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Benjamin Lewis
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jobst brandt wrote:
> Frank Krygowski writes:
>
>>> I am working on a test for blow-off. I made a valve stem pressure
>>> sensor adapter that, when installed, opens the Presta valve to an
>>> aneroid pressure sensor that sends its readings to a data-logger
>>> (about the size of a deck of cards) that also reads a thermocouple
>>> attached to the rim. The data logger is tied to the inside of the
>>> wheel near the hub and has a USB connector to download test data to
>>> a PC where it can be charted.
>
>>> Not to worry, the results will be announced.
>
>> Excellent!
>
>> When you do this, please compare with a static pressure test of the
>> same tire and rim at room temperature.
>
> What do you mean by this. Inflation pressure is inflation pressure
> whether the wheel is rotating or not.
Are you saying that tire blow off depends only on pressure and not on
temperature? The test Frank proposes could confirm this.
--
Benjamin Lewis
Luke, I'm yer father, eh. Come over to the dark side, you hoser.
-- Dave Thomas, "Strange Brew"
> Frank Krygowski writes:
>
>>> I am working on a test for blow-off. I made a valve stem pressure
>>> sensor adapter that, when installed, opens the Presta valve to an
>>> aneroid pressure sensor that sends its readings to a data-logger
>>> (about the size of a deck of cards) that also reads a thermocouple
>>> attached to the rim. The data logger is tied to the inside of the
>>> wheel near the hub and has a USB connector to download test data to
>>> a PC where it can be charted.
>
>>> Not to worry, the results will be announced.
>
>> Excellent!
>
>> When you do this, please compare with a static pressure test of the
>> same tire and rim at room temperature.
>
> What do you mean by this. Inflation pressure is inflation pressure
> whether the wheel is rotating or not.
Are you saying that tire blow off depends only on pressure and not on
temperature? The test Frank proposes could confirm this.
--
Benjamin Lewis
Luke, I'm yer father, eh. Come over to the dark side, you hoser.
-- Dave Thomas, "Strange Brew"