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What is the very minimum CFM required from an air compressor to do a pressure test?

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Old 11-30-2006, 05:12 PM
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What is the very minimum CFM required from an air compressor to do a pressure test?
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how small is your air compressor?
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How big is the leak
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Default It's not mine one of my housemates has a 30 psi compressor at just a few CFM...I doubt it'll do sh*t
It's a compressor for a air brush. We're talking 1-2 CFM @ 30psi. No dice?
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I was guessing a couple CFM . . . about 10 psi should do it . . .
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I just got more info on the one he may be buying.... 0.7 cfm hahaha a no go?
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Heh . . . just borrow a CO2 soda keg from somewhere . . .
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