@bakodiver - yes I hear you on this. I will be using containers with side opening doors so the whole of one side of he container can be opened - so that helps with air flow and cooling. It seems the only way to go about it is to fill at night and early morning as you say.
Still not sure about a bank though. It seems to me the better compressor setup is a 4 stage compressor, turning slowly, running for one long contiguous run filling an air bank at night or very early morning (start at 4am) to keep stop/starts to a minimum and to use a large air bank to keep temperature down as the fill progresses..... is that about right?
I am not saying its the most economical or the safest setup by any means, but purely from a technical standpoint of achieving the longest compressor life and the lowest cost of consumables it seems that is the most optimal setup. Please tell me why its not or how I am getting it wrong because I really want to understand this well.
Another element to this - I didnt want to get into this just yet as we are discussing so many other aspects - what about an air bank in a boat? Is that doable or really not an option? Trying to carry 15 or 20 diving cylinders is going to be difficult because of the sheer amount of things we need to carry when we go up the lake for a week. However it may be crazy dangerous to have an air bank in a boat?
Its almost like the gods conspired against us to keep us out of the water given how difficult, costly and time consuming this is!
Still not sure about a bank though. It seems to me the better compressor setup is a 4 stage compressor, turning slowly, running for one long contiguous run filling an air bank at night or very early morning (start at 4am) to keep stop/starts to a minimum and to use a large air bank to keep temperature down as the fill progresses..... is that about right?
I am not saying its the most economical or the safest setup by any means, but purely from a technical standpoint of achieving the longest compressor life and the lowest cost of consumables it seems that is the most optimal setup. Please tell me why its not or how I am getting it wrong because I really want to understand this well.
Another element to this - I didnt want to get into this just yet as we are discussing so many other aspects - what about an air bank in a boat? Is that doable or really not an option? Trying to carry 15 or 20 diving cylinders is going to be difficult because of the sheer amount of things we need to carry when we go up the lake for a week. However it may be crazy dangerous to have an air bank in a boat?
Its almost like the gods conspired against us to keep us out of the water given how difficult, costly and time consuming this is!