Acoustic Guitar Construction

Something I fail to do regularly is empty the condensation in the air compressor tanks -- caught up with me I have a rust through --- drain those tanks!

Thanks for the reminder. I have not done mine in over a year.

I installed one of these...3 years ago...I've had no trouble... other's seem to have had, but I think if you read the reviews, you'll see you have to be smarter than the valve to get it right, I'm sure nobody here would have any difficulties...main thing is not to over tighten the feral fittings...depending on your compressor brand (I had to get an adaptor for my Sears) you may need one for yours...most are standard pipe threads while the unit I got WAS metric..
It's hard for me to get down to the bleed valve so this saved me a lot of hassle... .02

THAT is what I need Ray. I tucked my compressor in a place that I can't easily get to the drain either and I've wanted to put a remote valve on it so I can run a line outside and drain it often. This would be perfect.

Kevin in California wrote:THAT is what I need Ray. I tucked my compressor in a place that I can't easily get to the drain either and I've wanted to put a remote valve on it so I can run a line outside and drain it often. This would be perfect.

Cool! ..most of the auto valves are cost prohibitive...but hey...this one seems ok for the average compressor a guy would have at home...and you don't have to remember it.. which is a BIG issue for me.. :) maybe in a business where it's in use all the time or where you have a big tank it would pay to spend the $100 or so... :)

Oh...by the way, I used a clear hose on mine so I could see what's coming out of it and it's staying pretty darn clean!

Ray

ken cierp wrote:Something I fail to do regularly is empty the condensation in the air compressor tanks -- caught up with me I have a rust through --- drain those tanks!

I don't know how big a tank you have Ken, but they have a pretty good selection of portable tanks from 5 gal to 11 gal at Harbor Freight...you can double them or use 3 tanks and mount your compressor on another solid surface above them or put them up above the compressor using quick disconnects and shut off valves...you can remove one should you need air where a compressor isn't practical somewhere...I helped a friend do just that...we daisy chained 3 tanks together for less than it would cost to mickey mouse weld the rusted out tank or buy a replacement...they wanted more for the tank from Ingersoll Rand than they did for a complete new compressor! again.... .02

http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsea ... +air+tanks

Its a small compressor used for our brad nailer -- I was able to fix it with epoxy -- so far so good.