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Use the right tool to easily check pressure and ai...

Yahoo Message Number: 12440
Bob,

I only crawl under the coach to do the inside dual when I am using someone elses equipment. At my garage I use the Les swab air tools. But I can't get enough air in my tires from my coach compressor since I carry 105 to 110 in the rears. So at a truck stop if I have to I crawl under and use their lousy equipment. That only happens about once a year. We have not had a tire problem in 10 years so i am happy to do it this way. Although at one time we did have the donut extenders on our 2001 Magna.

Bill G. 2005 Magna #6425. .

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Yahoo Message Number: 12466
Bill and others:

I have the typical home grade air compressor with a regulator that attempts to go above 120lbs delivery to the hose output. In reality the amount of air volume available is small and only there just after the compressor shuts off. The compressor won't restart until some point way below useful pressure.
I found that on most regulators there are blank plugs on the regulator housing that have tank (Unregulated) pressure at your disposal which develop up to 140 or so PSI making the compressor more usable for our higher PSI and volume needs. The tire pressure must be checked with a gauge anyway and never depend on what the regulator setting indicates.
James M. Green Intrigue 11021
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Yahoo Message Number: 12472
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I have the typical home grade air compressor with a regulator that > attempts to go above 120lbs delivery to the hose output. In reality

the

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amount of air volume available is small and only there just after

the

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compressor shuts off. The compressor won't restart until some point

way

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below useful pressure.

I found that on most regulators there are blank plugs on the

regulator

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housing that have tank (Unregulated) pressure at your disposal which > develop up to 140 or so PSI making the compressor more usable for

our

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higher PSI and volume needs. The tire pressure must be checked with

a

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gauge anyway and never depend on what the regulator setting

indicates.

I have the Porter Cable model discussed here earlier. First thing I did was remove the crappy single stage regulator. Not needed to fill any significant volume where full pressure is ok. Put a female quick connect on the output and you can use whatever reg you want by plugging it in then plugging your hose into that.

The on/off pressure is adjustable via pressure switch on mine.
Factory setting is 120 psi on, 150 psi off (or so).

John