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re: needle valve vs pressure regulator
> No, no, no... I posted my message wrong. I was recalling about how another APD reader had found a lower pressure regulator at lowe's... something around 200
> psi max (probably for
> an air compressor). My query was if anyone had thought of using this regulator AFTER a high pressure regulator INSTEAD of a needle vavle. A needle vavle is
> designed for flow
> control rather than pressure control. Could this be a feasible, if not better (easier to control) alternative. I was not at all thinking about using just the single low
> pressure
> regulator on a tank where the psi is up around 1000.
>
> Chris
>
I don't have personal experience with this, but I really think that you
want a needle valve. You want to regulate flow rate, that's what a
needle valve does. With very low pressures and low resistance to flow it
is difficult to regulate flow rate.
A higher pressure and a controlled resistance should give you more
stable flow. The uncontrollables like atmospheric pressure and depth in
the aquarium will have less affect on flow rate with the higher
pressure.
--
Harvey Schneider
<harvsch at earthlink_net>