Air Compressor Safety
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm_FJ6Pat4I
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Air Compressor Safety
Re: Air Compressor Safety
How many home workshop air tanks ever get a hydrostatic test after they are purchased? And many are not drained regularly.
Dan Watson
Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga, TN
Re: Air Compressor Safety
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Re: Air Compressor Safety
I find it Interesting that in the video you can see where it appears the tank had been repaired around the big NPT fitting that holds the drain plug with a big blob of weld. It didn't split open there though, but it's an indicator that rust was a known problem.
Re: Air Compressor Safety
Bought it 25 years ago, you mean I am suppose to drain it?How many home workshop air tanks ever get a hydrostatic test after they are purchased? And many are not drained regularly.
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Mid-South Live Steamers
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Mid-South Live Steamers
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Scratch Built 3 3/4 scale 0-4-4 Forney
Little Engines American
20 Ton Shay (Castings and Plans Purchased for future)
Re: Air Compressor Safety
I suspect that horizontal tanks are more susceptible to this type of failure, because the condensate accumulates along the side of the shell, weakening it there. A vertical tank usually has a hemispherical bottom, which is inherently stronger.
I had a Craftsman compressor with a horizontal tank for about 40 years, drained it occasionally, but one day when I turned it on, the drive shaft snapped off where it went into the pump body! Not economically repairable.
I had a Craftsman compressor with a horizontal tank for about 40 years, drained it occasionally, but one day when I turned it on, the drive shaft snapped off where it went into the pump body! Not economically repairable.
Dan Watson
Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga, TN
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Re: Air Compressor Safety
You'll find other such incidents on Youtube. One was a still under warranty unit from Horrible Fright Tools.
By the way, Horrible Fright Tools sells an automatic drain gadget for about $10. I had one on my compressor for years until it clogged up with oil that seeped past the compressor rings. I just bought another today and it was on sale for $9. You do need to replace the plastic tubing that runs up to the pressure switch with metal but otherwise it works. Every time the compressor shuts off the drain opens for a moment. I hook mine to a hose that leads outside the shop as I don't care to have the water on the floor.
By the way, Horrible Fright Tools sells an automatic drain gadget for about $10. I had one on my compressor for years until it clogged up with oil that seeped past the compressor rings. I just bought another today and it was on sale for $9. You do need to replace the plastic tubing that runs up to the pressure switch with metal but otherwise it works. Every time the compressor shuts off the drain opens for a moment. I hook mine to a hose that leads outside the shop as I don't care to have the water on the floor.
Greg Lewis, Prop.
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Eyeball Engineering — Home of the dull toolbit.
Our motto: "That looks about right."
Celebrating 35 years of turning perfectly good metal into bits of useless scrap.