Kathy Marshall
08-14-2012, 12:12 AM
I posted yesterday about setting up my big air compressor, today hooked everything up to give it a test run. I found the box with the hoses and accessories, it had a couple of heavy, long hoses, a couple of 1/4" coiled hoses, a regulator setup and some extra quick connects (I lucked out and all of the connections match what I have on my portable compressor and air tools).
I attached one of the big hoses to the compressor, then attached the regulator (which has a short section of hose) to the big hose, then attached one of the coiled hoses to the regulator and then popped a little air blower to the end (wanted something simple until I knew what the output from the regulator was).
I turned the compressor on and let the tank fill (130 psi), then turned the knob on the regulator to about the lowest setting. The flow from the air blower was low, but the gauge on the regulator was reading the same as the gauge on the tank. shouldn't the regulator gauge show the output pressure and not the tank pressure? Makes it a little tough to set the correct output pressure for specific tools if the gauge is reading tank pressure.
So I'm wondering it the regulator was set up wrong. I took some pics of the setup and there's a little arrow beneath the gauge. Does the arrow indicate the direction of air flow? The black hose it's pointing to is the short pigtail that connects to the main hose. Should it be pointing to the yellow coiled hose?
Should I just switch the fittings/hoses around or is there some other problem with it, or is my assumption that the gauge should read output settings wrong?
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I attached one of the big hoses to the compressor, then attached the regulator (which has a short section of hose) to the big hose, then attached one of the coiled hoses to the regulator and then popped a little air blower to the end (wanted something simple until I knew what the output from the regulator was).
I turned the compressor on and let the tank fill (130 psi), then turned the knob on the regulator to about the lowest setting. The flow from the air blower was low, but the gauge on the regulator was reading the same as the gauge on the tank. shouldn't the regulator gauge show the output pressure and not the tank pressure? Makes it a little tough to set the correct output pressure for specific tools if the gauge is reading tank pressure.
So I'm wondering it the regulator was set up wrong. I took some pics of the setup and there's a little arrow beneath the gauge. Does the arrow indicate the direction of air flow? The black hose it's pointing to is the short pigtail that connects to the main hose. Should it be pointing to the yellow coiled hose?
Should I just switch the fittings/hoses around or is there some other problem with it, or is my assumption that the gauge should read output settings wrong?
239118239116239117
Thanks!