Thanks Tom.
Rod 10921
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Rod,
That is an excellent question. I will make sure to pass it on to the
manufacturer and I will get back to you.
What I can guess on my own is that the best temperature for storage would
probably be as cold as possible. Since the struts are filled with nitrogen at a
tremendous pressure (somewhere around 180 bar / 2600 PSI) no matter what you
will do the gas will slowly leak out. When you lower the temperature the
pressure drops as well and that should slow down the leak. I don’t know by how
much but I’m sure it’s not going to be much. I would try keeping them in a
sealed moisture preventing bag in a freezer.
I think the best way to store them would be in a container pressurized to
equal the internal pressure of the strut. Keep them fully extended (lower
pressure), piston down to keep the seals lubricated and you could easily store
them for a long long time.
From my experience I would say that it makes no sense to store them. Get as
many as you need right now and I’ll try to have them made every once in a while.
All gas struts will go bad over time... unless you store them with equalized
pressure.
I’ll get back
to you...
Greetings
from Poland! Tom Niemczewski Vin 6149 plus 2418, 3633, 5030, 16473,
17086 Google earth: 52°25'17.66"N, 21°
1'58.40"E www.deloreana.com
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [DML] New door struts - anyone
interested?
Tom,
Do you have any idea of the shelf life of new struts? Assuming they are
stored in a controlled temperature environment is there any data as to how long
they can remain "new".
Thanks,
Rod
10921
Sent from my iPad
Hello
everyone,
I
have come across a company that manufactures high performance and high quality
gas struts. I am talking with them about the possibility of manufacturing a
small batch of new door struts for us. The details are:
The
strut will be the same length both collapsed and extended as the original
Stabilus struts. They will have full dampening at the end of stroke to prevent
door bounce. They will have the same force as original struts - no sagging
doors. They have temperature compensation built in which means that cold
weather should not affect the force as much as it does in the case of regular
gas struts. This doesn't mean that it will maintain the same opening force in
extremely cold weather but the effect should be minimized. They come with full
2 year replacement warranty against defects in manufacturing and
materials.
We
can have the struts in two flavors:
1.
Powder coated black cylinder with black nitrate coated piston.
2.
Brushed 304 stainless cylinder with chrome coated piston.
If
we can get enough people interested the prices will be:
For
black/black gas struts: $30 each or $50 for a set of two with free
shipping
For
304/chrome gas struts: $80 each or $150 for a set of two with free
shipping
Please
let me know if this idea is worth pursuing. In my opinion the price is very
good and the full 2 year replacement warranty is a very good
insurance.
Anyone
interested?
Greetings
from Poland! Tom Niemczewski Vin 6149 plus 2418, 3633, 5030, 16473,
17086 Google earth: 52°25'17.66"N, 21° 1'58.40"E www.deloreana.com
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