Mike, that seems to be the consensus: leave the pump running.
Unfortunately, my pump is a commercial, continuous duty one that I
bought from Grainger. I have discovered that it has one flaw: it
sometimes cannot start against an ongoing vacuum of about 1/3 atmosphere
or so. I have put together a check valve, a T, and a small leak that
seems to solve that problem most of the time. After the pump shuts
down, the check valve holds the vacuum in the reservoir, lines, and bag
while the leak lets the air return to the pump side. Only problem is
that the leak I fabricated is, of necessity, quite small and sometimes
seals itself. Maybe I will just replace the pump after all of this
advice has been digested. Another consensus is that I should throw away
all of the rope caulk, and bag sealing gunk and buy another of those
plastic sealing strips...which I will order tonight. I appreciate all of
the advice from RCSE writers. It is great to be able able to contact so
many experienced modelers through this forum, and hear about their
system or procedures.
Don't you guys work or something? I cannot keep up answering all of the
e-mail that I got on this. BUT ENOUGH, ALREADY! Thanks to you all.
Al
Michael Lachowski wrote:
I leave the Gast pump running. Not worth the risk. Especially with an
all carbon, molded wing. 1k carbon and high modulus tow is very
expensive
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