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Just checking one out. I've taken the top off. What sort of travel
should I expect on the pin? I push it down and it comes back up. -- bert |
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 21:47:43 +0100, bert wrote:
Just checking one out. I've taken the top off. What sort of travel should I expect on the pin? I push it down and it comes back up. Somewhere around 3/16" +/- 1/16". -- Cheers Dave. |
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In article l.net,
Dave Liquorice writes On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 21:47:43 +0100, bert wrote: Just checking one out. I've taken the top off. What sort of travel should I expect on the pin? I push it down and it comes back up. Somewhere around 3/16" +/- 1/16". Thanks. That's about what I am getting. -- bert |
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bert pretended :
Just checking one out. I've taken the top off. What sort of travel should I expect on the pin? I push it down and it comes back up. That's what it's supposed to do. If the pump is running at the time, you might feel or hear the flow stop too as it is pushed in. |
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On 05/08/2020 22:00, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 21:47:43 +0100, bert wrote: Just checking one out. I've taken the top off. What sort of travel should I expect on the pin? I push it down and it comes back up. Somewhere around 3/16" +/- 1/16". And it should come up. It's the mechanism in the bit that has been taken off that pushes down the pin. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On 05/08/2020 21:47, bert wrote:
Just checking one out. I've taken the top off. What sort of travel should I expect on the pin? I push it down and it comes back up. 3 - 5mm ish -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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In article , alan_m
writes On 05/08/2020 22:00, Dave Liquorice wrote: On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 21:47:43 +0100, bert wrote: Just checking one out. I've taken the top off. What sort of travel should I expect on the pin? I push it down and it comes back up. Somewhere around 3/16" +/- 1/16". And it should come up. It's the mechanism in the bit that has been taken off that pushes down the pin. It does. Does that mean it is normally open? -- bert |
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Rumm writes On 05/08/2020 21:47, bert wrote: Just checking one out. I've taken the top off. What sort of travel should I expect on the pin? I push it down and it comes back up. 3 - 5mm ish It's not a lot is it, from full open to full closed. -- bert |
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:27:47 +0100, bert wrote:
3 - 5mm ish It's not a lot is it, from full open to full closed. Area of 15 mm dia circle about 175 mm^2 Area of 5 mm of 15 mm dia cylinder about 235 mm^2 The two areas are roughly equal with 3.7 mm of cylinder. -- Cheers Dave. |
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