Got a deflated tire but 10 two-liter bottles? Make this DIY air compressor!

[beschizza]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/05/15/got-a-deflated-tire-but-10-two.html

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[heh]

And now he’s got some water inside the tire. I don’t know about car tires, but bicycle tires don’t like water at all.

Still pretty cool.

[d4nj450n]

That was pretty cool, thanks, but

@beschizza

The best solutions are sometimes the simplest ones

NOT the simplest solution.

[FGD135]

[James_Mason]

Sounds like Spock works for Apple.

[killick]

This looks WAY easier than using an air compressor. Such an elegant solution. Good thing he had that air compressor handy so he could borrow parts.

[chuck007]

1. Water inside a tire is really bad news once the temps drop below freezing.
2. The TPS sensors are somewhat waterproof, still wouldn’t want to be have a sensor sloshing around in water.
3. Maybe just fix the tire…

[anon81034786]

$40 bucks at Harbor Freight. Boom! Done.

[Sqyntz]

Coming next week: Water your garden with an air compressor!

[thomasaquinas]

Oh… these comments are just as funny as 'd hoped they’d be. Thank you Boing Boing Readers. Today, I gave you all likes.

[mocon]

@anon81034786

$40 bucks at Harbor Freight. Boom! Done.

With Harbor Freight tools, that “Boom” is often literal.

I kid, I kid.

[Lot_49]

Cool, but he shouldn’t use that cheap-o pencil-type tire gauge. Not accurate!

[len_c]

how many bottles would he need if he added dry ice to the party?

[Brandano]

Actually, could he just fill the tire with dry ice?

[len_c]

“One pound of dry ice will produce about 8.3 cubic feet of carbon dioxide gas”

but at what pressure? i’ll leave it to someone more qualified to do that math

[tudza]

I’ve got this foot pump I always carry in my trunk.

[BakerB]

And the stainless steel blocks tapped to hold the bottles are something everyone has lying around in the garage, right?

[CanadianBeaver]

Off the top of my head? Too much pressure. You would need to regulate it.

[FGD135]