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     1. 05:19 AM - Re: Gas springs for doors (Mark Kettering)
 
 
 


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    Time: 05:19:21 AM PST US
    From: Mark Kettering <mantafs@earthlink.net>
    Subject: Re: Gas springs for doors
    Hello OC, When they make gas struts they are not charged. The seals for the struts are actually one way "valves". They allow gas in but not out. To charge a gas strut they just place them inside a pressure vessel then pump up the pressure to what ever charge they want in the gas strut. This pressurized gas enters the gas strut so that the pressure is about the same. When the pressure in the pressure vessel is then released the one way seal holds the charge inside the strut. When your struts leak you can do the same to recharge them. Of course nitrogen is better and you can maybe get a fill at a places that fills car tires with nitrogen. But air will also work. So just put the weak or dead gas strut into a section of capped pipe with a tire valve at one end and pump it up to what ever pressure you want. Then release the pressure and open it up and you gas strut should be as good as new. You can calculate the pressure you need based on the force you want and the estimated piston area. Mark -----Original Message----- >From: bakerocb@cox.net >Sent: Feb 28, 2010 6:12 PM >To: kis-list@matronics.com, ftyoder@yoderbuilt.com >Subject: Re: KIS-List: Gas springs for doors > > >2/28/2010 > >Hello Tim, What did you do with the steel pipe filled with nitrogen? > >What has this to do with the gas filled struts for holding open the KIS TR-1 >doors? > >Please explain. Thanks. > >'OC' Says: "The best investment we can make is the effort to gather and >understand knowledge." > >=========================================== > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "F. Tim Yoder" <ftyoder@yoderbuilt.com> >To: <kis-list@matronics.com> >Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 7:24 PM >Subject: Re: KIS-List: Gas springs for doors > > >I was having to replace the original Gas springs every year or two. A fellow >builder told me he recharged his. I found a piece of steel pipe and two end >caps and put a Schrader valve on one end. I put some thick goo on the >threads and filled it compressed air and checked it for leaks, I found some >leaks and tightened the caps more, no leaks. I then filled the pipe with >Nitrogen, from my brothers bottle that he uses to fill the struts on his >Bonanza. It worked great! I haven't had to re fill them in the past three >years. > >Tim N52TY > >




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