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by sprocket 3331 days ago
What is the name of the hardware parts that are connected to the relay? I think you've called them "puffers", but searching on that didn't bring up any results. Are you able to provide a link to where I might purchase a couple?
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They're simply 12V solenoids with an air valve attached, to that I've run a small 1/8th" tube to a piece of thin copper tubing that's open on one end. Nothing fancy or branded, the air valves are all attached to a manifold that divides the pressure from the compressor across all the valves.

12V on the valve -> air streams out of the corresponding tube.

Ah, yes; it was the manifold that I was looking at and wondering what it was. Thanks for the explanation!