Increasing tank size gets... what exactly?

by joe
(south east)

What if anything, will change in cfm by increasing my air tank size?going from 8 gallon to 25 gallon. thanks.

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Bill says...

When your tank is larger and fully charged, you have more air pre-compressed at your high pressure set point ready to be used.

If your air consumption is less than your compressor is able to deliver, you will have lots of air for your air tool.

If your application draws more compressed air than your air compressor can produce, you will have more time to do work with a larger tank before your air pressure drops below the minimum operating pressure of your tool, and you have to wait for the compressor to catch up.

Compare a larger air tank to a larger battery. The more storage, the longer something can run before the "battery" runs down.

There is more info on this here and also here .

Cheers,

Bill