Running 2 N2 Tanks?

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

Ok... now if i somehow rigged the setup so that both tanks air up the gun... well first of all is it even possible?

One of the tanks is an adjustable agd flatline 68/4500 and the other tank is your standard steel 48/3000 (Preset output pressure should be 800.......)

I normally run my mags at 800-900psi

Now if i were to have both tanks symotaniously(sp) go on at the same time and if i have my adjustable at 800... would that mean 1600 psi of air is in my hoses and valve? Or will all the air pressure force the air back into the tanks so that there is only 800psi going to my valve?

One more thing is that i don't think paintball manufacturors made a fitting that accepts 2 hoses... but do you guys now where i would get one after i know that i'm not going to blow anything up by attempting this?

I don't plan on playing with this set-up often. Only during those big games at sams or scenario events. This is basically my sollution to not having enough air

If i can't run both at the same time then i'll just throw on a quick disconnect fitting along with a bleed valve so that once one tank runs out i'll just switch to the other tank.

[NukeGoose]

It'll work fine with 2 tanks, and the pressure will be whatever you set your flatline to (if it's set higher than 800 psi). However after your flatline drains out, the preset tank will be providing the air. What you need is a T-fitting, 1/8 NPT threaded. If you set your Flatline at 800 PSI, then you'll be feeding from both tanks. If the flatline is set below 800 PSI, then you'll be feeding from the preset tank first.

Think of it this way (hypothetically): Flatline set to 950 PSI, preset at 800 PSI
Pressure in line: 950 PSI
You take a shot, pressure drops (to say 850 psi in the line? as the reg recharges, not sure how far it will drop), since 850 is still over the preset tank's output, but below the flatline's output, the flatline will recharge the line.

[DarkMag722]

Your jokin right that might f*@! up your gun.

[teufelhunden]

Your jokin right that might f*@! up your gun.

You apparently have no idea.

[Jaan]

I wouldn't run them at the same time myself. I would put some kind of on/off where each tank is mounted that way you could remove one or the other as you choose. That way you don't always have to have both tanks on the gun, basically using a tank to make sure the other ASA doesn't leak.

Your gun is starting to look like a VM-68

[MoneyShot]

Why dont you just have the other tank with you if your worried about running out of air. Because think about it, if your at a scenario game and you have both tanks on there and your holding that bad boy all day, its going to get really heavy. It may also affect your aiming, not being used to it being that heavy. So why don't you just take the other tank with you and then when you run out of air on the other one, switch them. Now granted, you may be in the middle of a fight and run out of air and then have to take the time to switch them. But, thats just a thought, which is what i would do.

[WenULiVeUdiE]

1/8 NPT T fitting should do the trick. If that doesnt work they make T Macro. fittings, which would mean you run lines from both tanks to the fitting, then another line from the fittings to the valve.

[TDonovan]

1/8 NPT T fitting should do the trick. If that doesnt work they make T Macro. fittings, which would mean you run lines from both tanks to the fitting, then another line from the fittings to the valve.

Yup, the T fitting should work just fine. I would personally NOT run that 2nd tank on the VA though. You never know how much stress that will put mounted on a light rail like that. Plus it'll be incredibly uncomfortable.

As far as people saying that "OMG TOO MUCH PRESSURE"... At what point do you think these pressures would somehow add? 800psi coming from 1 tank is 800 psi in the line. Introduce another 800psi source and you still have 800psi in the line, it just comes from 2 sources now.

If I were playing scenario and wanted a LOT of air, I'd get a remote and an 88/65. Flurry Industries makes good vests that would be perfect to hold a bunch of pods as well as a tank. I'd run the remote into a gas through stock with that setup. In fact, If you wanted to get creative you could rig 2 tanks onto 1 remote system and have both tanks on your back.

[VFX_Fenix]

Why dont you just have the other tank with you if your worried about running out of air. Because think about it, if your at a scenario game and you have both tanks on there and your holding that bad boy all day, its going to get really heavy. It may also affect your aiming, not being used to it being that heavy. So why don't you just take the other tank with you and then when you run out of air on the other one, switch them. Now granted, you may be in the middle of a fight and run out of air and then have to take the time to switch them. But, thats just a thought, which is what i would do.

You did notice that there's a Flatline on that thing and not a screw-in type HPA system.... right?

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

o psh we're all mag owners, the weight of the gun doesn't effect us. It's like running a regular steel mainbody mag with a warp and halo along with a steel 68psi tank

[WARPED1]

Your jokin right that might f*@! up your gun.

They used to do it all the time on PMI-3/VM 68 Magnums. 2 tanks. 1 20 Ounce off the back, a 7 under the barrel.




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[Lurker27]

IMO you'd be ahppier switching off tanks, and only lugging around 1 at a time...just carry to other one nearby.

failing that, run a remote!

[QuiksilverMV]

Yeah thats a really bad idea, if you can get a pressure activated dual valve where each valve shuits off every few seconds then it'll work but otherwise have fun trying to kill yourself.

[VFX_Fenix]

Yeah thats a really bad idea, if you can get a pressure activated dual valve where each valve shuits off every few seconds then it'll work but otherwise have fun trying to kill yourself.

Dude... do you have the first notion as to how a regulator works? Output pressures from regulators aren't addetive, hence why they're called "regulators". Which ever tank is producing more pressure will determine what the valve "sees" as far as output with both tanks contributing to the air that makes up that pressure. The beauty of a regulated system.

Think about it this way, if you have 2 SCUBA tanks filled to 3000 PSI and you were to connect them together with a hard line then open both valves so that air could flow between them freely and you had a pressure guage on the line, guess what. The guage would read "3000psi". Compression and addition of heat are the only ways you can get more pressure into a sysem. Since you aren't decreasing the volume the air is occupying in the lines, and you aren't adding an appreciable ammount of heat either, you get no increase in pressure, simply an equalization between the two tanks.

BTW, Welcome to the forums, and don't worry, we still love ya.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

woo hoo i'm not gonna die! as for these "T" fittings... where do i get one? home depot?