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Article: Understanding hydraulic circuits--hydraulic oil reservoirs.(Shop Talk)
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- Outdoor Power Equipment
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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Hydraulics is one topic I get lots of questions about from both technicians and equipment operators. Instructors, seasoned hydraulic mechanics, and authors of textbooks and study guides tend to forget how hard hydraulics was to learn when they first started out.
Some of the principles of hydraulics and the operation of hydraulic components seem easy enough for a specific application or when working on a single manufacturer's product because you understand that particular product line. Things can get complicated quickly, however, when you venture into new territory and are faced with hydraulic system applications that are not familiar to you.
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