Posted by: Clayphoto on November 28, 2003 at 20:35:13

Actually a regulator will never add any pressure. Normally it will cut a significant amount of pressure away from your main source. The most pressure it will ever deliver is what the airsource is feeding. The theory behind it all; Regardless of it is for paintball, car fuel injectors, propane stoves, or any other purpose, a regulator has two primary roles. 1) To deliver only the needed amount of energy needed for the device to function at maximum ability and 2) To increase the consistency of that flow. Say for the sake of example that for your gun to shoot a paintball at 285fps and recock with whatever equipment you have, it will need 600psi of energy. Lets also say for the sake of argument that due to imperfections of your guns equipment that it will actually deliver 560 to 620psi every time you pull the trigger. Where the regulator comes in is to narrow that band of inconsistency. Since the only job a regulator does is take whatever incoming pressure it is fed and only deliver a set amount of pressure, it can feed air better. Where your gun may very by at much as 10% as described above, your regulator may be able to reduce that down to 2%. All of the sudden you went from a 560-620 range to 595-602 range. So you open up your guns velocity screw almost all the way open and let the regulator handle air flow. Once your 4500psi tank has been run down to 400psi, then you will have shoot down problems because your tank is not delivering enough energy for the regulator to do it’s job. How it applies to the real world? Forget about a expansion chamber if you are running N2. An expansion chamber is designed to keep liquid out of your gun. If you're running N2, there's no liquid. Problem solved. Putting an expansion chamber on N2 is like keeping a fire extinguisher around in case your dry ice goes up in flames. If you should get a regulator once you have an N2 tank? The generic answer is 2nd regulator will help most N2 guns, and the higher end the gun the more that it is true. For a Spyder though? It may not have any real effect for you since the regulator that comes with the tank may already exceed the consistency you get with your Spyder. What I would do is just get the tank, remove the expansion chamber, and play a few games and see what you think. If there’s a problem, look at your paint. If that looks good, see if your paint is matching your bore. Still a problem after that, I’d look to see if it would be better to invest $100 in a Palmer Stabilizer or just use that $100 to get a higher end gun. Welp, that should be enough to give ya something to think about. :) : What regulator should i get for my spyder. I am planning to go to N2 or HP system. My main question is does a reg add pressure after every shot or just when the pressure falls below a set pressure? I ask because i have an expansion chamber on my marker that i would like to keep on there and just add a drop forward and a reg on the drop forward, is this possible and will it work? If so what would be a good buy? Any help is much appreciated. feel free to email me if you wish.

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