To: virgil283
The most common (only US??) home refill unit (Phill by BRC) goes to 3,600 psi in their write-up. I think I’ve read the vehicle CNG tank code was 4 or 5,000 psi with a very significant safety factor on top of that.
125 posted on
10/17/2013 11:43:03 AM PDT by
thackney
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To: thackney
home refill unit (Phill by BRC) goes to 3,600 psi in their write-up. ..Wow...so just for comparison a 3 ton household AC draws about 15amps @240 VAC to produce around 360psi . So this unit would draw maybe 5 times as much power for 10 hours to fill the car's tank (in general numbers)?
130 posted on
10/17/2013 11:54:00 AM PDT by
virgil283
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