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The Stealthy Panda · 06-09-2007, 03:57 PM

I had an interseting idea. If you're a modder, which you probably are if you make homemades, then you most likely have a few Pressure Relief Valves lying around. My idea was this: why not but one of these in front of an APH's ball valve so it won't fire if the pressure gets down to useless levels? Just a thought. An AWESOME thought.

Silence · 06-09-2007, 06:42 PM

Neat idea, definitely outside the box! Unfortunately, there are a few problems.
1) Flow through pressure release valves isn't great.
2) The water coming out of the pressure release valves will still have varying pressure. A 30 PSI valve can be opened from 80 PSI all the way down to 30 PSI.
3) There would be a ton of turbulence.

Still, neat idea! Be sure to share any future insights.

C-A_99 · 06-09-2007, 06:49 PM

Perhaps messing around with pressure gauges would work better, but most likely still wouldn't work at all. Just control how you fire your air pressure guns and there won't be any problems in the first place.

And most of those people you're refering to probably wouldn't know what an APH is, let alone the difference between an APH vs CPH.

Of course, it might be better to build a CPH in the first place. The only reason I see to build an APH instead is for the max power, but that takes more pumping (plus pre charging, etc.) and CPHs are more user friendly in general.

06-09-2007, 03:57 PM	#1
The Stealthy Panda Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northampton Posts: 88 UserID: 1033	Make people think your APH is a CPH! I had an interseting idea. If you're a modder, which you probably are if you make homemades, then you most likely have a few Pressure Relief Valves lying around. My idea was this: why not but one of these in front of an APH's ball valve so it won't fire if the pressure gets down to useless levels? Just a thought. An AWESOME thought. __________________ Hail Reeen! (Reeen is not a typo)

06-09-2007, 06:42 PM	#2
Silence Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,293 UserID: 576	Neat idea, definitely outside the box! Unfortunately, there are a few problems. 1) Flow through pressure release valves isn't great. 2) The water coming out of the pressure release valves will still have varying pressure. A 30 PSI valve can be opened from 80 PSI all the way down to 30 PSI. 3) There would be a ton of turbulence. Still, neat idea! Be sure to share any future insights. __________________ Forum rules

06-09-2007, 06:49 PM	#3
C-A_99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: MI, US Posts: 470 UserID: 809	Perhaps messing around with pressure gauges would work better, but most likely still wouldn't work at all. Just control how you fire your air pressure guns and there won't be any problems in the first place. And most of those people you're refering to probably wouldn't know what an APH is, let alone the difference between an APH vs CPH. Of course, it might be better to build a CPH in the first place. The only reason I see to build an APH instead is for the max power, but that takes more pumping (plus pre charging, etc.) and CPHs are more user friendly in general. __________________ http://hbww.fateback.com/index.html Website w/ info on teams, armory, etc.

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