Aquarium Co-Op Linear Piston Air Pump

[jyogurtian]

I'm wondering.

Has anyone checked the temperature of the air that comes out of this air pump?

Mine is 115.7 deg. F. Is this normal?

So I rigged this up. It brings it down to 74.5 deg. (just a touch over room temp)

I hope my pump is not defective.

Edited August 22, 2023 by jyogurtian
Left out context.

[Galabar]

It looks like linear piston air pumps do run hot: https://www.hakkoairpumps.com/subcat68.html

 

 

[StevesFishTanks]

I always looked at the hot air output going into the tanks like heat recovery system.  Small buffer to whatever heat method you use on the tanks and a tiny bit more efficient use of energy involved in the fishroom.

 

The heatsink design looks cool. Nice pipe work.