do it. However if you have a certain size hole
or pipe it reaches a point where no matter how much the pressure goes up
the flow will not. They may use a system similar to that.



Or they have a simple pressure regulator ahead of the dispenser.