Paintball Compressor
Compressed Air Tanks – Taking Your Paintball Gun to New Levels of Performance
Executive Summary About Paintball Compressor By Daniel Klaas
The concept borrowed from bb guns and air pistols, paintball guns began using CO2 in the form of 12 gram disposable cartridges. Compressed air, aka Nitrogen, is the other primary propellant in paintball today.
Unlike CO2, a compressed air paintball tank is filled with normal air. A nitrogen paintball tank is made with special materials and designed to store very high pressure. A standard CO2 tank will hold 850 psi of pressure. A compressed air tank can hold either 3000 or 4500 psi of air, depending on the model that you choose.
A special compressor is used to fill a nitrogen tank. They can also be filled using a reserve tank of higher pressure and a filling adapter system. All compressed air tanks have a regulator installed on them which brings the pressure exiting the tank down to a usable level for the paintball gun. Regulators can be factory set, fixed at either high pressure (850 psi) or low pressure (400 psi). For 4500 psi tanks, multiple the size by 15.
Paintball: Understanding CO2 and Compressed Air
Executive Summary About Paintball Compressor By Blair Stephens
CIs, PSI, OZs, C02, Burst Disc, Regulator, Tank, Nitrogen, Compressed Air, Nitro, and the list goes on. C02 and Compressed Air are used almost exclusively in the Paintball. The other gas used is Compressed Air. Compressed Air is just what the name implies; air that is compressed. C02 is inherently less stable than compressed air when it comes to paintball air systems.
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When a c02 tank is filled it is actually filled with liquid C02. When you purchase a 20oz C02 tank, the 20ozs refers to the capacity of the tank. As you begin to empty the tank (by firing your marker) the liquid c02 in the tank continues to convert into a gas. Compressed Air is the other major type of air used in paintball. Many players think there is a difference in Nitrogen tanks and Compressed Air tanks.
So calling a compressed air tank a “nitrogen” tank isn’t far from the truth. In paintball common tank sizes include 45ci, 68ci, and 88ci. Typically 3000psi tanks are made out of aluminum (much like a scuba tank) and 4500psi tanks are made from a fiber wrapped aluminum bottle. For example; a 68 / 45 refers to a tank that has a 68 cubic inch bottle and is rated to 4500psi.
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