Re: door strut gas pressure?

["twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxx>]

Hi Walt.

I was wondering that very thing this morning when I tried to replace 
my struts. I pushed on the struts, and also couldn't push it, but 
sensed that it was close. So I'm guessing it takes about 250 lbs to 
start to move it. I'm also guessing that the surface area of the 
piston is about .3 square inch, giving a pressure of about 800 psi at 
the extended state, probably a little more compressed. But that's 
just a guess times a guess. It's in the right order of magnitude, I 
suspect.


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> I'm curious to know if anyone can say how much gas pressure is in a 
door
> strut? Or at least an order of magnitude. I know that even a 
strut that is
> too weak to budge the door still has so much pressure that I can't 
compress
> it by leaning on it with all my weight.
> 
> Walt (had too much caffeine with dinner :-)