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 Topic: Cost of air!Posted: 20 July 2013 at 6:47pm |
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How can the BP garage near Bull Lane justify 50p for the air ? It was free a few years ago and then they introduced a 20p charge. It is a charge on safety. The cost of the air I believe is still free. The initial cost for the equipment is small compared to the recent refurbishment.
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timo_w2s
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Posted: 21 July 2013 at 12:08pm |
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It's getting hard to find free air anywhere these days. Where's the best place to go now?
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Who is General Failure and why's he reading my hard disk?
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ArtB
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Posted: 21 July 2013 at 5:55pm |
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Ebay..... Convert the free air to something useful for a car... Foot pump for under a fiver including postage.
 ... I was also going to mention copious volumes of free hot air but decided against it....  Art
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Posted: 22 July 2013 at 9:26am |
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Plenty of free hot air on this forum occasionally
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Paul_G
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Posted: 22 July 2013 at 10:09am |
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Esso / Tesco Express is 50p too.
I have a Ring air compressor that cost £20 and runs off the car's 12V electrics. It's small and I keep it permanently in the boot. It's proved very handy for myself and others on several occasions.
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timo_w2s
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Posted: 22 July 2013 at 11:07am |
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I've been tempted to get a 12v air compressor. I already have a decent hand pump but not always convinced I've got the right pressure as the dial is quite small. Occasionally it's nice to have a machine do it to the except pressure (assuming it's working properly!).
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Paul_G
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Posted: 22 July 2013 at 1:57pm |
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FYI I think the Ring model I have is 'RAC600'.
No dial - digital readout. You set to desired pressure then switch it on. It cuts out when the preset pressure is reached.
Accuracy is good - matches very closely to a decent gauge I tested it against.
Warning: Do not be tempted by the very cheap ones off eBay etc. - they take ages to achieve a decent pressure and burn a lot of current.
HTH
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timo_w2s
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Posted: 22 July 2013 at 2:57pm |
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Thanks Paul, that looks exactly what I could do with.
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Dave-R
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Posted: 22 July 2013 at 6:26pm |
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Thats inflation for you!
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Posted: 31 July 2013 at 5:49pm |
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Your not buying air, your paying for use of the compressor.
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