Tube pressures

[scotbylad]

I have a Walkerbay rib & the quoted tube pressure is 0.4 bar which seems very high ? What pressure are others running ?

[jonp]

Not sure on bar to psi conversion but my zodiac recommends 3.4 psi which I thought was very hard when I first bought it, to the point I bought two new pressure gauges thinking they must of been wrong. They feel solid and tight and make a pinging sound when you flick them.

[scotbylad]

Yeah that pressure sounds more normal , my quoted pressure in bar equates to about 5.8 PSI which just seems way too high

[Grant Garwood]

Originally Posted by scotbylad

I have a Walkerbay rib & the quoted tube pressure is 0.4 bar which seems very high ? What pressure are others running ?

According to this Walker Bay Owners Safety Manual https://walkerbay.com/wp-content/upl...ed-05.2012.pdf you should be running at 3.5 psi.

[jeffstevens763@g]

another copy 0.4 bar is high pressure floor


https://walkerbay.com/wp-content/upl...l-02-08-16.pdf

[scotbylad]

thanks guys , i believe mine is a Walkerbay Wildcat

[Locozodiac]

Once boat has been floating for a while reinflate all air chambers to 3.0 PSI which is enough air pressure to achieve an excellent water performance There's no water performance difference whatsoever between 3.0 and 3.5 PSI as 3.0 is near rock hard.

If boat counts with high side tubes which doesn't ride on water 2.0-2.5 PSI wll be enough specially during summer times as auto reinflation to a higher pressure will occur due to sun exposure.

Happy Boating

[GuyC]

Could it have been 0.24 bar and either the 2 was missing or rubbed out?

0.24 bar is 3.5psi.

[scotbylad]

Have checked plate again & it says 0.4 bar for sure . I’m gonna use a less pressure though , probs about 0.25

[Tim M]

Avon recommend 2-3psi. Apparently they built them to a bursting pressure of 8psi.

I used to have a quicksilver airdeck sib which requires a very high pressure, around 4psi if I recall.

[bullionbill]

I have pacific 22 . Max tube pressure is 2psi