A question on air suspension
Submitted: Thursday, Jan 17, 2019 at 13:41
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Keith B2
I am just working out the air control system for the air bag
suspension on my caravan build. There will be a little control manifold on a panel with up/down switches plus an air gauge fed from an ARB compressor via an air tank.
The compressor cuts out at about 100 psi. Usually you'd run an air line from the compressor to the air tank and another from the other side of the air tank to the manifold. I get that.
Because the compressor is right next to the manifold and space is tight, I was thinking of putting a tee on the outlet of the compressor. One branch of the tee will go into the air tank a few inches away, with the now unused outlet port of the air tank plugged. The other branch of the tee will go to the manifold.
I called Airbagman who advised that this will confuse the compressor because the air won't know which way to go. I don't get that. Can anyone throw some light on what may be wrong with my proposed scheme?
Many thanks
Keith