The use of 100% N2 in tires excuses one from activating one's brain every month for a tire pressure check.
Rather run on deflated tires till it's time for the car shop to send a biannual maintenance reminder, than do cerebral hard labor (as goes fo cable works and Aldi TV's).
Rather run on deflated tires till it's time for the car shop to send a biannual maintenance reminder, than do cerebral hard labor (as goes fo cable works and Aldi TV's).
I think the real reason for 100% N2 is that it's 'dry nitrogen' - which does not contain any H2O, which has a nasty habit of condensing and causing corrosion. Not that there is likely to be any corrosion to speak of going on inside a tire. But in many other applications it is called for.
And jet-liners. At 8 Bar pressure the oxygen concentration is above that of a pure oxygen atmosphere, if air is used, bad for fire-hazard thingies...
It would make sense to require N2 or truck/buss tires!
You've got to have a read of this thread.
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/soli...uning-fuse-amp-overheating-3.html#post3643692
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/soli...uning-fuse-amp-overheating-3.html#post3643692
Nitrogen is used for inflation of airplane tires instead of air, mainly for three reasons:
Corrosion prevention of the wheel hub.
Less expansion-contraction due to temperature changes
Minimisation of fire-explosion risk.
Consider that operating conditions differ by far btn airplanes and cars/bikes.
George
Corrosion prevention of the wheel hub.
Less expansion-contraction due to temperature changes
Minimisation of fire-explosion risk.
Consider that operating conditions differ by far btn airplanes and cars/bikes.
George
More snake oil.
Air is 89% nitrogen. No difference in explosion unless you were going to add a non-self oxidizing fuel inside the tire. Nitrogen in fuel tanks is a different issue.
DRY air is what prevents corrosion. Bottled nitrogen is dry.
Difference in expansion, even considering the -30 to +200 an aircraft may deal with is negligible.
If there is a valid reason, it is because the FAA says so. I wont go past that.
How about carbon fiber rods velcro'ed to the power cord with some sort of magic crystals in them to absorb the bad energy?
Now, is snake oil only that which is intentionally petaled knowing it is useless, or do folks like Perter Belt, who seem to actually believe a safety pin on your shirt till deflect the background radiation interfering with perfect audio qualify? Miss-guided, insane, ignorant? But if they truly believe, is it really snake oil? Where we should be point the finger in those cases is to the "expert" reviewers who claim these things work. Don't pick on the lunatic, pick on those who follow!
Now, is snake oil only that which is intentionally petaled knowing it is useless, or do folks like Perter Belt, who seem to actually believe a safety pin on your shirt till deflect the background radiation interfering with perfect audio qualify? Miss-guided, insane, ignorant? But if they truly believe, is it really snake oil? Where we should be point the finger in those cases is to the "expert" reviewers who claim these things work. Don't pick on the lunatic, pick on those who follow!
Does seem hokey.
Take a scheme commonly used to prevent lateral leakage for very high impedance circuits, cross out the word "DOG" and insert "CAT", then cross out "CAT" and write "BEE" next to that...voila, a "BEE" License.
While it will indeed strip the capacitance, I still don't see how that prevents inductive coupled noise..
jn
79%, ~20% O2
The tire? They burn pretty well...
At 8 Bar the amount of O2 near the tire would be 8 x 20% = 160% of pure O2 at normal pressure.
Lots of things burn really well in a pure O2 atmosphere!
This morning after 'Googling' this subject, I called Jack Bybee to find what HE uses in his Bentley. He now uses normal air, BUT when he did his 200+mph run at the Bonnieville Salt Flats, with his Bentley, he used Nitrogen in the tires. He said they have big tanks of nitrogen at the site, and strongly recommended that people use it.
Now, I am NOT going to switch to Nitrogen in my Porsche, because I simply do not drive fast enough or long enough these days, to merit it. BUT quality rims CAN corrode (the tire guy told me so, years ago) and IF I used the same Porsche on the Autobahn, and was 10 years younger, I might well have considered it.
Now, I am NOT going to switch to Nitrogen in my Porsche, because I simply do not drive fast enough or long enough these days, to merit it. BUT quality rims CAN corrode (the tire guy told me so, years ago) and IF I used the same Porsche on the Autobahn, and was 10 years younger, I might well have considered it.
Once the nitrogen is in why take it out? There was a garage here once that offered folks to change the air in their tires for $5 each.
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The seller helpfully points out that the cables are not passive and reactionary like conventional cables.
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Jack said that it is difficult to find places where you can get Nitrogen for the tires. He did use one set of tires with nitrogen, but his tires wear out fairly early. Heavy car, high speed, etc. He did find one place, but it was too far away to be convenient.
Compressed dry nitrogen is available just about anywhere. You have an Airgas distributor less than a mile from your apartment.
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