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Draining your air compressor ...my method...????

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Tom in Western

11-17-2005 18:05:48




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I just read the tip of the day about draining your air compressor daily. When I purchased a large upright compressor a few years ago, I took the warning seriously. I just started leaving the drain cock very slightly open to allow a small amount of air and the water to constanly be discharged from the bottom. What do you think? Is this a good idea? It seems to be working just fine. The amount of air lost is insignificant. Thoughts?????

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RickL

11-19-2005 06:17:17




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 Re: Draining your air compressor ...my method...?? in reply to Tom in Western PA, 11-17-2005 18:05:48  
I simply remove the petcock valve completely and put an outlet air hose on there instead. I use it for an outlet just as you always do with the other idscharge hose. That takes care of the moisture and would never go back to any other system after doing this several years ago. My compressor has two 80 gal tanks T together. Each outlet run in the shop also has a drop below the hose outlet that allows complete drainage of the lines also.

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MW Schroeder

11-19-2005 05:53:49




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 Re: Draining your air compressor ...my method...?? in reply to Tom in Western PA, 11-17-2005 18:05:48  
Go to the local parts store and ask for a truck (air brake system)air tank drain valve. Get the one that bleeds off when the valve is pulled off center. Attach a cord, cable etc. to the valve and attach the other end at hand height. To drain just pull the cord to drain. It"s worked for me.



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Coldiron

11-18-2005 09:08:14




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 Re: Draining your air compressor ...my method...?? in reply to Tom in Western PA, 11-17-2005 18:05:48  
An automatic water seperator would save you $$ if you have the compressor on all the time. If you only keep the pressure up when you are using it, then it shouldnt be enough wasted energy to worry about by leaving the drain open a mite. On the automatic drain type you still want to check the bowl to make sure it is working properly. HTH



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Weirsdale George

11-17-2005 23:41:39




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 Re: Draining your air compressor ...my method...?? in reply to Tom in Western PA, 11-17-2005 18:05:48  
The problem I see is that the constant bleeding of air is causing the compressor to run more, thus creating more condensate to drain (and more $$$ to operate).

For $10 at Harbor Freight, you can get an automatic compressor drain which bleeds off a little air at the start up and shut down of hte compressor.

There are also other drains that are hooked to timers to bleed at specific intervals.

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Brian G. NY

11-18-2005 06:25:19




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 Re: Draining your air compressor ...my method...?? in reply to Weirsdale George, 11-17-2005 23:41:39  
That HF automatic bleeder is a nice little unit but the plastic line that comes with it won"t handle 150 PSI.



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Bernoulli

11-17-2005 20:30:20




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 Re: Draining your air compressor ...my method...?? in reply to Tom in Western PA, 11-17-2005 18:05:48  
That's the way I've always done it. Works fine except for the irritating noise.



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