Re: air table floatation: compressor vs house air

Posted by Daniel Gitler on
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Dear Ben,
I have been using house air for a long long time. I just added an air filter before the table to make sure not to get junk into the airtable's filters. I have not had to change anything, ever. If there were on occasion pressure changes, I did not feel them, and that includes electrophysiological experiments. I imagine in those any change in flotation would be quite obvious.
Daniel

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From: David Baddeley <[hidden email]>
Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012 1:07
Subject: Re: air table floatation: compressor vs house air
To: [hidden email]

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> Have used both, and have found the house air to be less hassle.
> If you a good house air system it should be both more reliable
> and much quieter than a compressor. Normal caveats about the
> potential for moisture and your dependence on central
> maintenance apply. If you do have a central outage you can get
> away with running tables off bottled gas (N2 or similar) for a
> day or two - and this might be easier to get at short notice
> than a compressor. If your table is in good nick and you aren't
> bouncing it up and down too much this is much less wasteful than
> it sounds. 
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> cheers,
> David
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> Hi All,
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> Does anyone have a strong opinion about whether it is best to
> float an air
> table via a small air compressor or via house air?
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> Thanks,
> Ben
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Daniel Gitler, Ph.D.
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