question about tank

[donthurtthenoob]

hi guys,

my dad has an air compresssor , but it only puts out 100 psi.. can i use it to fill up my 4500 tank.. like leave it in there until the pressure in the tank goes up, or will it stay at 100 or never fill up.

thanks for help in advance

[CoolHand]

It will fill it up . . . . . to 100 psi.

Pressure is pressure is pressure.

You can never fill to a higher pressure than the highest output of your fill source (in this case, 100 psi).

Now if you had a booster . . . . . . .

But that's another show.

[neppo1345]

It will fill it up . . . . . to 100 psi.

Pressure is pressure is pressure.

You can never fill to a higher pressure than the highest output of your fill source (in this case, 100 psi).

Now if you had a booster . . . . . . .

But that's another show.

I didn't think you could even run a booster off of 100 PSI.

Probably have to custom build one.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[CoolHand]

I didn't think you could even run a booster off of 100 PSI.

Probably have to custom build one.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

We ran ours off of 60 psi shop air (to drive the booster), and 1800 psi 300 CuFt Bulk Industrial N2 tanks.

[Pneumagger]

I didn't think you could even run a booster off of 100 PSI.

Probably have to custom build one.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

A booster requires 2 air sources... an LP (anything about 50-300psi) and an HP input (about 1000+psi)

The energy of the LP air is used to drive a large piston connected to a small piston that compresses the HP air even further. The LP gets vented and "wasted" while the HP air is stored at higher pressure.

Unless you have a kickass miltistage compressor/booster... this is how your shop gets 4500psi from a habdfull of 2800psi Bulk tanks. They fill the Paintball tank with 2800psi, and use the booster to top the tank off.