Air Compressor Question

[Kmvreter]

My compressor always has about 120 PSI in the tank. A trick I learned from diving over many, many years... As long as the tank has pressurized air in the tank, you don't get condensation (especially important when you are breathing the air). Last time I purged the tank completed (5 year old tank) and looked inside, no rust whatsoever. Of course my tank also never moves from its location beneath my workbench in the garage either...

...but you are storing moisture (doesn't matter if it's under pressure.) Not sure if I'm saying this right but it's not condensation due to a difference in air temp of a steel tank. It's the repeated pressurizing of air (that contains moisture) through the intake that causes a moisture build-up in the tank. The moisture in the air becomes a "condensate" that pools in the bottom (due to gravity.) This could possibly rust through and blow out the bottom fittings first. Use a compressor for an entire hot, humid day (untold # of cycles) and see how much moisture you get.

 

[BCsOTM]

Kmvreter

I have the one I linked to. It is installed on a 60 gallon unit. The compressoor turns off at 135 psi. Had it for a while now and still no trouble. In the Georgia summer there's a lot of water in the air and so it gets a good workout. At this time of year not much if any water is released. If you try this I would recommend replacing the T tubing coupler. The one delivered with the unit was inferior and popped off once during a shut off cycle. The plastic tubing rocks at that point and one of tubes slipped out of the compression fitting and it could not be tightened. I replaced it with a US fitting from Lowes and it has never popped again. During the 'wet' season I would suggest a pan under the valve.

Butch

 

[greasefingers]

Well I got lucky, no I didn't get laid, but a neighbor threw out a compressor yesterday. I pushed it home and removed the motor & pump. Pump piston seal was bad. So now I have an extra tank that I will connect to my original compressor. With the two plumbed together I will have 47 gallon capacity. Time to dig up some compression fittings and tubing and make this combo work. I need to figure out if my Impact wrench sucks because it

 

[Koz]

greasefingers,

If you slightly open the drain valve on the bottom of the tank (So slightly that it just drips with no air leaking sound), it will bleed automatically.

Koz