Originally Posted by
NattyBumpo
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The gas station air hose only works when used on a valve with a spring-loaded central needle, like a Schaeder. The screw-on Shraeder filler adapter is hollow so there's no needle, nothing to depress the button in the air chuck, which is what turns on the air flow.
Gas station hoses work fine with PV adapters, but it depends on the adapter. If the adapter is short enough that the PV stem reaches close to the top, it works just like an Shrader valve. Or the ID of the adapter at the upper edge can be small enough, that it opens the chuck by engaging the conical valve depressor.
Lets face it, PV avapters are made for the express purpose of using with the ball chucks at gas stations. If they couldn't do that they wouldn't exist.