so..i just had some macroline eat my face..

[MonsterMag]

or u could just use steel line , i highly doubt that will come off

just tighten it down b4 u use it

[FSU_Paintball]

Good god, those huge sigs with all the F/S crap in them are annoying...

[-=Squid=-]

Good god, those huge sigs with all the F/S crap in them are annoying...

What?

[ghideon]

In terms of working pressure, what is good macro rated at?

And micro, too, if anyone knows.

[Beemer]

good regs + low operating press = macro.
Come one people, 900+psi is just to unsafe no matter what line you use....
gt

If you say that, then you could say 3000,4500 or even 5000psi air cylinders are unsafe no matter what reg you use.

Shouldnt everything down stream be rated at LEAST the same or higher then the starting pressure? But then again this is PaintBall not rocket science.

[rabidchihauhau]

Forget the 'I've never seen it blow', 'I'm testing it right now and don't see any problems' and 'its usually the fittings, not the hose'....

where's the working pressure rating? where's the burst pressure?

Oh, and I like the 'good reg + etc = macro line' - same reasoning as 'as long as I drive safely, there's no need for safety belts'.

Whether macro line should be used or not has NOTHING to do with cost, the fittings used or individual impressions of how good it is. The only criteria that should be used is whether or not its working pressure is the same or exceeds the maximum working pressure of the gas SOURCE (as in tank) your system is hooked up to. Can any macroline deal with 4500 psi x 4.5? If not (and I haven't seen any yet that can), then you should not be using it.

[speeddemon]

...Whether macro line should be used or not has NOTHING to do with cost, the fittings used or individual impressions of how good it is. The only criteria that should be used is whether or not its working pressure is the same or exceeds the maximum working pressure of the gas SOURCE (as in tank) your system is hooked up to. Can any macroline deal with 4500 psi x 4.5? If not (and I haven't seen any yet that can), then you should not be using it.

Well you can use that logic all you want, but personally I would much rather have my macro blow in the event of a reg failure, than have full pressure in my gun. Macro is cheap, guns aren't. Just use good macro and common sense. Like Squid said, I have never seen good macro blow, only the cheap stuff (and even then it was cuz of idiots leaving it in the sun and so on.

[Beemer]

Then again

Well you can use that logic all you want, but personally I would much rather have my macro blow in the event of a reg failure, than have full pressure in my gun. Macro is cheap, guns aren't. Just use good macro and common sense. Like Squid said, I have never seen good macro blow, only the cheap stuff (and even then it was cuz of idiots leaving it in the sun and so on.

Well your logic aint exactly rocket science. You could consider the macro like an inline fuse I suppose. But then it could eat your face like couponqueen found out. ASTM says your gun and valve is supposed to be rated at 3000psi anyway. IS IT? Mine IS. Of course the industry doesnt have to follow standards cause this aint rocket science. They dont CARE.

Show your set up to the NASA guys. I will bet huge they wouldnt trust or USE it.

What do you mean in the event of reg failure? Regs dont fail do they?

Put 3000psi on your GOOD macro and tell me what happens. I could leave my gun in the sun[under pressure] all day if I wanted. No paint in hopper of course.

Peace Out
Beemer

[wombo102]

um...how did macro line eat your face and hand

[GT]

If you say that, then you could say 3000,4500 or even 5000psi air cylinders are unsafe no matter what reg you use.

Shouldnt everything down stream be rated at LEAST the same or higher then the starting pressure? But then again this is PaintBall not rocket science.

Lets say your air fittings hol,
can you honestly say that any part out there can survive a 4500psi blast? I think this debate is pretty pointless, If you have an inline(tank) reg designed to blow off @ X amount of pressure, the strength of your air fittings is a moot point. From what I understand most of the tanks in the industry bleed off around 1000psi becuase they relize just how dangerous that is down stream, no matter what fittings you use.

If your equipment is serviced when needed a 4500 downstream blast is unlikly

Come one people, 900+psi is just to unsafe no matter what line you use....

Do what you like Beemer. For me this rule still stands true, no matter how bad I want RT runaway....

[MasonFootball89]

Pictures

Post some picks.

well it sounds like it hurts so I want to laugh at some pictures

(please dont laugh at me :rofl: )

[Beemer]

Lets say your air fittings hol,
can you honestly say that any part out there can survive a 4500psi blast? I think this debate is pretty pointless, If you have an inline(tank) reg designed to blow off @ X amount of pressure, the strength of your air fittings is a moot point. From what I understand most of the tanks in the industry bleed off around 1000psi becuase they relize just how dangerous that is down stream, no matter what fittings you use.

If your equipment is serviced when needed a 4500 downstream blast is unlikly



Do what you like Beemer. For me this rule still stands true, no matter how bad I want RT runaway....

Ya my stuff will hold to at least 5000psi or more tested.

From what I understand most of the tanks in the industry bleed off around 1000psi

Have to prove that one to me. MOST, should be all.

FYI I only run 800 input

Consider this. The burst disk on a 4500 psi is 7500 [WHAT]

"If your equipment is serviced when needed a 4500 downstream blast is unlikly"

Key word is not unlikely but POSSIBLE

Peace Out
Beemer

[Flow_Tech]

um...how did macro line eat your face and hand

um...ever heard of an expression?

[darwin]

For painkillers i would recomend morphine

[PaintballSmurf13]

um... why is this in the paintball talk forum?? i say, sucks for you, deal with it...
-Ryan