Originally posted by The Dog (Waldog25)
First off, Franklin was not trying to re-invent the wheel. As I stated before, this goal may be somewhat possible, however, I still don't see how you can tell me that they will save money by adding all these extra components and the more connections you have the MORE possibility of air leaks.Yeah it would be a great concept. But how much room do you have for something like this. A basic setup in most mini trucks and cars take up a decent amount of space because of the akward nature of the components. In the long run you still have not convinced me that is is worth while.You get what you pay for.And you said yourself 100% reuse is not possible. Therefore the system in inefficent from the start of the design.Do you REALLY need that much air? REALLY?I had two SMALL thomas or whatever those little guys were when I first put cans on my Civic, and those suckers could air my tank in under 3 min from almost empty.When your driving and you have a PSI switch, you don't need a constant supply of air, it kicks on when you need it.If someone is using the switches that much you are talking about hoppin competion, and either you juice it, or you use compressed nitrogen like Scrape-N-Customs did for the civic that they could flip over.So to
recap:A. 100% reuse is not possibleB. More connections = More LeaksC. More components = More $$$D. SPACE CONCERNSDude, I am all for innovention, but really man, I personally think they are other options to be explored like LIQUID NITROGEN.A small bottle of LIQUID NITROGEN when off gassed could created enough compressed gas to give you a bunch of ups.I mean you would have to do the math on it, and by all means I am not a chemist, but I work with them, and I have seen the possibilities.Of course all of this is can be a safety concern. Especially liquid nitrogen, it's probably not something you want to drive around with.But then again, people are driving around with nitrogen, and even though that is an inert gas, it would not be pretty in an accident.Anyways dude, good luck at the holy grail of air recycling.
But Franklin did re-invent the way we looked at every day objects
About costing more,
Lets say you have (2) 450C comps about $200 a pop,Well It is to slow for you on your 12 gal so you decide to buy another comp for $200My system is about $160 this will take your (2) 450