

| Subject: | Re: AC Compressor to inflate tires, etc? |
| From: | Dale Ward |
| Date: | Tue, 9 Jan 2007 06:39:42 EST |
In a message dated 1/8/2007 5:02:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, VW4X4@VERIZON.NET writes: What's the likely hood, of hot flaming gasses (your combustion chamber) coming thru the hose and causing a fire else where, or more so, an explosion? JOE Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: >Way back when I was just a lad, my father used to carry one of those tire >inflaters that screwed into the a spark plug hole. Very simple device: >long hose (~20'), fitting on one end where it screwed into the plug hole, a >fitting on the other end for the tire valve, heck, it even had pressure >gauge. > >Cheers, > My father still has one of those spark plug hole tire inflators. It doesn't use the gasses from the combustion chamber to inflate the tire. It just uses the pumping action of the cylinder to move a diaphragm up and down, which in turn pumps fresh air. Dale Ward LiMBO Club House Keeper
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